2008年3月3日 星期一

虧大了

去年因為美國景氣不好,所以今年退稅多了一項優惠,叫做Economic stimulus rebate,我沒有看得很仔細,但基本上就是說你如果2007年有繳稅,然後屬於平時不用報稅,或是低收入者,今年只要你報稅,就送你錢!一人大約是$600,有小孩的一個$300。



我是前幾天聽Juliet說才知道這件事情,回家趕緊上網查了一下,果然,我們nonresident alien是沒有這個優惠的!如果有的話,我們家至少可以拿到$1500呢!(他那個到底退多少我不是很確定,但至少是大人一人$600,小孩$300。)



今年的報稅覺得還是很虧,我不知道去年繳的房屋稅可不可以抵,然後郭小晞好像不能給我們報 dependent,因為我們是 NR,爛斃了!



F1簽證拿五年後可以改用 resident的身份報稅,不知道他是怎麼算滿五年?明年我好像要再當一年NR,然後下一次才可以算resident,真的好虧喔,我的錢!

4 則留言:

Sylvia 提到...

房屋稅也不能抵啦

誰叫我們是外星人

要繳稅的部分繳最多

米國人能扣抵的我們都不能扣....

唉~

anchi 提到...

I actually don't know where the rule for '5 years' comes

from.



All I can find from the website, it says 3 years.





You will be considered a U.S. resident for tax purposes if

you meet the substantial presence test for the calendar

year. To meet this test, you must be physically present in

the United States on at least:



31 days during the current year, and



183 days during the 3-year period that includes the

current year and the 2 years immediately before that,

counting:

Sylvia 提到...

慘了 希望你們還沒報稅

Anchi說的狀況是"不是拿F,J,M or Q"的外國人喔!!!

IRS上面查 Publication 678-FS

可以明確的查出Student要滿五年的規定

"A student is anyone who is temporarily in the United States on

an F,J,M, or Q visa and substantially complies with the

requirements of that visa.........Students are expempt from the

substantial presence test for 5 years. But any part of a

calendar year in which the student is present in the United

States couts as a full year."

其實在美國報稅 最有差的是

之後有沒有打算留在美國

如果沒有的話

想到把自己當作是"substantial presence"也無所謂啦...

shashaloh 提到...

我們那天後來就有搞清楚啦

所以我才說我們終於弄懂了



還是謝謝囉