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Along with wages, salaries or tips, you may also use Form NR to report the following types of income:. As a nonresident alien, if you have income earned outside of the U. Accept Decline. Ready to file your U. Start for free. A comparison of the dollar amount of the compensation sourced within and outside the United States under both the alternative method and the time or geographical method for determining the source. All wages received as a household employee. Tip income you did not report to your employer.

This should include any allocated tips shown in box 8 on your Form s W-2 unless you can prove that your unreported tips are less than the amount in box 8.

Allocated tips are not included as income in box 1. Also include the value of any noncash tips you received, such as tickets, passes, or other items of value. Although you do not report these noncash tips to your employer, you must report them on line 1a.

You may owe social security and Medicare tax on unreported tips. See Line 5 under Instructions for Schedule 2, later. Dependent care benefits, which should be shown in box 10 of your Form s W But first complete Form , Child and Dependent Care Expenses, to see if you can exclude part or all of the benefits. Employer-provided adoption benefits, which should be shown in box 12 of your Form s W-2 with code T. But see the Instructions for Form , Qualified Adoption Expenses, to find out if you can exclude part or all of the benefits.

You may also be able to exclude amounts if you adopted a child with special needs and the adoption became final in Excess elective deferrals. The amount deferred should be shown in box 12 of your Form W-2, and the "Retirement plan" box in box 13 should be checked.

Although designated Roth contributions are subject to this limit, do not include the excess attributable to such contributions on line 1a. They are already included as income in box 1 of your Form W A higher limit may apply to participants in section b deferred compensation plans for the 3 years before retirement age. Contact your plan administrator for more information. This additional deferral amount is not subject to the overall limit on elective deferrals.

You cannot deduct the amount deferred. It is not included as income in box 1 of your Form W Disability pensions shown on Form S or Form R if you have not reached the minimum retirement age set by your employer. Corrective distributions from a retirement plan shown on Form S or Form R of excess elective deferrals or other excess contributions plus earnings.

Instead, report distributions from an IRA on lines 4a and 4b. See Missing or Incorrect Form W-2? If you received a scholarship or fellowship, part or all of it may be taxable. Amounts received in the form of a scholarship or fellowship that are payment for teaching, research, or other services are generally taxable as wages even if the services were required to get the scholarship or fellowship.

If you were a degree candidate, the amounts you used for expenses other than tuition and course-related expenses fees, books, supplies, and equipment are generally taxable.

For example, amounts used for room, board, and travel are generally taxable. If you were not a degree candidate, the full amount of the scholarship or fellowship is generally taxable. If the grant was reported on Form s S, you must generally include the amount shown in box 2 of Form s S on line1b. However, if any or all of that amount is exempt by treaty, do not include the treaty-exempt amount on line 1b.

For more information about scholarships and fellowships in general, see chapter 1 of Pub. You are a citizen of a country that does not have an income tax treaty in force with the United States. You are receiving a full scholarship from ABC University.

You are not required to perform any services, such as teaching, research, or other services, to get the scholarship. The total amounts you received from ABC University during are as follows.

The facts are the same as in Example 1 , except that you are a citizen of a country that has an income tax treaty in force with the United States that includes a provision that exempts scholarship income and you were a resident of that country for income tax purposes immediately before arriving in the United States to attend ABC University.

Also, assume that, under the terms of the tax treaty, you are present in the United States only temporarily to finish your degree, and all of your scholarship income is exempt from tax because ABC University is a nonprofit educational organization. Under some treaties, scholarship or fellowship grant income is not exempt from tax if the income is received in exchange for the performance of services, such as teaching, research, or other services. Also, many tax treaties do not permit an exemption from tax on scholarship or fellowship grant income unless the income is from sources outside the United States.

If you are a resident of a treaty country, you must know the terms of the tax treaty between the United States and the treaty country to claim treaty benefits on Form NR. See the instructions for item L of Schedule OI, later, for details.

Report on line 1c the total of all your income that is exempt from tax by an income tax treaty, including both effectively connected income and not effectively connected income. Do not include this exempt income on line 1a. Attach any Form S you received for treaty-exempt income. If required, attach Form See Treaty-based return position disclosure , later. The interest will not be includible on line 2a of Form NR unless it is effectively connected with a trade or business.

