J1 Tax Question

UrbanSea

Good evening all. Just a quick question.
I was on a J1 in the States over the summer, word is that I can get the tax that I paid back. Is this true? If so, how would I go about doing it?


Thanks in advance

akelly02

are you on about the tax that you payed in America?

Shane732

Yes you could be eligible to get the tax you paid in America back. It's not something I'm in involved in at all so I can't give you any guidance. The best idea might be to use someone like taxback. I think they charge 10% but it would be worth it.

akelly02

dont get Taxback. It can be done fairly easily. Id start with irish revenue and ask them how you would go about it.

MrDownzee

Yes I am also trying to now claim my taxback myself from my J1 in Boston for the year of 2012. Could anyone give me some advice of the necessary documents that are needed for the retrieval of my tax?? Thanks all!

timmywex

If you can get your W2 from your employer (same as p60 over here) then you can do it easily using form 1040nr-ez .

Any questions about it, send me a pm, i did it for 2011 tax year and just sent it off for last tax year there today.


http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040nre.pdf
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040nre.pdf


If you cant get your w2, but have say your last paycheck and it says how much you were paid/taxed for the year, you can try submit this rather than a w2 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4852.pdf , never done it though


For the effort of filling a 1 page form out and sending it to the states, i surely wouldnt bother with tax back, but each to their own and all that

Caliden

What sort of taxes are you entitled to get back? Is it just social security and medicare or is it possible to get federal income tax back as well?

On my W2 it has an amount marked against 'Federal Income Tax Withheld'. Do you have to have certain criteria to get that back?