Hi,
I was wondering if you could help me. We spoke to a local tax consultant and they weren't too sure on how to proceed. We moved to the US on 28th September and my contract switched to a US contract from HK on October 1st 2022. I have never worked in the US before so I guess I don't meet the substantial Presence test. So does that mean I only report my earning from October 2022 to December 2022 in the US and nowhere else? I don't have any income from abroad and have no income from investments anywhere yet (although I do have an old UK pension that is just sitting there which I can't touch yet). Do I need to declare how much income I made in Hong Kong from January 2022 to October 2022 or is it not relevant at the moment?
For my wife it's a bit more complicated. She works remotely for an American company but in Hong Kong. Before she left they got a remote contract which they said was for the US. It was paid in USD but from the company's Hong Kong Bank account. Does she owe tax in US as its been less than six months? It was a US contract but the money came from Asia so a bit confused? I guess she does but just want to check! Is this US income is being paid form Asia?
As it is a freelance contract which forms does she need? Does she have to pay full medicare/social security as the company paid nothing towards it? They also didn't pay any tax on her behalf as was a freelance contract. We had no idea it would be so involved for freelance taxes in the US.
We're very confused to what we should be doing as this is our first filing in the US!
Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give!
