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Everybody who was in the U.S. in 2025 needs to file something for tax season .  \n●  Filing is required even if you had no U.S. income.  \nWho can help me with taxes? (1/2)  \n● Tax filing is a personal responsibility; neither OISS nor Lehigh can file your taxes for you!  \n● Only those with a degree or other tax training may give tax advice.  \n● OISS partners with a tax organization called NoRTH that can give official tax advice on most topics.  \nWho can help me with taxes? (2/2)  \n● Questions about a tax document from Lehigh?  \n○ 1042-S document: Payroll Office  \n○ W-2 document: Payroll Office  \n○ 1098-T: Bursar’s Office  \n● *more information about tax documents later!*  \nBasic Tax Process (1/2)  \n• Nearly all income earned in [the U.S. is](the U.S. is) taxed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a government agency. There are many things about your life that affect how much tax you owe.  \n• Tax taken out of your income is the government estimating how much you owe based on what your employer knows about you.  \n○ the tax taken out during the year goes towards your total amount-it’s like making small monthly payments to the government  \n○ this way, you don’t have to make a huge tax payment every April  \n• When you file your taxes every spring, you are considering all of your personal details to calculate how much tax you owe the U.S. government.  \n○ the tax return is basically you comparing your calculations to theirs!  \nBasics & Tax Vocabulary  \n• Tax Season = February-April, filing for previous tax year  \n• Tax Year = January 1st-December 31st of any year  \n○ example: tax year 2024 (TY2024) was January 1st, 2024-December 31st, 2024  \n○ you would file your 2024 taxes in spring 2025  \n•  IRS: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. government agency that handles taxes  \n• “file your taxes”: to submit forms to the IRS  \n• tax return: the form(s) you submitted  \n• tax refund: money you received after filing; this means your withheld taxes from the year was more than you actually owed  \n• withholding: money that is taken out of your income during the year  \n○ also called “tax withheld”  \nWhat do I do first?  \n1) determine your residency status  \nnonresident alien  \nresident alien  \ndual-status  \nalien (uncommon)  \nTo determine your residency…  \n• use your passport information to retrieve your travel history from the I-94 website  \n• type in all your U.S. entry and exit dates, even for a tourist visa!  \n• this is what your results will look like →  \nWhat does my residency status mean?  \n● Your residency status determines how you are taxed  \n● Once you have been in the U.S. for long enough, depending on your visa status, you become taxed as a resident/resident alien.  \n○ J1 Visa holders have 2 years until they meet significant presence.  \n○  F1 Visa holders have 5 years until they meet significant presence.  \n● As a resident alien, you are taxed just like a U.S. citizen","cbCaiqxXRkNaqFZY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqxXRkNaqFZY","pdf",1909587,24,"English","# Do I have to file taxes in the U.S?\n## Who can help me with taxes?\n## Basic Tax Process\n# Basics & Tax Vocabulary\n## What do I do first?\n## To determine your residency\n## What does my residency status mean?","[{\"question\":\"What is the first step in the basic U.S. tax process described in the guide?\",\"answer\":\"Determine your residency status, using passport information to retrieve travel history from the I-94 website and entering all U.S. entry and exit dates.\"}]","Filing U.S. Taxes - A Guide for International Students and Scholars | PDF",1789799826,8]