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imak · Mar 28, 2008, 10:46 AM

The whole year (2007) I was out of US doing programming work remotely from Nepal. The US company deposited a certain amount of money into my US bank a/c based on my work. I was not in payroll and I didn't receive W2 or 1099 and I had no US visa status as such during the whole year.

Prior to that I was in US under H1B visa from 2000 to 2006 and paid taxes. My H1B expired in 2006 so I left US along with my family and remained the whole 2007 in Nepal. Now in 2008 I'm again back to US under H1B.

I was wondering if have to file US taxes for 2007 as a Nepalese citizen working from home country ? Can you please explain. Thanks for your help.

MukatA · Mar 28, 2008, 11:51 AM

You are foreign national. You worked while in foreign country for a U.S. employer. You don't file the U.S. taxes, or pay any U.S. taxes.

imak · Mar 28, 2008, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by imak

The whole year (2007) I was out of US doing programming work remotely from Nepal. The US company deposited a certain amount of money into my US bank a/c based on my work. I was not in payroll and I didn't receive W2 or 1099 and I had no US visa status as such during the whole year.

Prior to that I was in US under H1B visa from 2000 to 2006 and paid taxes. My H1B expired in 2006 so I left US along with my family and remained the whole 2007 in Nepal. Now in 2008 I'm again back to US under H1B.

I was wondering if have to file US taxes for 2007 as a Nepalese citizen working from home country ? Can you please explain. Thanks for your help.

Thanks MukatA for your great advice. I would appreciate if you could also clearify the following.

The fact that the checks were still being deposited by my previous employer to the same US bank a/c even after I left, could it raise questions for IRS later ? Do I need to notify them somehow that I was not in US during the period?

Thank You!

MukatA · Mar 29, 2008, 09:51 AM

What question? You don't owe any taxes in the U.S. Your bank account interest may be taxable.

If you want to get out of this, get your employer to wire the money to you account in Nepal.

imak · Mar 29, 2008, 11:50 AM

Thank You so much. That's all I need to know. Keep up the good work.