| Your Tax Status is | If you |
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| Category I Non-Resident Alien with US income |
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If you meet any of the above criteria and you earned money from a US source in 2012 you can use Glacier Tax Prep, formerly CINTAX to file your taxes. UC International Services has purchased the use of Glacier Tax Prep to help you file your taxes online. Glacier TP/CINTAX is the program that more than a thousand of you used last year to do your Federal Tax Return. This will enable you to use any computer that has web access, Adobe Acrobat Reader and a Printer to start or modify your personal Federal Income Tax Return.
What do I need to use Glacier TP?
In order to use Glacier TP you will need:
- A Glacier TP Access (see below)
- Passport and Visa
- I-20/DS-2019 (if F-1/J-1)
- I-797 Approval Notice (if H-1B)
- I-94 Card
- Form W-2 (see below)
- Form 1042S (see below)
- Any Form 1099's you may have received (see below)
- Check book (for paying taxes or providing refund information)
- The name and office telephone number of your academic advisor/supervisor.
How do I access Glacier TP?
Glacier TP can be accessed from iStart. To access your Glacier TP password please follow the following steps:
1) Log on to iStart
2) Go to eForms
3) Select the Insurances and Finances tab
4) Select Glacier TP Access. Do NOT select the Tax Analysis eForm.
When using the Glacier TP Access through iStart you will be linked to the Glacier TP website. If you have never used this software before, you will need to click the right side of the screen and create a username and password. If you used CINTAX last year you can click on the left side of the screen and enter your email/username and password that you created last year.
There is also no charge for accessing Glacier TP.
Need help using Glacier TP?
If you have questions while using Glacier TP you can click the Customer Support Button in Glacier TP. Glacier TP will not answer phone calls, only emails. There will be no onsite volunteer help this year.
| Please Note: |
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I. ONLY give Glacier TP what it is asking for. In the past students have felt the need to input information that appears on their I-20 Sources of Support sections into tax fields in the software. If the Software is asking for Box 1 of your W-2, put the number that appears in Box 1 of your W-2 only and not other information that appears elsewhere. |
II. Do NOT include UGS information on Glacier TP. As a Non-Resident Alien for Tax purposes you do not need to report or pay taxes on UGS awards. |
III. Please remember that even though this is a web-based program, it is not "E-filing". "E-filing" is a web-based method that US Citizens and Resident Aliens can use to file their Federal Income Tax Returns. E-filing is not available for Non-Resident Aliens. After completing your tax return using Glacier TP you must print your documents, sign them and mail them. |
IV. Avoid using Firefox and Macs. |
V. Information that you input using this software is only saved until June 15, 2013. So don't forget to print! |
VI. Do not forget to complete a State Tax Return. More information can be found here. |