A**l 发帖数: 2650 | 1 应要求重新整理一遍,去掉一些不准确的地方,加了一些说明。如有错漏,请告知。
关键字:非F1,H1B, H4, L1, L2, first year choice (FYC), dual status (DS),
resident (R), non-resident (NR), extension, married file separately (MFS),
married file jointly (MFJ)
1. 背景
Tax版大部分税友是F1->H1B,所以版面文章也多是考虑F1以及F1/OPT转H1B的情况。我
的情况是2012年10月中来CA,H1B+2xH4(老婆儿子)。其实这样的人应该也不少,近
两年来更是如此。但似乎版面文章不太多,因此将我报税过程记录下来,以便后人参考
。直接从国内过来的L1/L2从报税流程上跟H1B/H4是类似的,区别主要在于H1B通常从每
年10月开始生效,而L1(以及non-cap H1B)随时生效,所以在美时间不同,会导致报
税身份(可能)有不同。
报税之前,请先大概浏览一遍精华区,并search版面,能起到事半功倍之效(因为你碰
到的问题很有... 阅读全帖 |
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A**l 发帖数: 2650 | 2 应要求重新整理一遍,去掉一些不准确的地方,加了一些说明。如有错漏,请告知。
关键字:非F1,H1B, H4, L1, L2, first year choice (FYC), dual status (DS),
resident (R), non-resident (NR), extension, married file separately (MFS),
married file jointly (MFJ), substantial presence test (SPT)
1. 背景
Tax版大部分税友是F1->H1B,所以版面文章也多是考虑F1以及F1/OPT转H1B的情况。我
的情况是2012年10月中来CA,H1B+2xH4(老婆儿子)。其实这样的人应该也不少,近
两年来更是如此。但似乎版面文章不太多,因此将我报税过程记录下来,以便后人参考
。直接从国内过来的L1/L2从报税流程上跟H1B/H4是类似的,区别主要在于H1B通常从每
年10月开始生效,而L1(以及non-cap H1B)随时生效,所以在美时间不同,会导致报
税身份(可能)有不同。
报税之前,请先大概浏览一遍精华... 阅读全帖 |
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A**l 发帖数: 2650 | 3 对于MFJ,收入一起算,所以很简单
对于MFS,如果在加州等community states,按道理community income需要对半分,那
岂不是本来没有收入的H4(以及F2等)都需要报税,对吧?
那么我之前的报税是不是错了?还是我没有理解这个community税法?我有几个朋友是
公司出钱请的正规的大税务公司报税的,对于non-resident,FYC,海外收入等都有正
常处理(说明税务公司是比较可靠的)。但是他们也都没有把这个community的问题考
虑在内——也就是跟我一样file extension,FYC,然后H1/L1 file MFS(H4/L2不报)。
是不是community还有什么我没有注意到的例外条款?还是这些公司跟我都报错了?
求指点!
BTW,预扣税也要像income一样对半分么?否则H4不就因为没有预扣税要被罚款了?呵呵 |
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j****9 发帖数: 243 | 4 做过延期了,现在倒是可以作为R
我看MFS和NR都不能用standard deduction,
唯一差别就是MFS可以用spouse的免税额度,是吗?
还有些差别呢
FBAR我去了解一下,谢谢 |
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A**l 发帖数: 2650 | 5 对于MFJ,收入一起算,所以很简单
对于MFS,如果在加州等community states,按道理community income需要对半分,那
岂不是本来没有收入的H4(以及F2等)都需要报税,对吧?
那么我之前的报税是不是错了?还是我没有理解这个community税法?我有几个朋友是
公司出钱请的正规的大税务公司报税的,对于non-resident,FYC,海外收入等都有正
常处理(说明税务公司是比较可靠的)。但是他们也都没有把这个community的问题考
虑在内——也就是跟我一样file extension,FYC,然后H1/L1 file MFS(H4/L2不报)。
是不是community还有什么我没有注意到的例外条款?还是这些公司跟我都报错了?
求指点!
BTW,预扣税也要像income一样对半分么?否则H4不就因为没有预扣税要被罚款了?呵呵 |
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j****9 发帖数: 243 | 6 做过延期了,现在倒是可以作为R
我看MFS和NR都不能用standard deduction,
唯一差别就是MFS可以用spouse的免税额度,是吗?