If the interest was not effectively connected with a U. Do not include interest from a U. Report on line 2b only your taxable interest income from assets effectively connected with a U. If you received interest not effectively connected with a U. If the interest is tax exempt under a treaty, include the tax-exempt amount on line 1c and complete item L of Schedule OI Form NR. If the interest is tax exempt under a treaty but the withholding agent withheld tax, report the interest on Schedule NEC Form NR , line 2.

Do not include on line 2b interest from a U. Only report qualified dividends effectively connected with a trade or business on Form NR, line 3a. If the qualified dividends were not effectively connected with a U. Only report ordinary dividends effectively connected with a trade or business on Form NR, line 3b.

If the ordinary dividends were not effectively connected with a U. Only report pensions and annuities effectively connected with a trade or business on Form NR, lines 5a and 5b. If the pensions and annuities were not effectively connected with a U. In addition to entering pension and annuity amounts from box 1 of Form R, you may also enter pension and annuity amounts from box 2 of Form S.

If you performed services in the United States, your income is generally effectively connected with a U. See section for details and exceptions. If you worked in the United States after December 31, , the part of each pension distribution that is attributable to the services you performed after is income that is effectively connected with a U.

You worked in the United States from January 1, , through December 31, 10 years. You now receive monthly pension payments from your former U.

In most cases, the effectively connected pension distribution will be fully taxable in the United States, so you must include it on line 5b. However, in some situations, you can report a lower amount on line 5b. The most common situations are where:. A part of your pension payment is attributable to after-tax contributions to the pension plan, or. See chapter 2 of Pub. On line 5b, include the total pension or annuity payments from box 2 of Form s S, if any, with the total of payments from box 1 of Form s R.

On line 5a, include the total pension or annuity payments from box 2 of Form s S, if any, with the total of payments from box 1 of Form s R. If your Form S or Form R does not show the taxable amount, you must figure the taxable amount and include that amount on line 5b. If your annuity is paid under a qualified plan and your annuity starting date was after July 1, , see Simplified Method , later. If your annuity is paid under a nonqualified plan or paid under a qualified plan and your annuity starting date was before July 2, , you must generally use the General Rule.

For more information about the General Rule, see Pub. If your Form R shows a taxable amount, you can include that amount on line 5b. But you may be able to report a lower taxable amount by using the General Rule or the Simplified Method. Report effectively connected capital gains or losses connected with a trade or business on Form NR, line 7. If the capital gains or losses were not effectively connected with a U. Only report effectively connected capital gains or losses connected with a trade or business on Form NR, line 7.

If you received a scholarship or fellowship grant and were a degree candidate, enter amounts used for tuition and course-related expenses fees, books, supplies, and equipment , but only to the extent the amounts are included on line 1b. See the examples in the instructions forline 1b. See the instructions for Schedule A, line 8, later, for more details.

Students or business apprentices may be able to take the standard deduction on Form NR, line 12, instead of their itemized deductions if they are eligible for benefits under Article 21 2 of the United States-India Income Tax Treaty. They will enter the standard deduction amount found for their filing status on Form or SR. You must have income effectively connected with a U. A trust or estate can claim an exemption only to the extent of its income that is effectively connected with a U.

You can't claim an exemption deduction in if you are an individual. See Line 16—Tax in the Instructions for Forms and SR for details on taxes includible on this line, and for whether you must use the Tax Table or the Tax Computation Worksheet to compute your tax. If you are filing for an estate or trust, use Tax Rate Schedule W, later, to figure the tax. Do not include on line 16 any of the following that are listed in those instructions. They do not apply to persons filing Form NR. You are not eligible for the foreign earned income exclusion, housing exclusion, or housing deduction on Form The Form must be filed for a child even if the child is a nonresident alien.

That form is not filed by persons filing Form NR. That worksheet is for persons filing Form Form is not filed by persons filing Form NR. To claim the child tax credit or the credit for other dependents on Form NR in full, you must be a U. No other persons filing Form NR can claim the child tax credit or the credit for other dependents.

