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State Tax withold

Ronit — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:38:22 GMT

I'm international student and resides in Texas where they have no state tax. I went Chicago, IL for my internship where they have both federal and state tax. As international student do i have to pay the state tax for IL I was there just for 2 months.

Re: State Tax withold

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:08:03 GMT

If you worked in IL you may need to pay IL tax, but if you are a non-resident alien, you cannot use TurboTax.

If you are a non-resident alien, your return must be filed on Form 1040NR, which cannot be prepared using TurboTax. You can use TT’s partner, sprintax:

https://www.sprintax.com/non-resident-alien-tax-1040nr-turbotax.html

IRS —HOW TO DETERMINE RESIDENCY STATUS FOR TAX

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/determining-an-individuals-tax-residency-status#:~:text=If you are not a,January 1 – December 31).

Re: State Tax withold

Ronit — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:09:37 GMT

I'm not using turbo tax but just asking question. Do i need to pay that tax or not

Re: State Tax withold

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:15:21 GMT

https://tax.illinois.gov/individuals/filingrequirements.html