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发帖数: 1242 | 1 下面是最近报税中碰到的一些问题，现整理出来供大家参考：
Q1. If we have earned income more than $12,903 and we file MFJ, but my wife/
husband did not work/have earned income during 2010, does she eligible to $
400 making work pay in Schedule M?
A1. If your AGI is less than $190,000, the answer is YES. Both of you are
eligible, and you will get $800 for this credit. And I assume both of you
are not NR and both of you have social security number.
Q2. Why my Schedule A "state and local tax deduction" is different from my
W-2 "state and local tax withholding"?
A2. If you take Itemized Deduction, you can deduct your state and local
payment, this number is often generated from your W-2 box 17, but if you
owed 2009 state tax and you paid in 2010, you can also get this number added
to your 2010 state withholding. In addition, NJ allows UI/DI/FLI you paid
as deductible local tax, therefore, this $310 are treated as your local tax
payment.
Q3. Is that true if my wife/husband did not work/study during 2010, and we
can not deduct child care expense?
A3. Yes. both of you must have earned income during the year unless your
spouse was enrolled as a full-time student at a school during any 5 months
of 2010 or was disabled. For any month that your spouse was not a student or
disabled, use your spouse's actual income if he or she worked during the
month.
Q4. My son/daughter was born here but was in China during 2010, should I
claim him/her as dependent because he/she did not qualify for residency test?
A4. Practically, we treat dependent child and dependent relatives
differently. If the child is your direct offspring, mostly temporary absence
rule can be applied unless there is evidence to show you intend to leave
him/her permanently. However, it is a case-by-case circumstance.
Q5. Can I claim my visiting parents/in-laws as dependent?
A5. A non-resident alien is classified as a resident alien for tax purposes
if they were physically present in the U.S. for 31 days during the current
year and 183 days during a three-year period that includes the current year
and the two years immediately before that. But recently IRS has kept eyes on
this type of deduction. The risk of auditing is high. I strongly suggest
documents such as round trip airline ticket, arriving and departure records
should be kept in file. | c********e
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【在 N***U 的大作中提到】
: 下面是最近报税中碰到的一些问题，现整理出来供大家参考：
: Q1. If we have earned income more than $12,903 and we file MFJ, but my wife/
: husband did not work/have earned income during 2010, does she eligible to $
: 400 making work pay in Schedule M?
: A1. If your AGI is less than $190,000, the answer is YES. Both of you are
: eligible, and you will get $800 for this credit. And I assume both of you
: are not NR and both of you have social security number.
: Q2. Why my Schedule A "state and local tax deduction" is different from my
: W-2 "state and local tax withholding"?
: A2. If you take Itemized Deduction, you can deduct your state and local
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wife/
my
【在 N***U 的大作中提到】
: 下面是最近报税中碰到的一些问题，现整理出来供大家参考：
: Q1. If we have earned income more than $12,903 and we file MFJ, but my wife/
: husband did not work/have earned income during 2010, does she eligible to $
: 400 making work pay in Schedule M?
: A1. If your AGI is less than $190,000, the answer is YES. Both of you are
: eligible, and you will get $800 for this credit. And I assume both of you
: are not NR and both of you have social security number.
: Q2. Why my Schedule A "state and local tax deduction" is different from my
: W-2 "state and local tax withholding"?
: A2. If you take Itemized Deduction, you can deduct your state and local
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