🎯 Summary
👉 Please review your Federal and State (if you're required to file a State return) tax summaries before continuing. To make corrections, return to the relevant section, update the information, and complete all steps again.
🎯 Federal tax
ℹ️️ Your Federal tax refund can either be direct deposited to your US bank account, issued as a refund check, or credited to the next year.
⚠️ NOTE: If you provide a US bank account, it needs to be your personal bank account. If the direct deposit of your refund fails, IRS will send a check instead to the address you listed as mailing.
📢 There is an option to set up a temporary US bank account through an independent third party. For more information please review this blog from Sprintax (specifically #3): http://blog.sprintax.com/get-tax-refund-without-us-bank-account/.
💡 If you want your refund as a paper check by mail, make sure the address you provided in Step 2, sub-step Your address, is where you will be for the next few months after filing your return.
➡️ Credit towards your next year’s tax. If you select this option, federal refund due on the return will not be issued and will be credited to the next 2026 year instead.
🚨IMPORTANT: Do not select the “Credit towards next year” option if you have IIE income or you are not anticipating to be filing a tax return next year.
🎯 State tax
📌 If you are due a refund from the state tax office, you can either choose to receive direct deposit into your personal bank account, receive a check or forward credit to 2026.
📌 If you owe states taxes, you will find instructions on how to pay in your state tax package once you finalize the process.
💡 If your only income is from IIE (1042-S) and you owe state taxes, click here for more information.
🎯 Post-Filing support
ℹ️️ The Post-Filing Service is an extra support option to assist with any tax issues after your return is filed. Our team can:
📌 Review any letters you receive from the tax office.
📌 Contact the IRS or State Tax Office on your behalf to help resolve the issue.
⚠️ NOTE: As an IIE program participant, you do not need to include the Post-Filing service when placing your final order. You already have free access to this service as part of your program benefits.
🎯 Sprintax Forms
ℹ️️ Sprintax Forms is used by foreign nationals receiving U.S. source income who need to provide tax documentation to the payer of the said U.S. income.
➡️ If IIE has given you grant or scholarship payments, you'll be asked to complete Sprintax Calculus to provide info needed for your U.S. tax document.
✔️ You can use Sprintax Forms if you are receiving other U.S. income not granted by IIE and you need to provide the payer of that income with tax documents so it is taxed correctly.