Scholarships/grants on Room & Board

mom2collegekids
Fri, 11 Oct 2019 04:32:27 +0000

BelknapPoint:

BelknapPoint I never even thought about IRS income tax liability for an international student. Are you saying they would need to file a U.S. tax return?

Ok, I should have said “maybe.” The question of whether or not an international student must file a return and pay taxes on U.S. source income gets complicated very quickly. Short, lawyer-type answer: it depends.

This is interesting and I wonder what the answer is.

Doesn’t seem fair that an int’l student could get grants/merit for nonQEE and not have to pay taxes on it while domestic students would.