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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM GRANTAX
FOR YOUR 2007 INCOME TAX RETURN FILING
The tax season is approaching again. IIE and your grant sponsor are pleased to offer you tax preparation service through GRANTAX, IIE’s tax division, for the filing of your 2007 income tax return. All individuals who are present in the U.S. on a J visa must file a U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return and/or Statement for Exempt Individuals (form 8843). All IFP grantees that received funding directly from IIE in 2007 are required to use the Grantax service at NO COST to them.
Please proceed to the online questionnaire: https://www.iieapp1.org/Grantax/GrantaxLogin.asp (Your computer needs to have internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher)
Please complete and submit this questionnaire to GRANTAX for we need to have this information to prepare your 2007 U.S. Income Tax Return. If you used GRANTAX to file your 2006 tax return, you must use the same password to sign on and have access to the existing account where personal information is pre-populated for your convenience. If you don’t remember your password, you can click “Forgot Password” on the first page of the online questionnaire and it will be sent to the email address you provided on your 2006 questionnaire.
For First-Time User:
When you log onto the questionnaire for the first time, please make sure to click “First-Time User Registration” that takes you to the registration page, where you will create your password for future re-entry to your questionnaire.
If you have problems in accessing our online questionnaire, please contact Grantax for the MICROSOFT WORD version and a Power of Attorney form in PDF format.
Please complete and submit the questionnaire and mail all required tax documents so that GRANTAX receives them by 03/31/08.
TAX PREPARATION & FILING PROCEDURE
Grantax prepares and files the Federal tax return by combining personal and financial information you provide in your questionnaire with various tax forms issued by IIE and non-IIE sources. It’s very important for Grantax to receive complete and accurate information from you in order to prepare the return although it may seem quite time-consuming to you. An increasing number of returns have been subject to a tax audit lately and Grantax would like to be well prepared for it on your behalf.
STATE TAX RETURN
Grantax will prepare your state tax return if you received wages in 2007. The return will be mailed to you so you can sign and mail to the applicable state tax authority directly. Although your sponsor does not bear any state tax liability, IIE will pay the penalty and interest assessed for the late payment of taxes due on your 2007 state tax return. However, if federal and state taxes were not withheld from your 2007 miscellaneous income on Form 1099-misc, IIE will NOT pay the interest and penalties assessed for late payment.
For more information, please visit http://www.iie.org/programs/grantax. Please email grantax@iie.org if you have any problems or questions.
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