{"id":3803,"date":"2022-01-26T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/students\/participant-tax-service-information\/tax-liability-for-foreign-recipients-of-us-income\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T15:03:11","slug":"tax-liability-for-foreign-recipients-of-us-income","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/students\/participant-tax-service-information\/tax-liability-for-foreign-recipients-of-us-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Liability for Foreign Recipients of US Income"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-controls\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">Connect<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<nav id=\"navigation-wrapper-menu\" class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu\" aria-label=\"Sidebar Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3705\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/professionals\/\">Professionals<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3739 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/alumni\/\">Alumni\u200b &amp; Friends<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3745\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/alumni\/alumni-associations\/\">Alumni Associations and Forums<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3761\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/alumni\/further-grant-opportunities\/\">Grant Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3756\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/alumni\/career-resources\/\">Career Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3785 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/students\/\">\u200bStudents<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3797 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/students\/participant-tax-service-information\/\">For Current Participants: IIE\u2019s Participant Tax Service Information<\/a>\n\t<ul class='children'>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3800\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/students\/participant-tax-service-information\/filing-your-tax-return-with-iies-participant-tax-services\/\">Filing Your Tax Return with IIE&#8217;s Participant Tax Services<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3802\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/students\/participant-tax-service-information\/faq\/\">Participant Tax Service Information FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3803\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/students\/participant-tax-service-information\/tax-liability-for-foreign-recipients-of-us-income\/\">Tax Liability for Foreign Recipients of US Income<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3813\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/connect\/students\/iiepay\/\">About IIePAY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Tax Liability for Foreign Recipients of US Income<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Tax Status for IIE Foreign Participants \u2013 Nonresidents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign students, teachers and trainees who came to the U.S. on J, F, M or Q visas are &#8220;Exempt Individuals&#8221; and are not subject to the Substantial Presence Test (183-day residency rule). Students on these visa types are considered nonresidents until they have been in the U.S. for more than five (5) tax years\u2014it does not have to be consecutive years. Teachers and trainees are considered non-residents until they have been in the U.S. for more than two (2) of the last six (6) tax years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. income tax law for nonresident aliens is not widely understood by U.S. employers and, as a result, nonresident taxpayers may owe additional tax when they file their U.S. nonresident tax return. The major reason for this is that employers withhold tax from nonresidents&#8217; income in the same manner as U.S. citizens who are entitled to various tax benefits that are not available to nonresident taxpayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some examples of tax benefits that are not available to nonresidents are the Standard Deduction, and Joint Filing with your spouse and claiming the dependent exemption for your children. Also, your employer may not be aware that you are receiving other income such as your IIE scholarship, in addition to income from them. So, when your income is combined from all sources on your tax return, your tax rate can increase (example from 10% to 12%) and you may end up owing taxes if your withholding was based on the 10% tax rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your Tax Responsibility: How to Make Sure You Do Not Owe Additional Tax<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you start working, your employer will ask you to complete Form W-4 to determine the amount of taxes to be withheld from your paycheck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IIE recommends that you check \u2018Single\u2019 in Step 1 (c) as your filing status and skip to Step 5 to sign the form even if you are married and have children. 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