Hello,
I am on an H-1B and became a resident alien for tax purposes in 2020). Moreover, due to a tax treaty my wages are exempt from federal and state taxes. However, my employer withheld taxes for the first month of employment.
Specifically, my employer withheld federal and state income taxes for Jan 2020 but not for the remainder of the year. Moreover, my W2 only reported my wage from Jan 2020 and a moving allowance (not covered by the tax treaty) but not the wages for the rest of the year.
My question is:
- how do I report the income that was not reported on the W2 because it was tax exempt? Do I have to report it all?
- how do I claim the tax treaty benefit for Jan 2020?
As suggested in some of the other posts I am using "Less common Income" -> "Miscellaneous Income" -> "Other reportable income" to subtract the wage for Jan 2020 that should have been tax exempt and would include all the paperwork again that I submitted to my employer for the withholding tax exemption.