Those forms are not filed by persons filing Form NR. However, the term "U. For purposes of this tax, transportation income will be treated as not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States unless:. You had a fixed place of business in the United States involved in the earning of transportation income, and.

Or, in the case of income from the leasing of a vessel or aircraft, it was attributable to a fixed place of business in the United States.

You may be exempt from this tax because of a treaty or an exchange of notes between the United States and the country of which you are a resident. If the country of which you are a resident does not impose tax on the shipping or aircraft income of U. If you are exempt from the tax by treaty or exchange of notes, complete Form and attach it to this return. If you are exempt from the tax for any other reason, you must attach a statement to Form NR identifying your country of residence and the law and provisions under which you claim exemption from the tax.

If you owe this tax, you must attach a statement to your return that includes the information described in Pub. The taxes withheld on those forms are reported on Form NR, lines 25e, 25f, and 25g, respectively. Enter on line 25e any tax withheld by a partnership and shown on Form s Attach a copy of all Form s to the back of your return. Enter on line 25f any tax withheld under section related to dispositions of U. Attach a copy of all Form s A to the front of your return. Enter on line 25g the total amount shown as federal income tax withheld under chapter 3 or 4 on your Form s S.

The withholding credit should be shown in box 10 of your Form s S. Attach Form s S to the front of your return. Attach to the front of your return Form s R if tax was withheld.

Be sure to attach to the back of your return Form s A foreign trust or estate must also attach to the back of Form NR copies of the Form s it must furnish to its beneficiaries with the Schedule s T completed. Refunds of taxes shown on Forms , A, or S may be delayed for up to 6 months. See Refund Information, later. Leave line 27 blank. To claim the additional child tax credit in full, you must be a U. Residents of South Korea and India can claim the credits to the extent described in Pub.

No other persons filing Form NR can claim the additional child tax credit. Enter any amount you paid with Form C for The American opportunity credit cannot be claimed by persons filing Form NR. Leave line 30 blank. The recovery rebate credit cannot be claimed by persons filing Form NR. The Injured Spouse discussion does not apply to you. A person filing Form NR cannot file a joint return. If you request a refund of tax withheld on a Form S, Form , or Form A, we may need additional time to process the refund.

Allow up to 6 months for these refunds to be issued. If you want your refund mailed outside the United States to an address not listed on page 1 of Form NR, enter that address on line 35e.

See Foreign address , earlier, for information on entering a foreign address. If you want to pay electronically but do not have a U. If you are paying by check or money order, the check or money order must be drawn on a U. You did not pay enough estimated tax by any of the due dates. This is true even if you are due a refund.

Also, subtract from line 24 any:. When figuring the amount on line 24, include household employment taxes Schedule 2 Form , line 7a only if the total of lines 25d through 25g is more than zero or you would owe the penalty even if you did not include those taxes.

You will not owe the penalty if your tax return was for a tax year of 12 full months and either of the following applies. You had no tax shown on your return and you were a U. But see the Caution below. Your estimated tax payments for must have been made on time and for the required amount. This rule does not apply to farmers and fishermen.

When figuring the amount on line 61, include household employment taxes only if the total of lines 62a through 62d is more than zero or you would have owed the estimated tax penalty for even if you did not include those taxes. If the Exception just described does not apply, see the Instructions for Form for other situations in which you may be able to lower your penalty by filing Form If you choose to figure the penalty yourself, use Form or Form F for farmers and fishermen.

Enter any penalty on line Add the penalty to any tax due and enter the total on line However, if you have an overpayment on line 34, subtract the penalty from the amount you would otherwise enter on line 35a or line Lines 35a, 36, and 38 must equal line If the penalty is more than the overpayment on line 34, enter on lines 35a and Then, subtract line 34 from line 38 and enter the result on line Don't file Form with your return unless Form indicates that you must do so.

Instead, keep it for your records. Because Form is complicated, you can leave line 38 blank and the IRS will figure the penalty and send you a bill. We will not charge you interest on the penalty if you pay by the date specified on the bill. If your income varied during the year, the annualized income installment method may reduce the amount of your penalty.

But you must file Form because the IRS cannot figure your penalty under this method. The phone number you enter for the designee must be a U. You can have an agent in the United States prepare and sign your return if you could not do so for one of the following reasons.

You were not in the United States at any time during the 60 days before the return was due. The discussion of joint returns does not apply to you. You have the option of entering your phone number and email address in the spaces provided.

There will be no effect on the processing of your return if you choose not to enter this information. The IRS doesn't initiate contact with taxpayers by email or telephone to request personal or financial information. For more information, go to IRS. Attach Form to the back of your return. Because you are filing Form NR, you have only three filing statuses: Single, Married filing separately formerly Married , or Qualified widow er. Do not use the amounts in the column for Head of a household.

Use the amounts in the Married filing jointly column only if you are a Qualified widow er. If you are filing for an estate or trust, you must use Tax Rate Schedule W, later, to figure your tax. Please click here for the text description of the image. If you must use the tax computation worksheets based on the line 16 instructions, use the Section A Worksheet for Single, the Section B Worksheet for Qualifying widow er , or the Section C Worksheet for Married filing separately, and enter the amount on Form NR, line Information about standard deductions only applies to students and business apprentices eligible for the benefits of Article 21 2 of the United States-India Income Tax Treaty.

You are not eligible to claim an earned income credit as a Form NR filer. You can claim the premium tax credit for dependents only if you are a U.

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Before you visit, go to IRS. Call English-speaking only. The processing of refund requests of tax withheld and reported on a Form S, Form , or Form A may require additional time. You may need to use Schedule 1 Form if you have additional income, such as business or farm income or loss, unemployment compensation, prize or award money, or gambling winnings or any deductions to claim, such as the student loan interest deduction, self-employment tax, or educator expenses.

When completing a line on Schedule 1 Form , look to the instructions below for that line, which may direct you to the Schedule 1 instructions found in the Instructions for Forms and SR for guidance.

See the specific line instructions below for any Exceptions. For example, see Line 1 below, which has three exceptions. The state or local income tax must be of a U. Ignore the TIP.

The only reason none of your refund would be taxable is, if in the year you paid the state or local income tax, you did not itemize deductions on Schedule A Form NR ; or you were a student or business apprentice eligible for the benefits of the United States-India Income Tax Treaty and you elected to use the standard deduction.

Use Itemized Deduction Recoveries in Pub. Leave lines 2a and 2b of Schedule 1 Form blank. A person filing Form NR does not report alimony on lines 2a and 2b.

Report only your effectively connected income and expenses on Schedule C Form Include any income you received as a dealer in stocks, securities, and commodities through your U. If you dealt in these items through an independent agent, such as a U.

Report income or loss from rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, estates, trusts, and residual interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits REMICs on Schedule 1 Form , line 5. For more information, see the Instructions for Schedule E Form If you are electing to treat income from real property located in the United States as effectively connected with a U. Trade or Business, earlier, for more details on how to make the election.

Report farm income and expenses on line 6. For more information, see the Instructions for Schedule F Form Also see Pub. See Line 7 under Instructions for Schedule 1 in the Instructions for Forms and SR for details on unemployment compensation, including unemployment compensation related to coronavirus relief. Use line 8 to report any other income effectively connected with your U. Jury duty pay, Alaska Permanent Fund dividends, and the net section inclusion do not apply to Form NR filers.

Only report "other income" that is effectively connected with a U. Income from the rental of personal property if you engaged in the rental for profit but were not in the business of renting such property, or. Exception 4. Income not effectively connected with a U. You will not have Medicaid waiver payments that you chose to include in earned income unless you are a student or business apprentice eligible for the benefits in Article 21 2 of the United States-India Income Tax Treaty.

Gifts or bequests you receive from a foreign person are not taxable regardless of the amount. Do not include performing-arts-related expenses as a write-in on line 22 of Schedule 1 Form In , these expenses were a write-in on the line that is now line 22 of Schedule 1 Form See Line 14 under Instructions for Schedule 1 in the Instructions for Forms and SR for details on the deductible part of self-employment tax. See Line 16 under Instructions for Schedule 1 in the Instructions for Forms and SR for details on the self-employed health insurance deduction.

