Given the large number of Indians who queue up for US visas and green cards, NRIs and PIOs who are American tax-payers are not a small number. The starting point for the taxation process in America is determining the residency status of a person.
Indians will fall under the category of 'foreign national' in the US. The actual taxation depends upon whether a person is classified as a resident or a non-resident alien in the US. The position can change year after year and a re-evaluation is req... more »