You can assemble correct Sprintax printouts and separately completed official forms within the appropriate paper filing, but you must send federal and New York returns separately, and New York may require e-filing.
“I am filing my taxes as a nonresident alien using Sprintax for my federal 1040-NR and New York part-year resident IT-203. Can I combine correct Sprintax-generated forms with manually completed official IRS and NY state fillable PDFs in one paper tax return, and are there any concerns with barcodes or paid-preparer information when doing this?”
Summary
You do not need every federal attachment to come from the same PDF generator: the IRS tells paper filers how to assemble the return and its schedules. The harder part is keeping New York's barcoded pages consistent and making sure paper filing is permitted for your state return.
You can assemble separate federal and New York filings, but whether your New York return may be filed on paper depends on its e-filing rules.
If your state-return software supports e-filing this IT-203 and you have broadband internet, e-file the New York return rather than mailing the software-prepared paper version. You may deal with the federal 1040-NR separately. New York's mandate requires all three conditions: software preparation, software e-file support, and broadband access. [New York e-file requirement](https://tax.ny.gov/pit/efile/efile_mandate_for_individuals.htm)
If the software cannot e-file your particular state return, or you lack broadband, the cited three-part individual mandate does not apply. Mail a signed IT-203 with its required forms as a New York package. Keep a software-printed and the visible entries consistent; do not hand-alter barcoded pages. New York offers an enhanced official fill-in IT-203 and, separately, a standard form to complete by hand. [New York e-file requirement](https://tax.ny.gov/pit/efile/efile_mandate_for_individuals.htm); [IT-203 paper options](https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/ads/efile_addit203-2d.htm); [Publication 75](https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/income/pub75.pdf)
Do not mail the federal original and New York original as one combined return. The 1040-NR instructions direct you to IRS addresses, while IT-203 directs you to New York's State Processing Center. Complete a separate signed package for each agency. [1040-NR instructions](https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040nr); [IT-203 instructions](https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/2025/inc/it203i_2025.pdf)
New York also exempts returns prepared using forms downloaded from its website; simply downloading a replacement page does not erase the mandate when software was used to prepare the same state return. [New York e-file requirement](https://tax.ny.gov/pit/efile/efile_mandate_for_individuals.htm)
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Next steps
These steps keep your federal and state submissions complete, consistent, and directed to the right agency.
Before printing
Set the tax year and New York filing method
The cited IT-203 forms and addresses are for tax year 2025. If software prepared your New York return, can e-file it, and you have broadband, New York requires e-filing: https://tax.ny.gov/pit/efile/efile_mandate_for_individuals.htm. Otherwise, a paper IT-203 is a route. For 2025, New York's ordinary deadline was April 15, 2026; an IT-370 filed with any required payment by then extends filing to October 15, 2026. The 2025 federal 1040-NR ordinary date was April 15, 2026 with employee wages subject to U.S. withholding, or June 15, 2026 without them. [IT-203 instructions](https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/2025/inc/it203i_2025.pdf); [1040-NR instructions](https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040nr)
Requirements
Before signing
Reconcile the forms and prepare consistent pages
For a 2025 federal filing, use the 2025 Form 1040-NR at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040nr.pdf and complete the applicable items. Add separately completed official schedules where needed, with totals matching the main return. For a paper New York filing, use consistent software-printed pages or rebuild the affected IT-203 using the official enhanced form at https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/it203_fill_in_2d.pdf; New York also offers a standard form to complete by hand at https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/it203_fill_in.pdf. Do not hand-correct a software-printed page. [1040-NR instructions](https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040nr); [New York paper options](https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/ads/efile_addit203-2d.htm); [Publication 75](https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/income/pub75.pdf)
Requirements
Federal packet
Sign and mail the federal 1040-NR
Sign and date the paper 1040-NR. Put applicable schedules behind it in attachment-sequence order; the 1040-NR instructions specifically direct you to put copies of Forms W-2 and 1042-S, if received, on the front. For a Form 1040-NR mailed during 2026 without an enclosed payment, address it to Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Austin, TX 73301-0215 USA. With an enclosed payment, use Internal Revenue Service, P.O. Box 1303, Charlotte, NC 28201-1303 USA. These are IRS addresses, not New York addresses. [1040-NR instructions](https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040nr); [Form 1040 assembly instructions](https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040gi)
Requirements
State filing
Sign and submit the New York IT-203 separately
If New York requires e-filing under the three-part test, submit IT-203 electronically through the software instead of mailing this software-prepared return. If paper filing is permitted, sign the original IT-203 and enclose its applicable state forms without stapling. With a check or money order and Form IT-201-V, mail to State Processing Center, P.O. Box 15555, Albany, NY 12212-5555. Without an enclosed payment, mail to State Processing Center, P.O. Box 61000, Albany, NY 12261-0001. Do not put the federal original in this envelope. [IT-203 instructions](https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/2025/inc/it203i_2025.pdf); [New York e-file requirement](https://tax.ny.gov/pit/efile/efile_mandate_for_individuals.htm)
Requirements
Legal sources
This answer uses the IRS's Form 1040-NR and Form 1040 instructions and New York's IT-203 instructions, e-filing rule, and barcode guidance.
New York e-file requirement for individual taxpayers
New York's individual e-filing mandate turns on software preparation, support for e-filing the return, and broadband access.
Who must e-file
You're required to electronically file your return if you meet all three of the following conditions: you use software to prepare your own personal income tax return; and your software supports the electronic filing of your return; and you have broadband Internet access.