还有些差别呢
FBAR我去了解一下,谢谢 |
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s*****n 发帖数: 1279 | 7 Federal肯定是合报了。州税的话,前半年在MA,后半年一方搬到NJ,难道全年的州税
都要分开报吗?一方在MA算MFS, 另一方MFS在MA和NJ都是part year resident?求指点 |
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M*******s 发帖数: 4074 | 8 你们两个,身份是什么,一点儿关系没有么?还有,是MFS不是MFJ?
以前的规定还是照样。你说的这个turbo tax 说的是不是MFJ的情况?
那就跟你没关系,既然你只说了MFS。 |
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M*******s 发帖数: 4074 | 9 怎么这个帖子又出来了?
多说一句:
你要是 resident,用 1040,MFS。或者你选择报 MFJ。
你要是 nonresident,用 1040NR,MFS。
怎么会没别的可以选? |
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b*********0 发帖数: 1030 | 10 I am resident, but my spouse is not resident and he has no SSN or ITIN. We
don't want to MFJ. therefore, I have to do MFS. Although MFS, it is also
need spouse's SSN or ITNI, but he has no SSN or ITIN, what am i supposed to
do?
Thanks |
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M*******s 发帖数: 4074 | 11 怎么这个帖子又出来了?
多说一句:
你要是 resident,用 1040,MFS。或者你选择报 MFJ。
你要是 nonresident,用 1040NR,MFS。
怎么会没别的可以选? |
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b*********0 发帖数: 1030 | 12 I am resident, but my spouse is not resident and he has no SSN or ITIN. We
don't want to MFJ. therefore, I have to do MFS. Although MFS, it is also
need spouse's SSN or ITNI, but he has no SSN or ITIN, what am i supposed to
do?
Thanks |
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M*******s 发帖数: 4074 | 13 四个州都要报。
C州,NR,你的工资。看是否可以MFS还是一定要MFJ。
D州,NR,你的工资。看是否可以MFS还是一定要MFJ。
A州,PY resident。
B州,PY resident。 |
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f*******n 发帖数: 12623 | 14 楼主应该是报married filing separately的。MFS才能写“NRA”的。如果是报MFS,应
该不需要ITIN。f |
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G****y 发帖数: 3537 | 15 I doubt you calculated correctly.
MFS and MFJ should not have too much difference on tax rate.
MFJ usually is better than MFS. Only MFJ could claim dependent care credit. |
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a***n 发帖数: 404 | 17 基金啥的太多了,第一次搞这个玩意儿。。。。
从来没有听说过。。。
(1)不知到改怎么选,怎么分配百分比啊?
(2)这个如果选的不好,是不是不能随便改?或者要交钱?
谢谢~~
可以选的列表如下:(实在太长了,看得云里雾里啊)
CONSERVATIVE MODEL *
CONSERVATIVE TO MODERATE MODEL *
MODERATE MODEL *
MODERATE TO AGGRESSIVE MODEL *
AGGRESSIVE MODEL *
NATIONWIDE BOND INDEX FUND - A
OPPENHEIMER DEVELOPING MARKETS
ALLIANZ NFJ DIVIDEND VALUE
GATEWAY TRUST
MFS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION*
OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRAT INC
BLACKROCK NATURAL RESOURCE
INVESCO GLOBAL REAL ESTATE*
PIMCO TOTAL RETURN
OPPEN... 阅读全帖 |
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h*********l 发帖数: 615 | 19 silver bear据说还不错 我一直用最便宜的MFS没感觉脏 我用stg556 piston driven跟
AR不同 但是300-500发擦一次barrel和piston没觉得piston很脏 bolt carrier我还从
来没擦过
回楼上的 silver bear和MFS大概$250/1000round 还是比较便宜的 |
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w*******y 发帖数: 60932 | 20 MFS .223 55gr FMJ Zinc Plated Steel Case Manufactured by MFS 2000 Hungarian
Ammunition Manufacturing Inc. Non-corrosive. 20 rounds per box. $4.99
shipped.
