本帖最后由 绯雨求好运 于 2016-2-10 15:38 编辑
关于这个问题大家已经讨论很多次了,一直没有定论。
这两天在IRS官网上翻的时候看到了如下这段话。
Effect of Tax Treaties
Therules given here to determine if you are a U.S. resident do notoverride tax treaty defini-tions of residency. If you are adual-resident taxpayer, you can still claim the benefits under anincome tax treaty. A dual-resident taxpayer is one who is a residentof both the United States and another country under each country'stax laws. The income tax treaty between the two countries mustcontain a provision that provides for resolution of conflictingclaims of residence (tie-breaker rule). If you are treated as aresident of a foreign country under a tax treaty, you are treated asa nonresident alien in figuring your U.S. income tax. For purposesother than figuring your tax, you will be treated as a U.S. resident.For example, the rules dis-cussed here do not affect your residencytime periods as discussed later under Dual-Status Alien.
Information to be reported. If you are a dual-resident taxpayer and you claim treaty benefits, you must file a return by the due date (including extensions) using Form 1040NR or Form 1040NR-EZ, andcompute your tax as a nonresident alien. You must also attach afully completed Form 8833 if you determine your residency under a tax treaty and receive payments or income items totaling more than $100,000. You may also have to attach Form 8938 (discussed in chapter 7). See Reporting TreatyBenefits Claimed in chapter 9 for more information on reportingtreaty benefits
真是越看越糊涂了。照这段话的意思,那么F1转H1B的那一年也是可以claim tax treaty?因为留学生期间,我们还是算中国境外居民的。
附上关于中国居民的定义:
居民包括中华人民共和国居民自然人、居民法人。居民自然人包括在中华人民共和国境内连续居留一年或者一年以上的自然人,外国及香港、澳门、台湾地区在境内的留学生、就医人员、外国驻华使馆领馆、国际组织驻华办事机构的外籍工作人员及其家属除外;中国短期出国人员(在境外居留时间不满1年)、在境外留学人员、就医人员(已取得境外居留权的人员除外)及中国驻外使馆领馆、常驻国际组织使团的工作人员及其家属
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