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US Taxes - What do you put on your IRS forms?

 
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ovid



Joined: 30 May 2007

PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:56 pm    Post subject: US Taxes - What do you put on your IRS forms? Reply with quote

So.. another tax year upon me.

However, I got just a couple of papers that constitute my "pay stubs"... really they were just unorganized. Does all this go forward onto my IRS income?

Anyway, just wanted to know how exactly I should go ahead and file these.

Thanks
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CeleryMan



Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You need to file Federal returns no matter what. My guess is that you qualify for the Foreign Income Exclusion provision which implies you will not have to file State returns so long as you have a valid home address in Korea.

There is a separate form (1040?) used solely by US citizens working abroad you should look in to it.

G'luck
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dogshed



Joined: 28 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please read this:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=87567&highlight=tax
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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man

PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CeleryMan wrote:
You need to file Federal returns no matter what. My guess is that you qualify for the Foreign Income Exclusion provision which implies you will not have to file State returns so long as you have a valid home address in Korea.


...unless you're from certain states, in which case you do. (like virginia)
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jazblanc77



Joined: 22 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mostly numbers.
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Trevor



Joined: 16 Nov 2005

PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please consider doing the correct thing which is the following :

Do not file anything at all and do not consider paying the United States government anything until after they have left Iraq completely and are no longer conducting any illegal wars in the middle east or elsewhere.

You will be doing the right thing.

Wink
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I filled out an IRS form in numbers that corresponded to letters once.

It was easy to decode. 1=A, 2=B, etc.

I spelled: I like spaghetti.

That was all.

If anything, OP, I hope this helps clarify your situation.
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ramikera



Joined: 19 Dec 2007

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I will assume that you're asking what form you would attach to your tax return form, since you do not receive a W-2 paystub, but a random Korean one instead.

First off, I am not a tax expert, so just consider this informal advice from an acquaintance. I'll leave it up to you to confirm these details and act on your own conclusions.

With that said, I've read on a few sites that you don't have to attach foreign pay stubs to your tax form if this was for a foreign company in a foreign country. If they later want to review your taxes, then they'll request it, and that's when you'd submit it. Here is one such article:
http://www.aca.ch/brunotax.htm

Hope that helps.
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regicide



Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:47 am    Post subject: Re: US Taxes - What do you put on your IRS forms? Reply with quote

ovid wrote:
So.. another tax year upon me.

However, I got just a couple of papers that constitute my "pay stubs"... really they were just unorganized. Does all this go forward onto my IRS income?

Anyway, just wanted to know how exactly I should go ahead and file these.

Thanks


Ask a tax professional. Pay money for that advise if you have to.
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