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Thanks almarlin,

I don't qualify for a Roth IRA anymore (my income exceeds the threshold), so I am stuck with a 401k now anyway. :-(

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I got the following issue: Last year 2010 I put about $3500 in my Roth IRA, but realized then back in Feb 2011 that I exceeded the income limit for contributions by far. Now I sent Vanguard a...

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I am a German citizen in the US since 2001. Since 2007, I am on an E1 visa and I am employed in the US since Oct 2006, before that I was an F1 student. For 2006 I have filed taxes as a...

Ok,

Well, wouldn't your (non-binding) advice for me then be to keep everything in a 401k, and not put money in a Roth? Because when I ever withdraw money from a 401k in retirement and I live in...

Thank you both for your answers.

Since the places I will most likely move to have higher taxes than the US, I am not all that much worried about the taxes I will need to pay when I have a green...

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First of all, kudos to everybody answering questions in this forum. It is great to get such quality advice for free.

Here my question: I am a German national working here in the US...

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I am planning to transfer money from Germany to the USA (~$50k). Mostly to take advantage of the good dollar/Euro exchange rate right now, since I am thinking about buying an apartment/house...

Thanks anyway, AtlantaTaxExpert! Very much appreciated!

Never mind,

I just realized that she makes more than the exemption amount in a year in gross income (and she is older than 24), so she will not qualify anyway as a dependent. I thought she would...

@tickle: Sorry, I cut off too much of the top of the quote. I added some more text, please look at my original post again.

It seems that there is an exception, where domestic partners can qualify...

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Great forum!

My employer recently started taxing me for the health care benefits received for my (opposite-sex) domestic partner as imputed income.

Now I read that according to Internal...

Thank you very much! :-) Your help is invaluable.

Thanks again for your competent answer.

Since I filed my federal tax 2006 as resident, I filed as part-year resident for MI (01-09/2006) and NJ (10-12/2006). Is that a problem that I should...

Thanks for the quick answer.

What if all the time in 2006 I lived in New Jersey I was still on OPT? I just switched to E1 this month (Apr 2007).

The residency issue confuses me. Seems that...

Here my situation:
- I lived in Michigan from Aug 2001 until Sep 2006, being a graduate student
- Started working in New Jersey in Oct of 2006, first on OPT, then on E1 visa

I have file my...

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I don't have a Form 1098-T from my university. However, I have statements of fees stating that I paid a total of $415 in fees in 2006. Can I use these fees for edudation credit or deduction?...

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I got all of my account statements from my German banks together. So, what do I need to do now to report the foreign interest income? I assume I add it to my gross income and also fill out...

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I will try to do it myself, but if I need help I will definitely contact you for professional help. You (and taxsearcher) have been a huge help thus far, I really appreciate it.

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I had been a full-time student on F1 until Sept of 2006, since Oct 2006 I am employed on F1/OPT (I assume I am still considered a full-time student). Until Sept 2006, I was working on campus...

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I am F1 student on OPT, citizen of Germany, in the US since 2001. For 2006, I will need to file my taxes for the first time as a resident.

Now I read that I need to report my world-wide...

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In this awesome forum I learned thanks to AtlantaTaxExpert and taxsearcher (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/taxes/resident-non-resident-63992.html) that I need to file my taxes as a...

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I informed my current employer (for who I have been working since Oct 2006, the start of my OPT) and they said:

"Thank you for informing us about exceeding the 5 year exemption period of...

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I notified my employer now, let's see what happens.

But I am still not clearly, your answers seem to be contradicting. If I am exempt from FICA while on F1, why would I have to pay some...

Hi danielo,

Check Pub 519, it explains it in detail.

-- Sascha

Hi everybody,

I have already learned in this great forum (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/taxes/resident-non-resident-63992.html) that I need to file taxes for 2006 as a resident (thanks to...

Thanks Atlanta Tax Expert, you guys are life-savers.

I quickly filled out the form and it looks like I get $400 more back as a resident than as a non-resident.

Do I still need to include form...

Thank you both sooo much for your quick replies. So I will file a 1040 (not NR) for all of 2006.

What is the difference between filing as resident and non-resident. Can I expect my return to be...

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I am an F-1 student currently on OPT. I came first to the US on an J-1 visa in Aug of 2001, and then switched to F-1 in April of 2002. I did not file a tax return in 2001, since I did not have...