Hello! Experts! My wife is a graduate student in SC holding F1 visa. (She came to US in August, 2008) I am holding F2 visa now. (I came to US in Jan, 2009) That is, we were living apart during the last few months of 2008. Now we are preparing her state tax return. There are several choice for...

Hello! I was on OPT between 1st Jan - 30th Sept 2008 and on H1b between 1st Oct - 31st Dec 2008. They didn't deduct SS and Medicare taxes when on OPT but did when on H1 which is fine. My parents and sister visited me here during May-June 2008 on visitor visa and I incurred all the cost...

I worked in the US for a US company in 2006 (TN visa) for 1.5 months and filed a non-resident alien return as a single person. I worked in 2007 in the US until the end of August (still on TN visa), then returned home to Canada and worked for a Canadian employer for the rest of the year. I had a...

Hi Friend, Thanks for looking into my query. Your help is much appreicated. I came to US on Jan 2006. I was married but my family didn't came with me (joined w/ me this Feb 2007) and I remember that I filed the W-4 with the marital status MARRIED. Now when I tried to file the tax online (w/...

Can somebody Advice Here's my scenario: I went to India in December 2006 and got married but my wife came to US only on January 12, 2007. What status should I file for the year 2006? Single (or) Married filing joint (even if only one had income) (or) Married filing separately (or) Head...