New York e-file requirement for individual taxpayers
New York identifies an exception for people using its downloaded forms rather than software to prepare the return.
What you need to know about the e-file mandate
You are not required to electronically file if you: download forms from our website, pick up forms at your local library, or order forms from us by phone.
New York Publication 75
A handwritten correction on a New York software-printed return is not a safe way to change its reported data.
Paper returns and 2D-barcode guidance
If it is necessary to file a paper return, do not write on the return. Only signatures are allowed. Other handwritten information will not be used in tax computation or for processing your return.
New York Publication 75
New York cautions that software-printed barcode forms scan better when printed directly, not photocopied or improvised.
Hard copy and barcode guidance
To ensure a good reading of the barcode, submissions should only include forms printed out of your software. Do not submit photocopies, as they tend to have poor barcode reads due to low ink saturation.
New York 2D barcode forms help
The state's enhanced official fill-in PDFs produce their own per-page barcodes.
Enhanced fill-in forms
Our enhanced fill-in forms program includes paper PDF forms that calculate totals and compute your tax for you (a 2D barcode will print on each page, uniquely identifying your return).
New York IT-203 paper options
A wholly handwritten standard New York IT-203 is an expressly offered paper alternative to the enhanced PDF.
Other options
Print standard paper Form IT-203, Nonresident and Part-Year Resident Income Tax Return (instructions), and complete it by hand.
2025 Instructions for Form 1040-NR
The 1040-NR instructions adopt the federal paper-return assembly directions.
Assemble Your Return
See Assemble Your Return in the Instructions for Form 1040 for details on assembling your return.
2025 Instructions for Form 1040
Applicable federal schedules and forms belong behind the main paper return in attachment-sequence order.
Assemble Your Return
Assemble any schedules and forms behind Form 1040 or 1040-SR in order of the “Attachment Sequence No.” shown in the upper-right corner of the schedule or form.
2025 Instructions for Form 1040-NR
A federal nonresident return includes the applicable items on Schedule OI.
Schedule OI
You will need to complete the applicable items on Schedule OI (Form 1040-NR), Other Information, and include that schedule with your Form 1040-NR.
2025 Form IT-203 instructions
New York instructs paper filers to enclose the signed IT-203 and applicable additional state forms.
Finish your return
Enclose the following in an envelope (see illustration): • your check or money order and Form IT-201-V if you owe tax and are not paying by another option • your original, signed return • other forms, including Form IT-196, Form IT-225, Form IT-227, and Form IT-203-ATT • any correspondence and computation sheets • Form IT-2 (and Forms IT-1099-R, 1099-G, and W-2G, if applicable). Do not send federal Form W-2 or 1099-R
2025 Form IT-203 instructions
Federal 1040-NR amounts cannot always be transferred to IT-203 by matching line numbers.
U.S. nonresident noncitizens
It is important to note that some income items and line references used on Form IT-201 or Form IT-203 do not correspond with those shown on federal Form 1040NR.
2025 Instructions for Form 1040
A paid human federal preparer must sign and provide a PTIN; paying for software alone is not an instruction to invent one.
Paid Preparer Must Sign Your Return
Generally, anyone you pay to prepare your return must sign it and include their Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) in the space provided.
2025 Form IT-203 instructions
New York also requires an actual paid preparer to sign and complete that return's preparer area.
Paid preparer's signature
If you pay someone to prepare your return, the paid preparer must also sign it and fill in the other blanks in the paid preparer’s area of your return.
2025 Form IT-203 instructions
A New York paid preparer must supply the required state preparer registration number or exclusion code.
Paid preparers' responsibilities
You must enter a NYTPRIN or an exclusion code.
2025 Form IT-203 instructions
For a 2025 New York return, the October 2026 extension depended on a timely IT-370 request and tax payment.
When to file/Important dates
If you cannot file by this date, you can get an automatic 6-month extension of time to file (to October 15, 2026) by filing Form IT-370, Application for Automatic Six-Month Extension of Time to File for Individuals. Form IT-370 must be filed, along with payment for any tax due, on or before the due date of your return (April 15, 2026).
2025 Instructions for Form 1040-NR
The federal 2025 nonresident filing deadline differs according to whether the filer received wages subject to U.S. withholding.
When To File
A return for the 2025 calendar year is due by April 15, 2026. If you didn’t receive wages as an employee subject to U.S. income tax withholding, file Form 1040-NR by the 15th day of the 6th month after your tax year ends. A return for the 2025 calendar year is due by June 15, 2026.
2025 Instructions for Form 1040-NR
The 2025 1040-NR instructions give separate federal postal addresses for returns mailed in 2026 with and without payment.
Where To File—Individuals
If you aren’t enclosing a payment, mail Form 1040-NR to: Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Austin, TX 73301-0215 USA. If enclosing a payment, mail Form 1040-NR to: Internal Revenue Service P.O. Box 1303 Charlotte, NC 28201-1303 USA.
2025 Form IT-203 instructions
New York directs paper IT-203 returns to its own processing center, using a different box when a payment is enclosed.
Finish your return—Mail your return
If enclosing a payment (check or money order and Form IT-201-V), mail to: STATE PROCESSING CENTER PO BOX 15555 ALBANY NY 12212-5555. If not enclosing a payment, mail to: STATE PROCESSING CENTER PO BOX 61000 ALBANY NY 12261-0001.
These are the agencies' published rules and 2025-form instructions as identified above; tax forms, addresses, and rules can change.
This is general information about official tax processes, not legal advice, and SettleKit is not a law firm.
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