Filing Taxes

• Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement: W-2 forms are mailed to current and former employees. This form shows how much you earned last year and how much was taken out for taxes. You will only receive this form if you have been employed. Many employers allow you to print your W-2 online.
• Form 1042-S: The 1042-S form will only be given to nonresident alien students who have received scholarships or fellowship money that exceeds tuition and related fee charges. You will not receive a copy of the 1042-S form if you only have a tuition waiver on your account and do not receive any checks. 1042-S forms will be issued by the UW Payroll Office around mid-February. If you expect to receive a 1042-S form, wait until it is issued before filing your tax return.
• Form 1099 (if applicable): The 1099 form documents miscellaneous income. For example, if you had CPT authorization to work as an independent contractor, rather than as an employee of an organization, you might receive Form 1099 instead of Form W-2 to document your earnings.
• Passport
• I-20 (F-1 status)
• DS-2019 (J-1 status)
• Social Security Number or Individual Tax Identification Number (not required if you will file only Form 8843)
• Address information (current U.S. address and foreign address)
• U.S. entry and exit dates for current and past visits to the U.S. You can get much of your travel information from the online I-94 system: USCBP I-94 Website
• Academic institution or host sponsor information (name, address, phone)
• Scholarship/fellowship grant letter (if any)
• A copy of last year’s federal income tax return, if filed

ISS advisers are not able to provide guidance on filing taxes. If you do not already have one, you will be asked to create a user account for GLACIER Tax Prep. Do not use your UW NetID for this purpose but create a UserID and Password that is unique to GLACIER Tax Prep. Students who work on campus will already have a GPT account.

Students Who Worked on Campus
Did Work On-Campus – Online-Tax.net

Students Who Did Not Work on Campus
Did Not Work On-Campus – Glacier Tax Prep [UW NetID required]

The tax software will determine whether you are a resident or non-resident for tax purposes.

Resident for Tax Purposes:
If GTP determines you are a resident for tax purposes, click on the link provided by GTP for Free File: Do Your Federal Taxes for Free and select a company. Please note that this is only for students who are told by GTP that they have been in the U.S. for such a long time that they are residents for tax purposes and cannot use GTP. If you are considered a resident for tax purposes, you will be taxed like a U.S. citizen and will need to file a 1040EZ or 1040 instead of the 1040NR.

Non-resident for Tax Purposes:

• If you received no U.S. source income in 2023 and you are a nonresident alien for tax purposes, you must file Form 8843 by June 15, 2024.
• If you received wages or taxable scholarships from U.S. sources and you are a nonresident alien for tax purposes, you must file Form 8843 AND 1040NR by April 15, 2024.

Depending on whether you have wages, you will need to file taxes by the following deadline: