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Reply to: RE: No taxes with J1??? -- Re: swiss-list: H1B / J1 / O1 Vi
Here my experience: When I was still under a J-I visa in 1995 and 1996, my stipend from a Swiss source was exempt from U.S. federal income tax but not from the income tax of the state of California. The US-CH tax treaty is valid only for U.S. federal goverment and not for the individual states. Cantonal taxes in CH, however, fall under the tax treaty as well as the federal swiss tax. Tom
Louis Perrochon wrote:
>It depends on who pays your salary. If you get a salary from an US >employer, you probably pay income tax on it, but you may get away
>with social security ( I did for two years).
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>If CH pays your stipend, you may be completely tax free, neither US nor CH >may tax you on it.
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>These situations are very complex. But the IRS has great publications with >step by step instructions. You may save a lot of money by
>reading them. Or get a good CPA.
>
>Louis
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>Vorburger
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>Subject: No taxes with J1??? -- Re: swiss-list: H1B / J1 / O1 Visa?
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>Louis Perrochon wrote:
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>> Tax law is independent from immigration law. If you have a J-1 you >probably are exempt for 2 years. If you are student on a J-1,
>number may even be 5 years. Not because of J-1, but because visiting >researchers may be exempt. But if you lived in the US
>
>What does "exempt" mean? Like no taxes at all? When I came here I was
>asked to fill-in a W-4, and about 30% of my salary was subtracted ...
>anything wrong with that??? Please help!
>
>Thank you very much,
> Michael
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