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An alien is any individual who is not a U.S. citizen or U.S. national. A nonresident alien is an alien who has not passed the green card test or the substantial presence test. If you are a nonresident alien at the end of the tax year, and your spouse is a resident alien, your spouse can choose to treat you as a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes and file Form 1040 using the filing status “Married Filing Jointly.” You must file a return if you are a nonresident alien engaged or considered to be engaged in a trade or business in the United States during the year, if you have U.S. income on which the tax liability was not satisfied by the withholding of tax at the source, or if you want to claim a refund of access withholding or want to claim the benefit of any deductions of credits (for example, if you have income from rental property that you choose to treat as income connected to a trade or business).

Information about Form 1099-OID, including recent updates, related forms, and instructions on how to file. File Form 1099-OID if the OID includible in gross income is at least $10 or any person for whom you withheld and paid any foreign tax on OID or from whom you withheld (and did not refund) any federal income tax under the backup withholding rules even if the amount of the OID is less than $10.

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This section defines FDAP income and discusses its tax treatment.

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FS-2024-12, April 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers they must answer the digital asset question and report all digital asset related income when they file their 2023 federal income tax return. Taxpayers should also keep these reporting guidelines in mind for 2024.

Any claim for refund or credit may be reviewed by the IRS. If you claim a refund or credit on your federal tax return of more than $2 million ($5 million for a C corporation), the IRS must review the refund or credit and provide a report to the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).

Information and resources for taxpayers that may have received an Intent to Levy Notice.

FS-2023-19, Aug. 2023 — Federal law requires a person to report cash transactions of more than $10,000 by filing Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business. Although many cash transactions are legitimate, the information on the form can help law enforcement combat money laundering, tax evasion, drug dealing, terrorist financing and other criminal activities.

We charged you a penalty because you didn't file it your return electronically, as required.