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Hi Folks, I have a strong feeling this would be a FAQ but tried searching for this info for the last 1.5 hrs but not been able to get my search right. :-( I am a USC-R2I in ROR status. I worked for an MNC while in US and have continued to work for the India sub after R2I (which was ~5 yrs ago). I ...

Hi Rajesh, Thanks for your well-considered reply. I have a question about a couple of your points and then further info about another. 3 & 4: Although the stock vests in the US brokerage account, isn't it disputable to consider it "Global Income" wholesale? That is, the reason why I am getting it in ...

Rajesh, Other Experts, Sorry if this is a FAQ but multiple attempts to perform search did not yield much. Also, I am not sure this is the best place to post the question (as thread title says NRI but I am a USC, LIA). My basic question is regarding situations where a person returns to work for an ...

I paid $245. Their pricing depends on the number of different things they have to work on ... for e.g., for a simple H1, worked 6-mths in US type return, I have heard people pay as little at $45. Another friend paid $150. They also told me that their price includes all anciliary work that needs to ...

As fyi, I ended up using the following CPA: [URL]http://www.usindiatax.com/index.jsp[/URL]. They did a great job of what, to me, was quite a complicated return. (On another note, finding out from them that IRS owes me a refund helped ease the deadline pressure too.) Most of the interaction with them ...

I used them and they did a great job of my (what was to me a fairly complicated) tax return. Plus they are setup to do everything over the web/phone/fax ... so you don't have to be in Pune to avail of their services. (For e.g., I took camera picts of w2s, 1099s, etc. and uploaded to a folder on ...

Bobus -
I have a basic question regarding FEI exclusion ... does IRS mandate that tax has been paid to GoI for the income claimed as FEI?

How old is your son? If well below 16 ... there's no urgency to get even a PIO card ... just a regular valid visa is sufficient. If you do get a PIO card *and* he's > 16 then while he's in India he will have to register with the local FRRO regularly (every 6 months). If he gets an OCI card instead ...

Some place earlier on this (or another) thread there was a comment that entering a friend's address may cause issues when you claim 'substantial presence' outside US later. May be there's a workaround to that ... perhaps one could file with friend's address and later write to IRS that the address ...

Guys - I was lazing around thinking sometime close to due date I can just initiate an e-payment that's the equivalent of "here's my name & SSN ... here's my bank info, please take xyz dollars from it on 4/15" ... but I just went through the [B]EFTPS[/B] enrollment site and, guess what, tough luck ...