International US citizen earn income

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April 16, 2022
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I am living outside of USA for the whole year in 2021 as a non-citizen. I am getting paid to a US account by company in NJ. I’ve issued a w8-ben to them in early 2021. Is the tax rate 30% for foreign beneficiary?

can I use TurboTax?

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pk12_2

Employee

@stech , need more info

(a) are you a US Green Card holder or what ?

(b) your "employer in the US" is paying you for work done in the USA or abroad?

(c) Which country are you now and your country of citizenship?

(d) Were you in the USA anytime during 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021? When did you arrive abroad? Is this your first year abroad?

(e) do you property/ assets etc in the USA and have any other income in the USA ?

Generally if you are working abroad, even if being paid by an US entity, the income for US purposes may be foreign ( there are ands, ifs and buts here ). And if you an NRA ( Non-Resident-Alien), you generally file a form 1040-NR -- not supported by TurboTax ( SprinTax is a partner for Intuit/TubroTax ).

Please answer the above request for information

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stechAuthor

Employee

@pk12_2 Thanks for the list of questions. below find its answers

A) I am not a US green card holder nor a citizen.

B) The employer paid me by the work done here in my country, but the business is in NY.

C) I am in m home country and citizen of my home country.

D) I was in the USA from Sept 2016 - Sept 2020 as a F-1 visa holder.

E) I do not have property in the USA, or any income other than the freelancer salary.

I was still in the states for more than 183 days in 2020, so the tax was different from the situation right now. I am not in the USA for the whole year in 2021.

Thanks

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LoganathanB

You were a nonresident for the years 2016 to 2020.

You are considered a nonresident for five calendar years if you were in the USA on an F1 visa and you were not in the USA in 2021 and therefore continue to be a nonresident alien.

The compensation is not a US source of income as you did not perform any service in the USA.

If there was tax withholding you have to file a 1040NR to get back the taxes.

US source of Income