Link:
http://iway.org/9578591
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p******y 发帖数: 3742 | 24 电战系统 & 武装
* 防空系统
o PAAMS(主要防空导弹系统)
+ SAMPSON 多重目标追踪雷达
+ S1850M 3D 对空监视雷达
+ 6个8联装SYLVER A50,搭载48枚MBDA Aster 防空导弹(可混装
Aster 15 或是 Aster 30 紫苑导弹)
* 火炮系统
o 1 x BAE系统公司4.5英吋 (114 mm) Mark 8 海军舰炮
o 2 x 奥立冈 30 mm KCB 快炮
o 2 x 方阵 20 mm 近迫武器系统
* 反舰系统
45型驱逐舰预计安装一对四联装共八枚的鱼叉反舰导弹,但是尚未定案(截至2006)。
[1]
* 反潜系统
o MFS 7000 声纳
o STWS (Ship-launched Torpedo Weapon System) Mark 2三联装之324厘米
魟鱼鱼雷。 |
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e******7 发帖数: 504 | 25 2000 corolla,灯亮,P0171,洗了一下MFS,清CODE,开了几十麦,等没亮,但是车里
汽油味道很大,怎么解呢,多谢,正解有包子 |
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s***w 发帖数: 521 | 26 有没有相当于美国的gld?
还有就是etf/mfs度可以,类似美国的fsagx, vgpmx
谢谢 |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 27 for an indexer, what are the good etfs, and mfs in china? thanks |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 28 how about fee? which one (etfs, or mfs) is cheaper, for China A stock?
thanks! |
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s*******d 发帖数: 704 | 29 mfs 咋啦,发生什么事了?机场Fedex工人罢工? |
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n****i 发帖数: 1772 | 30 很简单。
优点:
1). Low cost. Index fund的expense ratio 在0.2%, MFs的平均expense ration是1.
36%.
2). 简单。半年或一年看一次就行了。
3). turn over小,少交税。
缺点:
1). No way to out-perform, 扣掉cost, 你的回报比市场只小一点,很接近啦。依然
逃不掉市场崩溃的风险。想像
你买了index fund when nasdaq is at 6xxx.
2). a little bit extra small cost: index fund 要买掉被delisted的股票(价格在
跌),买如新加进来的股票(价格
高)
下面我要说的很重要啊,大家要记笔记了!
“Economists cite the efficient market theory as the fundamental premise
that justifies the creation of
the index funds. The theory states that fund managers an |
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z****n 发帖数: 1514 | 31 1。想投资MF并且信誉最好历史最久的:
Fidelity: no annual fee, MF only
Vanguard: initial fund could use electronical bank transfer, $10 annual fee
if fund balance less than $5000($10000 for index funds). limited choice of
MF
2. 想投资MF并且想有更多选择:
ThinkorSwim:three free MF trade per month, no annual fee
Firsttrade: many NTF MFs, no annual fee, run by Chinese
3. 想投资股票并且偶尔买MF的:
Zecco:$30 annual fee, 40 free stock trades per month, $10 dollar per MF
trade, earn 4.4% APY interest for cash balance
4. 想aggressively买卖股票的:
IB |
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s******d 发帖数: 323 | 32 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
nihuai (DULM) 于 (Tue Dec 12 03:26:35 2006) 提到:
很简单。
优点:
1). Low cost. Index fund的expense ratio 在0.2%, MFs的平均expense ration是1.
36%.
2). 简单。半年或一年看一次就行了。
3). turn over小,少交税。
缺点:
1). No way to out-perform, 扣掉cost, 你的回报比市场只小一点,很接近啦。依然
逃不掉市场崩溃的风险。想像
你买了index fund when nasdaq is at 6xxx.
2). a little bit extra small cost: index fund 要买掉被delisted的股票(价格在
跌),买如新加进来的股票(价格
高)
下面我要说的很重要啊,大家要记笔记了!
“Economists cite the efficient market theory as the fundamental pre |
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K****D 发帖数: 30533 | 33 No, I trade less in 401k since I only have a dozen choices. I only hold
two MFs in my 401k.
I trade more in Zecco since there are tons of stocks to choose from. I
usually hold more than 2 stocks at a time.
The trading frequency has little to do with the performance. |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 34 大家有什么好的推荐吗?回报及较好的money market MFs?
