U.S. tax laws often grant special time-limited exemptions to international students and scholars. These exemptions vary depending on tax treaties signed between the U.S. and various countries. More information is available on Internal Revenue Service Publication No. 901 - U.S. Tax Treaties (available online at http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97819,00.html).
Use of these exemptions is affected by you date of arrival in the U.S. For exemptions limited to a certain number of years, one day in a year counts the same as the full year. New international students arriving for the Spring Semester may wish to take this into account in determining their arrival date in the U.S. If you arrive on December 31 or earlier, one year's worth of any exemption will have been used and a second year commences on January 1. To conserve exemption time, it will likely be advantageous to arrive on January 1 or later.
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RESOURCES
| TWMLaw.com | Tax related information page prepared by an immigration law firm |
| IRS.gov | Internal Revenue Service website (lists free online tax-return filing services, publications, downloadable forms, etc.) |
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