Tax Resources
Help from the Internal Revenue Service:
General tax information for students and scholars can be found at
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=96431,00.html
Help with your tax questions can be found at http://www.irs.gov/help/article/0,,id=120193,00.html
General telephone assistance: 1-800-829-1040 (ask for the Technical
Division). When calling this number you may ask questions to help you
prepare your return or ask about a notice you may have received.
If you have attempted to deal with an IRS problem unsuccessfully, you can
contact their Taxpayer Advocate: 1-877-777-4778.
To download IRS tax forms and publications, please go to this website: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html.
To order the tax forms by mail call 1-800-829-3676.
Listing of Income Tax Treaties:
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=96454,00.html
To check on your refund status: call 1-800-829-4477 or query the refund
status web site https://sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/irfofgetstatus.jsp
For FAQ’s: http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq13.html
Helpful Websites:
The University of Texas has one of the best web sites for general tax
information including examples of competed IRS forms: http://www.utexas.edu/international/taxes/index.html
In addition to above mentioned IRS web site on Tax Treaties, there are a
number of sites which provide tax treaty information. For a listing of only
those parts of the tax treaties effecting international students: http://www.windstar-tech.com/public/treaties.html
A commercial site offering information and for-fee tax return preparation
for international students and scholars can be found at: TheTaxGuy.com
If you need to file taxes for another state (for example, if you worked in
New York during the summer), you can get tax forms for most states from the
Federation of Tax Administrators' website: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/FORMS.html
IRS Forms & Publications
Publication 513 Tax Information for Visitors to the U.S.
Publication 519 U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens
Publication 970 Tax Benefits for Education
Publication 901 U.S. Tax Treaties
Publication 1915 Understanding Your IRS ITIN
These publications and additional IRS publications are available at www.irs.gov
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