I married in 2019 to my wife who was working as an Au Pair program in the United States (same state MA as we both now live and work) while she was still on a J1 visa. She received her green card the same year in 2019 (November). She made $4,100.00 as an Au Pair from January 2019 to May 2019, but was paid in cash. The last two tax years, she filed a 1040NR and paid between $90 - $200 in taxes between 2017 and 2018 due to deductions she was allowed to claim (such as airfare and visa costs, phone bills for work, etc.) When enter her income in TurbuTax, our expected refund drops by roughly $1,100, which appears to be taxing her near a 25% flat rate. Comparitively, on an IRS.gov website form for filing 1040NR, it estimated the tax liability to be $400, or around 10%. I am using the TurboTax Deluxe version.
