Preliminary Work & Taxpayer Data | Chapter 3

Tax Residency Rules

Product specification for EA Part 1 Tax Residency Rules, mapped to the Taxpayer data SEE domain.

Chapter build status

This page defines the chapter architecture. It is not yet the final textbook chapter, question bank, or reviewed practitioner reference.

Last reviewed: June 5, 2026. Tax law through: December 31, 2025. Students must verify current IRS limits, forms, and instructions before testing.

Lessons

7

Question target

50

Flashcard target

100

Case studies

5

Decision trees

4

Illustrations

7

Required lessons

U.S. Citizens

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Resident Aliens

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Nonresident Aliens

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Dual-Status Aliens

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Green Card Test

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Substantial Presence Test

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Residency Elections

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  • Case Studies
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Question and flashcard standard

Each chapter target is 50 chapter questions and 100 flashcards before cumulative and simulation pools. Questions must include correct-answer explanations, wrong-answer explanations, topic tags, difficulty, IRS concept references, and review dates.