Hi, I have a similar situation, I hope you can help me. I've arrived in US on June 2021 under J1 visa working in Maryland and my employer applied the federal tax exemption under traty US- Italy, article 20. I've filled my 2021 taxes and on March 2022 I moved to Massachussets always under J1 visa. Here my new employer is not able to apply the exemption since my visa last 2 years and since I've alredy been in US for 10 months their system does not recognize me as eligible for the treaty benefits. Moreover, the new employer claimed that, even if I were entitled, I have to be careful to leave the country within the end if the second year in US, otherwise I will have to reimburse the total amount of tax I was exempted during the first 2 years to the INR. Can someone help me to understand this? Tbh I don't trust the info I got from my new employer. Thank you
