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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:10:41 +0200
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Hello Stefan,
The only disavantage I remember is that you will have to declare income from
foreign accounts as a resident.
This is not necessary when you are a non resisdent.
Best,
Laurent M.
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From: Stefan Marti <stefanm_at_media.mit.edu>
To: swiss-list_at_lists.Stanford.EDU <swiss-list_at_lists.Stanford.EDU>
Date: mardi, 13. avril 1999 23:11
Subject: swiss-list: federal taxes: disadvantage of filing as a resident?
>hi everybody,
>
>i am a 2nd year grad student and RA at MIT, and i have the following
>question: everybody seems to try to be a non-resident for federal tax
>purposes (substantial presence test, 5-year exemption to it, etc.). i
>could be considered as a non-resident (and that's indeed what i filed for
>last year). however, if i would file as a resident instead of a
>non-resident, i would pay much less taxes (in the range of 500$ less).
>
>is there a DISADVANTAGE of being considered as a USA resident for federal
>tax purposes?
>
>thanks a lot!
>
>-stefan
>
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