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Your federal tax return details - Income part

- Wages, salaries, tips, etc., Line 1a - This is your total income earned for the tax year you are filing for (the details are on Line 1a of your 1040-NR form);
- Total Exempt Income, Form 1040NR, Line 1c - This is the income exempt under the tax treaty - Line 1k of your 1040-NR form;
* Type of your exempt income - You have to check Schedule OI - Line L1. If there is nothing here, you can contact us via our live chat;
* What is the applicable tax treaty article claimed on your tax return?, Line L1.(b) - Once again, please check Schedule OI Line L1. If there is nothing here, you can contact us via our live chat;
* Number of months on which you claimed this tax treaty in prior tax years?, Line L1.(c) - You have to count all of the months you had US income in, without including the tax year you are filing for;
* Did you claim another tax treaty on your tax return? - If you have another tax treaty answer, please answer the questions the same way as the previous boxes;
- Taxable refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local income taxes, Schedule 1, Line 1 - This is your state and local taxes paid (Itemized Deductions). Those details can be found on Schedule A - Line 1 of your 1040-NR;
*If you are an Indian citizen, you have not claimed such itemized deductions. 
- Adjusted gross income, Line 11 - This is the final amount listed on Line 11 of your 1040-NR form;
- Itemized deductions (from Schedule A) or, for certain residents of India, standard deduction, Line 12a - This can be the same amount from Schedule 1 - Line 1 or a different amount depending on the Itemized deductions you have reported on Line 12a of your 1040-NR;
- State and local income taxes, Line 1a, Sch A - This is once again the amount from Schedule A - Line 1 on your 1040-NR;
- Taxable income, Line 15 - This is the amount from Line 15 of the 1040-NR form; 
- Tax, Line 16 - This is the amount from Line 16 of the 1040-NR form; 
- How much was your Federal income tax?, Line 33 - This is the amount from Line 33 (Add lines 25d, 25e, 25f, 25g, 26, and 32. These are your total payments) of the 1040-NR form;

Please keep in mind that any boxes you do NOT have, you should enter 0s

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