Posted by: yurika February 27, 2017
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Hi Chipre mama:
Thank you for the previous response. It looks you have a lot of experiences regarding tax. I came to US as research scholar on April 2014 and filed tax for two years (2014, and 2015). In these two years, I used the form 1040 NR-EZ. Now, I find following information.
- Scholars in J-1 status are exempt from FICA (medicare +social security) for the first 2 years of presence in the US. After that point, they become resident taxpayers and are subject to FICA withholdings.
As soon as I crossed two years, they started deducting FICA (starting from April of 2016). Now, based on above information, I think, I should be eligible to file as resident taxpayer.
Is it correct that I should use the form 1040 NR but not 1040 NR-EZ/or 1040?
This will help me to have clear idea as my 2-year completion happened only in April 2016.
Thanks,
Yurika