I hope someone can help me confirm my understanding of this sentence on IRS. Mostly the word’exclude’ threw me off.
I hope someone can help me confirm my understanding of this sentence on IRS. Mostly the word’exclude’ threw me off.
“If you exclude days of presence in the U.S. for purposes of the substantial presence test because you were an exempt individual or were unable to leave the U.S. because of a medical condition or medical problem, you must include Form 8843”
My understanding is: if you don’t want to use days of presence jn the US for the SP test, you must include form 8843.
Please help me out. I strongly believe the language is understandable to Americans. Whenever I gave this question to an American, she immediate says she doesn’t know anything about taxes before thinking about my question, which made me mad.
Top answer
Presumably they are looking at how many days you have stayed in the US, and "exclude days of presence" means prevent certain days from being added to this total. If you meet the criteria described in the part "because ... medical problem", then you must use Form 8843 to specify that you want these days excluded (not counted).
- Presumably they are looking at how many days you have stayed in the US, and "exclude days of presence" means prevent certain days from being added to this total.
- If you meet the criteria described in the part "because ...
- medical problem", then you must use Form 8843 to specify that you want these days excluded (not counted).
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Presumably they are looking at how many days you have stayed in the US, and "exclude days of presence" means prevent certain days from being added to this total. If you meet the criteria described in the part "because ... medical problem", then you must use Form 8843 to specify that you want these days excluded (not counted).
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