Hi David, This is my second try with this question. I'm a cross-border tax client of yours since 2002. Or Gail's. I'm not sure any more. Anyway, I'm in the U.S. on an H1-B working full-time and am also a Ph.D. student. I am wondering, if it happened to be possible, that if I were able to get a grant or scholarship for my dissertation research, whether that would be considered income from a source other than my employer and therefore be illegal. I don't have an issue with paying taxes on it if that's what's required, but would it affect my visa status and permanent residence petition (or whatever it's called) that is in process for the next approx. 18 months yet? Or would that depend on how the grant is used, i.e. if it is used to purchased standardized tests, pay for statistical analyses, etc., pay participants if need be, as opposed to taking a leave of absence from work to complete a phase of the research or write-up. What do you think? Your opinion is greatly valued here. Best wishes, xxxxxxxx P.S. Feel free to post this to your newsletter list if you think it has value. ================================= david ingram replies: Gail no longer with me and has left the tax preparation business. You deserve any grant or scholarship you can get. Go for it! It will not affect your H1B I am 300 questions behind. Next time put "paying client" in the subject and I will likely pay more attention. In fact I erased about 300 questions last week and sent out a notice all the questioners I had erased. david Answers to this and other similar questions can be obtained free on Air every Sunday morning. Every Sunday at 9:00 AM on 600AM in Vancouver, Fred Snyder of Dundee Wealth Management and I, David Ingram will be hosting an INFOMERCIAL but LIVE talk show called "ITS YOUR MONEY" Those outside of the Lower Mainland will be able to listen on the internet at www.600AM.com Local calls are taken at (604) 280-0600 and Long Distance calls are taken at 1( 866) 778-0600 I do not know how far the LD line reaches. ========================================= This from "ask an income tax and immigration expert" from www.centa.com or www.jurock.com or www.featureweb.com. David Ingram deals on a daily basis with expatriate tax returns with: multi jurisdictional cross and trans border expatriate problems for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, China, New Zealand, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, Georgia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Scotland, Ireland, Hawaii, Florida, Montana, Morocco, Israel, Iraq, Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mali, Bangkok, Greenland, Iceland, Cuba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, St Vincent, Grenada,, Virgin Islands, US, UK, GB, and any of the 43 states with state tax returns, etc. Rockwall, Dallas, San Antonio and Houston Texas Denmark, Finland, Sweden Norway Bulgaria Croatia Income Tax and Immigration Tips, Income Tax and ImmigrationWizard Income Tax and Immigration Guru Income Tax and Immigration Consultant Income Tax and Immigration Specialist Section 216(4) 216(1) NR6 NR-6 NR 6 Non-Resident Real Estate tax specialist expert preparer consultant expatriate anti money laundering money seasoning FINTRAC E677 E667 4789 4790 TDF-90 Reporting $10,000 cross border transactions ========================= --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database: 532 - Release Date: 10/29/04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.centa.com/CEN-TAPEDE/centapede/attachments/20041102/de4bb110/attachment.htm
Comments (0)
CEN-TA Cross Border Services - Tax, Visas, Immigration
http://www.centa.com/article.php/UsCaWeekofMon20041101001391.html