Residency & status
Which return you file, and why.
Substantial presence test
Count your US days the way the IRS does, including exempt years on F-1 or J-1, and find out whether you file Form 1040 or 1040-NR.
RNOR calculator
Moving back to India. The 182-day test, the 729-day rule and the 9-of-10 test - and how many years your US income stays outside the Indian net.
Which forms apply to me?
Tick sixteen things about your life and get the list of US forms you probably owe - with the tool for each one. Start here if you are not sure.
Green card exit taxOn the list
Giving up a green card has a price. Find out whether you are a covered expatriate before you hand it in.
Pay & equity
Salary, RSUs, ESPP, what you keep.
RSU tax calculator
Tax at vest, the 22% under-withholding gap, and the zero cost basis your broker reports that taxes the same money twice.
ESPP tax calculator
Qualifying or disqualifying, how much is salary and how much is capital gain, and the corrected cost basis that stops you paying tax twice.
H-1B tax calculator
Federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and state tax on an H-1B salary, with the FICA rules that actually apply to visa holders.
RSU cost basis checkerBuilding now
The same double-taxation trap as ESPP, on the bigger number. Your broker reports zero basis; this works out the real one.
401(k) when you leave the USOn the list
Cash out, roll over or leave it. What each costs an NRI in US withholding, the 10% penalty, and Indian tax once you are back.
1099 / self-employment taxOn the list
Contracting on a visa or on the side. Self-employment tax, quarterly estimates, and what a 1099 actually costs you.
Indian accounts
What the IRS expects to see.
Form 8938 threshold checker
FBAR is not the only one. Check whether your Indian accounts, PPF and funds also cross the Form 8938 line - different agency, different thresholds.
Form 3520 gift checker
Parents sent money from India? Over $100,000 in a year and you must report it. No tax is due - but the penalty for silence starts at $10,000.
PFIC / Form 8621 checker
Your SIP in India is a PFIC. How many Form 8621s you owe, which regime applies, and why section 1291 is the one to avoid.
FBAR prep sheet
Convert each Indian account to dollars at the Treasury year-end rate, check the $10,000 threshold, and get the exact figures for FinCEN Form 114.
Missed FBAR fix finder
You should have filed and didn't. Nine questions to work out which IRS catch-up route applies to you, and what it is likely to cost.
Foreign tax credit (Form 1116)Building now
TDS was deducted in India and the IRS wants its share too. Work out the credit that stops you paying twice on the same income.
PFIC / Form 8621 calculatorOn the list
Indian mutual funds are PFICs. Estimate the reporting burden and the tax before you buy another unit.
Property & India
Rent, sales, money moving home.
Rental depreciation catch-upOn the list
Never claimed depreciation on your US rental? Work out the Section 481(a) adjustment you can claim back in one year.
Form 10F generatorOn the list
The declaration Indian payers need before they apply treaty rates instead of full TDS. Generate it with the right details.
NRI property sale taxOn the list
Selling a flat in India while living in the US. TDS withheld there, capital gains due here, and the credit that connects them.
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