Hi Dave/TurboTax,
I am resident alien for tax. I am on F1 visa and have been working at a US DOE laboratory for few years while continuing my PhD. I get my salary from the DOE lab and pay tax similar to a US national.
I wonder if I can claim Tax Treaty benefit while filing the 2023 tax. In all these years (more than 10 years), I never claimed tax treaty. A friend of mine told me I could get either tax treaty benefit or standard deduction. I am not sure what's the truth: am I eligible to claim tax treaty? If I am, can I do both standard deduction and the tax treaty together (almost 20000$ tax free income together). It is not straight forward for me to understand. Please give me your answer. Thank you.
