I am a resident alien on J1 visa and have received both a W2 and 1042-S (Foreign Person's US Source of Income Subject to Withholding) for this year.
Previously I filed taxes through sprintax as I was a non-resident alien, but now I am a resident as I've been here over two years I need to complete the 1042 via TT. Further, I was under a 2 year UK-USA tax treaty for which I did not pay tax on my any income for the past 2 years. However I have stayed beyond the 2 years and now need to retroactively pay that tax treaty money to the IRS. I'm not sure how to move forward with this on my tax return - how do I let the IRS know that I now need to pay back 2 years of taxes? This is very confusing for me, I'm from a country where this is done for us by the govt.
On TT, I have input the following in 'Other Taxable Income' as suggested from previous posts based on my 1042-S form (which has an income and then 0% tax rate and 0 Federal Tax withheld.
Description: 1042-S Income
Amount: The amount on my 1042-S
If I leave it at this, TT tells me that I owe about 6k in taxes,
Then added again
Description: Tax treaty exemption (cha 3, code 4)
Amount: negative the amount on my 1042-S
Then TT tells me I should get about 3k tax return....
The values I am inputting are correct based on my 1042-S. The wage I have input into 'amount' is my partial salary that was untaxed from my 1042-S. I started being federally taxed right after 2 years and tax treaty ended, and this number on my W2 (which I have also input into my W2 section on TT).
or does the IRS just get back to me asking for the 2 years tax back payment and that this isn't relative to my tax return?
