Taxes

Japan Whether you work or not, you must file an income tax return form!

Filing Your Taxes

CINTAX (or CINTAX Complete International Tax Preparation Software) is a program developed by Artic International LLC (located in Washington, DC) to aid international students in preparing their U.S. Federal Tax Return (Forms 1040NR and 1040NR-EZ).

The Office of the Dean has paid and signed a License Agreement, which will enable you to use CINTAX (no cost to you) at a computer here in the U.S. or abroad to prepare your taxes. The Mentor for International Student and Lead Administrator, Denise Allison, will assign you an access code and provide you with a hard copy of the instructions. You will be required to come to Chase Hall, Room 201A, to get your code and instruction sheet starting January 29, 2010. Your access code must be kept confidential. It will provide you (and you alone) access to your account. Do not share your code with anyone.

For further information on CINTAX, please access their website at www.cintax.us

International students who do not wish to take advantage of this resource provided by the College can contact a local Certified Public Account (CPA) or a tax preparation office to have their taxes processed for a fee.

South Korea The deadline for completing your 2009 U.S. Federal Tax Return is April 15, 2010 (Envelopes must be post-marked April 15, 2010). If using CINTAX to prepare your taxes, I encourage you to complete this task three (3) weeks prior to the April 15 deadline to avoid unexpected delays.

Note: International students with F-1 Status are required to file Form 8843. You do not need a social security number to complete Form 8843. Forms and instructions can be secured through Denise Allison or visit the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) website at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8843.pdf

For further assistance, please contact Denise Allison via telephone at 610-896-1232, or email dallison@haverford.edu.

U.S. Tax Treaties

The United States has income tax treaties with a number of foreign countries. Under these treaties, residents (not necessarily citizens) of foreign countries are taxed at a reduced rate, or are exempt from U.S. income taxes on certain items of income they receive from sources within the United States. These reduced rates and exemptions vary among countries and specific items of income.

If the treaty does not cover a particular kind of income, or if there is no treaty between your country and the United States, you must pay tax on the income in the same way and at the same rates shown on Form 1040NR.

http://www.unclefed.com/ForTaxProfs/Treaties/index.html

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/international/article/0,,id=96739,00.html

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Taxes

Filing Your Taxes

U.S. Tax Treaties