Beyond Frontiers: A Tax Guide for Non-U.S. Citizens (English Edition)

Are you an H-1B or L-1 worker seeking to file your first tax return? An international student struggling through a labyrinth of forms with strange names like "W-2", "1042-S", and "1040NR"? A long-term U.S. resident with income and investments both in the U.S. and abroad? Or a professional tax preparer looking to understand the ins and outs of the U.S. tax code on behalf of your international clients? If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, then this book is for you.

This comprehensive, meticulously researched, and easy-to-follow book is designed to help you to understand how taxes work in the United States, regardless of whether you are newcomer or a long-term resident. It contains detailed information and clear guidelines to help you to determine your tax situation and prepare a complete and accurate tax return that takes advantage of all the options available to you.

Written in plain English and with lots of examples, this book explains many of the most common issues facing non-citizens and even some citizens, such as residency for tax purposes, social security numbers (SSN) and individual tax identification numbers (ITIN), tax treaties, foreign income, foreign taxes, treatment of different types of income, refund of social security taxes, treatment of independent contractors vs. employees, amended returns, selection and preparation of various tax forms (1040NR, 1040NR-EZ, 1040, 8843, 8833, 8840), and much more.

Mais sobre este produto