New job: It's asking for my country for taxes

[mdcatelli 16]

So I just got a job on my EAD, (I'm adjusting from a k1), and I'm unsure of how to fill out a form that my employer is requesting.

It is asking for my country of tax residence. As far as I know, I am no longer a Canadian Resident and not obligated to pay taxes there anymore so I don't know how to fill that out.

It says "Although you may pay tax in the U.S., your country of Tax Residence CANNOT be the U.S. Your Country of Tax Residence is generally the country to which you owe tax on your "worldwide" income. Typically, your Country of Tax Residence is the same as your country of Permanent Residence; however, if you have lived in a country other than your Country of Permanent Residence immediately before coming to the U.S. to study/work, you may have established Tax Residency in that country."

[mallafri76 1,012]

I'm interested in the answers you get as I'll be starting my first job in the US on Monday. What form did you have to fill out?

[aleful 1,905]

hi

US, you will be filing taxes next year in the US

you will work here in the US, with a US employer, your employer will deduct money from your paycheck and the following year will give you a W2 for tax purposes

and you will file taxes in the US

[mdcatelli 16]

hi

US, you will be filing taxes next year in the US

you will work here in the US, with a US employer, your employer will deduct money from your paycheck and the following year will give you a W2 for tax purposes

and you will file taxes in the US

I am aware of that, however what they want me to fill out will not let me put that. I don't think they recognize my immigration status as existing on the program they use.

[Lemonslice 4,555]

Ask your employer to fill form 1040 (not 1040nr)

See page 2 and 3 of the instructions - your presence test will be +183 days in the current year.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040nr.pdf (pages 2-3)

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Yes, this is the "wrong" question but I am not sure how to fix it!

[rutabaga 209]

What form is it (if it is 1040NR... well why in the world is your employer requesting you to fill out a form that you'd use to file your personal taxes?)?

Also, are you sure it says CANNOT and not MAY NOT? Big difference there.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

I am aware of that, however what they want me to fill out will not let me put that. I don't think they recognize my immigration status as existing on the program they use.

Is it a computer/online W4 form or program that will not allow you to put US? Did you get to that part by saying you were a non-resident alien, so that's why it's not allowing US as a tax home?

Explain the form better and if you are filling it out with a pen or it is a computerized program.

[mdcatelli 16]

Is it a computer/online W4 form or program that will not allow you to put US? Did you get to that part by saying you were a non-resident alien, so that's why it's not allowing US as a tax home?

Explain the form better and if you are filling it out with a pen or it is a computerized program.

It's a computerized program called glacier. When I filled out some forms when I got the job I can't recall what I put (probably non-resident alien or something along those lines), so it will not allow me to put U.S. I'll have to talk to the person in charge of the program to try to get it sorted out. I think it's just for them to determine at what rate to tax me at.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

It's a computerized program called glacier. When I filled out some forms when I got the job I can't recall what I put (probably non-resident alien or something along those lines), so it will not allow me to put U.S. I'll have to talk to the person in charge of the program to try to get it sorted out. I think it's just for them to determine at what rate to tax me at.

Tell them that you will be filing as a resident alien for all of 2016 because you will meet the greencard test and the physical presence test for tax year 2016.