@Sam Hopi
if wife has J1 visa and husband has a J2 visa who should file form 8843 for child and if both have W-2 should file as non-resident 1040-NR each separately and J1 visa should 8843 for J2 visa or J2 visa can file 8843 by himself and J1 file 8843 for herself.
I was wondering if husband has other income like online shop as self-employed (beside W-2 ) where should enter on 1040-NR?
Since the husband & the child has dependent visa ( J-2 ) and because J-1 is Non-Resident Alien ( NRA), they musty each file a form 1040-NR on US sourced income. The child ( J-2) being under age is a dependent of J-1 and with no US income has no need to file a form 1040-NR. Therefore , to explain / exclude the days present ( towards SPT ), the J-1 and J-2 spouse both must file form 8843.. Even though the instructions for form 8843, does suggest that all NRAs must file a form 8843 , I cannot understand why a child ( and without a tax id -- No SSN or ITIN or ATIN ) while under age and having no income should have to file a form 8843. That is my view
should file Sch C but no pay SE tax also? If so, what part of Sc C indicates to exempt of SE for a non-resident. no treaty tax included on visa. Please answer this question
Schedule -C preparation will automatically generate a schedule-SE and it is 15.3% on approx. 92% of the net in come from the Schedule-C. If you were using TurboTax ( not true for you because Turbo does not support form 1040-NR ), it would have automatically transferred the net income to Schedule-SE.
I am not talking form 8812@pk, asking about form 8843 . Could you please read again my question!.
Apparently Brazil does not have totalization agreement with the U.S.
See answer above -- sorry for my mistake
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