The NonResident Tax Help Group and Minnesota State University - Mankato International Tax Clinic
Do Your Taxes - Tax Year 2025
Here’s where all of your work to get ready pays off!
Nonresidents: Prepare Your Return with a Personalized Guide
Our Personalized Guide tool will help you create a customized guide that gives you a screenshot by screenshot, step by step set of instructions for how to prepare y our return based on your individual situation. This guide includes only the pages and instructions that you need to prepare and file your return.
When you finish the interview questions you will be able to download a pdf of your personalized guide.
8843 Only Option: If you only need to file a form 8843 and don’t have a SSN or ITIN, you can answer a few more questions in the interview, and our personalized guide tool will fill in your information on the form for you. All you’ll need to do is print and review, sign and date, and then mail it in!
Step 1: Create your Personalized Guide
Step 2: Prepare your Tax Return
Don’t forget - use this link to CREATE your TaxSlayer account or your return won’t be free!
Residents: Go straight to TaxSlayer and use their built-in guide
TaxSlayer has a built-in guide for resident taxes, so you can just click on the software link above to get started.
This includes filing instructions for federal and state returns (for the states we support), and resident and nonresident forms.
2025 demo coming soon!
Tax Process Demonstration Video - Creating a Personalized Guide Tool & Using it to Prepare Your Return in TaxSlayer for Tax Year 2024