Office of International Student Services Newsletter

 Volume II, Number 17

· Information for taxes 
· Culture Link 

Important Information 

· F-1 and J-1 students: turn in exception form before Feb 11
· Spring 2005 Health Insurance Information due Feb 18th

Upcoming Events

· Feb 10th -Wellness House Valentine Party
· Feb 11th - Women Leaders of Today and Tomorrow 
· Feb 15th - Spring Activities Fair
· Feb 15th - A Day of Remembrance and Hope
· Feb 15th - Hispanic Professional night at General Mills

Please find below information about the 2004 Income Tax Forms and Assistance for UST International Students and instructions for Cintax, the tax software OISS has selected to help you file your taxes.

• 2004 Tax Information.doc (MS Word Document)
• Cintax Instructions (PDF File)
• Cintax Instructions if you made no income in 2004 (PDF File)

Email oiss@stthomas.edu to receive a password to access Cintax. This information can also be found on our website at:
http://www.stthomas.edu/oiss/taxes/. 

Tax Assistant and Professional:

We have hired St. Thomas student Cecile Aguilar as a tax assistant to work at OISS. She will help students with the following:
a) give basic information about the forms you must fill out and submit
b) help students to prepare to use Cintax on-line software 

Her schedule will be online shortly at  http://www.stthomas.edu/oiss/taxes/.

On the 4 days listed below, we are bringing tax professionals to our office who have been trained in international students’ tax forms and issues. They will give individual assistance to students to prepare your Federal tax forms. However, they will only assist students who have all their W-2 and 1042s in hand and have completed the basic information on the 8843 and 1040NR forms. Since this is a service that we are paying for and providing to students with limited income, the tax professionals will not assist students whose annual income is more than $20,000. 

OISS, 161 Murray Herrick Campus Center

• Sunday February 27th - noon to 3 pm
• Sunday March 13th - noon to 3 pm
• Sunday March 27th - 10 am to 1 pm
• Sunday April 3rd - 11 am to 2 pm

Please email OISS at oiss@stthomas.edu to sign-up for your 30-minute time slot. There will be no walk-ins available during the tax sessions, so sign up now to get your time reserved.