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Tackling Tax Planning Issues of Nonresident Alien Artists

One of the challenging areas of income tax planning is working on behalf of nonresident alien (NRA) performing and creative artists. Integrating the typical rules of the Internal Revenue Code that apply to U.S. income tax residents with what might apply to a NRA coming to work in the United States, as a result of their specific facts and circumstances and applicable tax treaties, can be a confusing maze.

22 minute read March 29, 2013 at 11:18 AM
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Andrew B. Blackman
Tackling Tax Planning Issues of Nonresident Alien Artists

One of the challenging areas of income tax planning is working on behalf of nonresident alien (NRA) performing and creative artists.

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