When preparing your 2007 taxes remember the following simple rules:

• All internationals MUST complete and submit tax documents.


• Filings should reflect US-based income earned between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007.  Do not consider income from any time outside these dates.  If you are filing as a nonresident alien, do not consider income from sources outside the USA either.


• Remember that filing tax returns means doing three different things:


• Informing the US, state, and local governments of how much money you made


• Based on your reported income, calculating how much tax you owe


• Determining how much money should be refunded (or how much you still owe)

The University of Texas at Austin International Office has designed a free tax assistance website: www.utexas.edu/international/taxes/. The University of Texas at Austin welcomes users from across the nation to access their site. A few notes:

• You should print your filled forms before leaving the site, since you cannot save the forms.


• Instructions for completing forms are generally not on the same page as the form itself. You should print the form instructions for reference before beginning form completion online.


• Data will be lost if you are timed out while preparing a form.

Another resource you may find helpful: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4152.pdf.

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