谢谢 |
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k****t 发帖数: 12697 | 35 currently the return of MM MFs is worse than better part of savings/CD. |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 36 来自主题: Investment版 - 5%的回报 现在的bond MFs 都没有呀. |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 37 index MFs is about 0.10-0.20 management ratio
how about index ETF? thanks |
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K****D 发帖数: 30533 | 38 dude, there are index ETFs, so ETFs can also do long term.
There are also index MFs, so 投MF not necessarily "还不如买index". |
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s*******d 发帖数: 126 | 39 I am sure that there are plenty of information regarding this comparison on
the internet. I am just stating something that I know.
My overall impression is that they are about as efficient as they can be
with one another. All the differences that I have seen are rather minor, and
none comes close to the amazingly large drag that managed MFs have on your
investement.
If you are a dollar-average kind of investor, purchasing cost makes a
difference. For Vanguard funds, you can buy $300 a month into |
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s********n 发帖数: 1962 | 40 I would rather say that's the bigest advantage of MFs -- discourage short-
term trading and save you lots of time on useless TAs so that you can focus
on the big picture. |
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R****r 发帖数: 609 | 41 Sold MFs in IRA accounts on October, 2007. Many thanks to Lao Da for his
post.
Worked hard in 2008 and changed job with double pay.
Congratulations to KD. When did you become BF? |
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K****D 发帖数: 30533 | 42 Find one that doesn't charge yearly fee and charges low commission
when you trade MFs and ETFs. You'll have to manage your account
yourself.
Usually the smaller the bank/broker is, the cheaper it is. |
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K****D 发帖数: 30533 | 43 Could anybody recommend some MFs or ETFs that tracks S&P 500
roughly, but has much lower dividend than 2% per year? |
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K****D 发帖数: 30533 | 44 How did you get that conclusion? I don't agree.
Just calculate your total cost in a year (including the ER of
ETF/MFs), divided by your total balance, to get your real
expense ratio. |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 45 some recommendation for the MFs on bonds? thanks!
and
bullish |
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K****D 发帖数: 30533 | 46 问题:如果一个投资/投机者对1.5X, 3X, 10X等等不感兴趣,是不是options
对他/她的吸引力就锐减?
换句话说,是不是玩option的人的主要动机是其若干X的功能?
偶提出这个问题的原因是:option作为hedging的用法,几乎总是可以简单
通过buy/sell stocks/ETFs/MFs实现,只要杠杆不超过1.0X.
简单的例子:你觉得风险太大了,就可以把cash level从0%上升到20%.
如果还是风险太大,则从20%上升到50% (或者30%, 60%, 46.21%, 等等)。
所以如果一个投机者拥有free commission stock/ETF/MF account,简单的
操作就可以hedge, 而且还便宜,为什么要上options呢?吸引力又在何处? |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 47 thanks for your attention.
I bought some oil, materials, chemical, gold mfs last year, based on the
advice on stock board. As a tuition paid a frog like me, all are under deep
water right now, except gold (just above the water a few days ago). For them
, kind of still have 心灵创伤。:)
Right now, your logic is sound. But on the other hand, some people say the dow and sp500 are kind of high. they may go down 10-30%. if this happens, the the oil/energy funds may also be down together? This is my concer |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 48
you
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people say there is a trade fee each time. so MFs are better?
and 99% of the |
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f****t 发帖数: 1063 | 49 为什么好多MFs里的boa的成分股,都变成了boa pfd stk? 而不是一般的common stocks?
谢谢。 |
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s***w 发帖数: 521 | 50 在一个州政府部门工作,现在要换了,退休金有60k在fidelity. 面临如下的医疗保险
的问题。
1) 如果把所有钱都留在fidelity, 投资的选择有限,继续和广大的在职一样的选择(
约15个fidelity的MFs)。好处是我能和广大的州雇员一样,可以一辈子继续用州的
group医疗保险。这个医疗保险在外州的话,就只能用blue option network, 否则算
out of network, 报60%. 我们几年后可能去外州。
2)可以rollover 到 personal ira, 那就没有医疗保险的好处。
请问如何选择?这个group医疗保险的好处有多大?
如果到personal ira,回报会高很多吗? |
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