The rules for a shareholder in an S corporation do not apply to you. Nonresident aliens cannot be shareholders in an S corporation. Form discussions do not apply to you. You are not eligible for the foreign earned income and foreign housing benefits on Form If your filing status at the top of page 1 on Form NR is Married filing separately, you cannot claim the premium tax credit unless you meet the criteria of one of the exceptions under Married taxpayers in the Instructions for Form See Line 17 under Instructions for Schedule 1 in the Instructions for Forms and SR for details on the penalty on early withdrawal of savings.

Leave lines 18a, 18b, and 18c blank on Schedule 1 Form You are not eligible for an alimony deduction if you are filing Form NR. When reading that section, including when completing the IRA Deduction Worksheet, follow only the guidance for the filing status you checked at the top of page 1 of Form NR. Do not use your spouse's earned income, or your or your spouse's alimony and separate maintenance payments, when determining whether you can take the IRA deduction.

Do not apply Form , Foreign Earned Income, discussions to your situation. You cannot file that form. You must have taxable compensation effectively connected with a U. See Line 20 under Instructions for Schedule 1 in the Instructions for Forms and SR for details on the student loan interest deduction. When reading that section including when completing the Student Loan Interest Deduction Worksheet in that section, follow only the guidance for the filing status you checked at the top of page 1 of Form NR.

If you checked the Married filing separately box at the top of page 1 of Form NR, you cannot take the student loan interest deduction. Even though they are listed in Line 22 under Instructions for Schedule 1 in the Instructions for Forms and SR, do not include on Schedule 1 Form , line Deductible expenses related to income from the rental of personal property engaged in for profit, and. Attorney fees and court costs for actions involving certain unlawful discrimination claims to the extent the gross income from such actions is not effectively connected.

Performing-arts-related expenses from Form are no longer a write-in adjustment as they were in Report those expenses on Schedule 1 Form , line You may need to use Schedule 2 Form if you owe the alternative minimum tax AMT or need to make an excess advance premium tax credit repayment, or you owe other taxes, such as self-employment tax, household employment taxes, or additional tax on IRAs or other qualified retirement plans and tax-favored accounts.

For guidance when completing a line on Schedule 2 Form , look to the instructions below for that line, which may direct you to the Schedule 2 instructions found in the Instructions for Forms and SR for guidance. For example, see Line 1 below, which has four exceptions. See Line 1 under Instructions for Schedule 2 in the Instructions for Forms and SR for details on the alternative minimum tax.

For estates and trusts only. If you are filing for an estate or trust, do the following. Use Schedule I Form and its instructions to find out if you owe the alternative minimum tax. Do not use the Instructions for Forms and SR to figure whether you owe the alternative minimum tax. If you disposed of a U. For details, see Nonresident Aliens in the Instructions for Form Only use the guidance for the filing status you checked at the top of page 1 of Form NR.

The following in the list under Exception in Line 1 under Instructions for Schedule 2 in the Instructions for Forms and SR do not apply to you. The reference to income or loss from S corporations. Investment interest expense reported on Form cannot apply to you. Nonresident aliens do not file Form Net qualified disaster loss unless you are a student or business apprentice eligible for benefits under Article 21 2 of the United States-India Income Tax Treaty and you reported a standard deduction on Schedule A Form NR , line 7.

Do not enter the amount from line 7. See Line 2 under Instructions for Schedule 2 in the Instructions for Forms and SR for details on the excess advance premium tax credit repayment. Enter the amount of any taxes from Schedule SE Form If you are a self-employed nonresident alien, you must pay self-employment tax only if an international social security agreement often called a totalization agreement in effect determines that you are covered under the U.

See the Instructions for Schedule SE Form for information about international social security agreements. Information about totalization agreements is available at IRS. Enter "totalization agreement" in the search box. You can also find information at SSA. If you are not required to pay self-employment tax but do so anyway, you will not be eligible to receive social security benefits.