Windstar Publishing, Inc.
In 2000 Windstar launched Windstar Publishing, Inc. to provide tax guidebooks in easy-to-understand prose. Paula N. Singer, Esq. authored The
U.S. Tax Guides for Foreign Persons and Those Who Pay Them™ series,
which is used by the IRS in training their personnel in nonresident alien
taxation. In 2005 Windstar introduced a new series, Cross-Winds, which
includes offerings on various international topics.
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Book series offered by Windstar Publishing:
U.S.
Tax Guides for Foreign Persons and Those Who Pay Them
The U.S.
Tax Guides for Foreign Persons and Those Who Pay Them™ series,
written for taxpayers, employers, payers and their advisors,
provide easy-to-understand explanations of the complex tax rules and procedures
that apply to payments to foreign persons. The guidebooks include
helpful
examples, lists, charts, sample forms, IRS forms, and instructions.
Author Paula N. Singer, tax attorney and partner in the tax law
firm, Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer, LLP, has over 25 years of experience
providing tax advice and compliance services to foreign nationals
and their employers and payers. Gary P. Singer is the co-author
of A Guide
for Filing IRS Forms 1042 and 1042-S; he co-founded
Windstar Technologies, Inc. and has over 10 years of experience
with IRS
electronic filing
for form 1042-S. U.S.
Taxation of Foreign Students introduced in December 2006, explains
the work-authorized activities of foreign students in F, J, and M nonimmigrant
status including documentation required for Social Security number and
individual taxpayer identification number applications. The guide discusses
the special rules determining U.S. tax status (resident or nonresident)
that apply to foreign students, the withholding and reporting rules that
apply to scholarship/fellowship grants and wages, and special FICA exemptions.
Also included is extensive information about tax treaty benefits that apply
to foreign students and their tax return filing obligations.
Tax Treaty Benefits for Foreign Nationals Performing U.S. Services, revised
in 2005, explains the exemptions from tax that may be available under a
U.S. income tax treaty with a foreign national's country of tax residence.
This extensive guide includes explanations of the conditions that must
be met, the withholding, reporting, and tax return procedures for claiming
treaty exemptions from tax. The guide addresses the tax treaty provisions
governing exemptions for employees, independent contractors, artists, athletes,
crewmen, directors, government workers, researchers, students, teachers,
and trainees.
U.S. Taxation of B-1 Business Visitors, revised in 2006, explains the
often-overlooked U.S. tax implications of a B visitor's presence in
the United States. Included
are explanations on the allowable B visitor activities and the U.S. tax
implications on payments that B visitors typically receive such as director's
fees, honorarium, and reimbursed expenses and allowances.
A Guide for Filing IRS Forms 1042 and 1042-S, revised in 2006, explains
the procedures that payers and employers must follow to deposit and report
withheld taxes. The guide also includes information on how to report
treaty exempt income on payments of U.S. source income made to nonresident
aliens
and foreign corporations, partnerships, trusts, estates, and other foreign
entities (collectively “foreign persons”).
J-1 Nonstudent Exchange Visitors Performing U.S. Services, revised in
2006, explains the tax rules that apply to compensation for services
performed
by Exchange Visitors in the United States as non-students such as alien
physicians, camp counselors, international visitors, research scholars,
short-term visitors, teachers, and trainees.
L-1 Intracompany Transferees on U.S. Assignment, revised in 2006, explains
how U.S. federal, state, social security and Medicare taxes apply
to the income for services performed in the United States, including the
U.S.
taxation to employment compensation paid abroad.
U.S. Taxation of H-1B Specialty Workers, revised in 2006, explains
how the U.S. federal, state, Social Security, and Medicare taxes
apply to
employment income for services performed in the United States.
The guide explains
the tax treaty benefits that may apply to certain H-1B workers
including how residents claim benefits on Form 1040.
A Guide to Selected U.S. Travel/Identity Documents for Law Enforcement,
created by the U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization
Service, this guide is a helpful tool for employers looking to
identify travel and employment authorization documents.
U.S.
Tax Returns
International Aspects of Individual U.S. Tax Returns is a 200-page tax guidebook for tax professionals whose clients
include U.S. citizens with assets and income from abroad, U.S. citizens
and residents living and working abroad, foreign nationals with U.S.-source
income, foreign nationals living and working or studying in the U.S., and
individuals relocating to and from U.S. possessions.
Cross-Winds
The Cross-Winds series provides easy-to understand information
about the complicated tax and immigration-related issues that apply to
individuals involved in cross-border activities.
What You Need to Know About Exchange Visitors provides
information on types of employment, documentation, treaty benefits, tax
status, and forms for exchange visitors.
Watch for more titles in the Cross-Winds series later this year.
Tax Policy
A Simple, More Efficient Tax Collection System for America provides an
overview of the current tax system, and offers suggestions on how to
create a simplified, more efficient tax system in the United States.
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