A guide to American immigrants' living tax returns

The United States is a developed country, and many people want to immigrate to the United States. So how to file tax returns in the life of immigrating to the United States? Dear me, I have compiled a guide to American immigration tax returns here, hoping to help you.

I. Bonded status

The tax filing status in the United States is divided into single, joint declaration by husband and wife, separate declaration by husband and wife, head of the family and widowed.

Different tax declaration States have different deductions and tax thresholds. Generally speaking, husband and wife jointly declare the most tax-saving.

2. What income needs to be declared?

According to the definition of tax law, the income of residents is collected in the same way as that of American citizens, that is, all income obtained worldwide must be declared.

These incomes include wages, interest, dividends, alimony received by divorced spouses, business income of self-employed, investment income, pension income, rental income, copyright and patent income, partnership income, company income, trust income, agricultural income, social security welfare income, unemployment income and other income.

Third, the time limit.

After the new immigrants landed, the first tax return was made before April 15 of the year after they became American taxpayers, and the federal and state taxes of the previous year were submitted. If the deadline is Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, it will be postponed to the next working day.

If you live outside the United States for a long time, the tax return period will be automatically extended by two months to June 15. If you can't file tax returns on time before April 15, you can apply for an extension of 6 months to June 10+05. For the individual tax bill of 20 17, the first deadline is April 20 17 18, and the extension deadline is June 20 17 16.

Fourth, the method of tax declaration.

For the filing methods of American tax returns, you can choose to file online, fill in the form manually, use professional tax return software, or be handled by professional accountants. If there is a tax refund, it will be received in about 7- 14 working days after online declaration. If you fill in the form and send it by hand, the tax refund will take 1-3 months.