Ohio located in the East North Central region of the United State. Ohio is the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated in the country. The manufacturing sector is the largest industry in the state. The state's factories lead the nation in the production of plastics and rubber, fabricated metals, and electrical equipment and appliances. Ohio also is a leading producer of steel, autos, and trucks.
The state of Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Aerospace, agriculture and food manufacturing, clean technology, information and communication technology, forest products are the biggest industries in the State. The state of Washington has a business-friendly environment. Many big companies include Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, and Nordstrom are located in Washington state.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is an IRS initiative designed to support free tax preparation service in underserved communities for low-to-moderate income families. The following will briefly introduce the eligibility and procedures of VITA program. The VITA program offers free tax help to people who generally make $56,000 or less, persons with disabilities and limited English-speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns.
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is an important development in U.S. efforts to combat tax evasion by U.S. persons holding accounts and other financial assets offshore. Under FATCA, certain U.S. taxpayers, holding specific financial assets outside the United States and meeting the reporting threshold, must report those assets to the IRS on Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets.
Under the Bank Secrecy Act, United States persons every year must report certain foreign financial accounts to the Treasury Department by filing a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) on FinCEN Form 114 and keep certain records of those accounts.A United States person, including a citizen, resident, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, and estate, must file an FBAR if that person has a financial interest in or signature authority over
The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) imposes the liability for FICA (Social Security and Medicare) taxes on both the employer of, and the employee, who earns income from wages in the United States. The Internal Revenue Code also grants an exemption from social security and Medicare taxes to non-immigrant students, who temporarily present in the United States in F-1 status. This article will help you determine if you were eligible and explain how to claim your FICA refund.
A corporation may subject to double taxation. Specifically, a corporation must file and pay corporate income tax during each taxable year, and the shareholders must pay taxes on any dividends or other distributions during the taxable year when they got them from the corporation. However, the corporation can choose to retain the earnings to finance growth and reasonable needs of the business up to USD 250,000
A U.S. employer may sponsor a prospective or current foreign national employee who is inside or outside the United States and who may qualify under one or more of the employment-based (EB) immigrant visa categories. Generally, aliens with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics; outstanding professors and researchers;
According to the resident alien definition, you are a resident alien of the United States for tax purposes if you meet either the green card test or the substantial presence test for the calendar year (January 1-December 31). To meet substantial presence test, you must be physically present in the U.S on at least 183 days during the current year, or 183 days during the 3-year period that includes the current year (at least 31 days) and the 2 years immediately before that.
A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a business structure allowed by state statute, but IRS does not recognize LLC on tax purpose. The IRS treats an LLC as either a partnership, or a corporation depending on the number of members and elections made by the LLC.For income tax purpose, a single member LLC is treated as a sole proprietor by default. In this case, the LLC does not need to pay income taxes or file a tax return with the IRS.