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Family Medical Leave Act http://www.lawguru.com/faq/6.html Source: LawGuru Answers to frequently asked questions about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). full description	What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? Who can take a leave of absence and why? Are all employees covered by FMLA? Will I get paid if I am on leave? Must my employer hold my job for me while I am on leave?
Social Security Disability Frequently Asked Questions http://www.nosscr.org/faq.html Source: National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR) Social Security Disability Frequently Asked Questions full description	What is the definition of disability used by Social Security? How many different types of Social Security disability benefits are there? How do I apply for Social Security disability benefits? I am disabled, but I have plenty of money in the bank. Do I have to wait until this money is gone before I apply for Social Security disability benefits? I used to work but lately I have been staying home taking care of the kids. I have now become sick. Can I get Social Security disability benefits? How long do I have to wait after becoming disabled before I can file for Social Security disability benefits? I am still on sick leave from my employer. Can I file for Social Security disability now or do I have to wait until the sick leave is exhausted? I got hurt on the job. I am drawing worker's compensation benefits. Can I file a claim for Social Security disability benefits now or should I wait until the worker's compensation ends? Can I get both worker's compensation and Social Security disability? How can I tell if I will be found disabled by Social Security? Can you receive Social Security disability benefits for _____________ ? Do you have to be permanently disabled to get Social Security disability benefits? I have several health problems, but no one of them disables me. It is the combination that disables me. Can I get Social Security disability benefits? I got hurt in an automobile accident. I am disabled now, but I expect that I will be able to return to work after I recover. Should I file for Social Security disability benefits? How does Social Security determine if I am disabled? Who decides if I am disabled? Why does Social Security consider my age in determining whether I am disabled? Is there a list of illnesses that Social Security considers disabling? What can I do to improve my chances of winning my Social Security disability claim? How do I find an attorney to represent me before on my Social Security disability claim? If I am approved for Social Security disability benefits, how much will I get? How far back will they pay benefits if I am found disabled? What do I do if Social Security denies my claim for Social Security disability benefits? Why does Social Security turn down so many claims for disability benefits? I only want to get back the money I put in Social Security. Why do they make it so hard for me to get my own money back? What is "reconsideration"? Who makes the reconsideration determination? What are my chances of winning at reconsideration? Do I have to go through reconsideration? How long does it take to get a hearing on a Social Security disability claim? What is the Social Security hearing like? What are my chances of winning at a hearing? If the Administrative Law Judge denies my claim, can I appeal any more? What is the Appeals Council? Can I appeal a case beyond Social Security to the Federal Courts? If I get on Social Security disability benefits and get to feeling better and want to return to work, can I return to work? Where can I go to get help with my Social Security disability claim? Do I really have to hire a lawyer to represent me in my Social Security disability claim? How do lawyers who represent Social Security disability claimants get paid? Can alcoholics and drug addicts really get Social Security disability benefits? I know someone who is on Social Security disability and he does not look a bit disabled. Why do they put all of these freeloaders on benefits? I am disabled, but I have never worked at public work. Can I get Social Security disability benefits? I am a widow. I have not worked in public work in many years. I am disabled. Can I get Social Security disability benefits? I have a daughter who has been disabled by cerebral palsy since birth and has never been able to work. Can she get disability benefits from Social Security? I am already on Social Security disability benefits, but I am worried that my benefits will be stopped in the future. What are the chances of this happening? If Social Security tries to cut off my disability benefits, what can I do? My doctor says I am disabled so why is Social Security denying my Social Security disability claim? VA says I am disabled, so why is Social Security denying my Social Security disability claim? I am 60% disabled. Do I get 60% of my Social Security disability benefits? I am disabled by mental illness. Can mental illness serve as the basis for a Social Security disability claim? Will it help if I ask my Congressional Representative to help me get Social Security disability benefits? How long does it take before Social Security makes a decision once I file a claim for Social Security disability benefits? How long does it take for Social Security to make a reconsideration determination on my Social Security disability claim? How long does it take for Social Security to act upon a request for Appeals Council review? I am disabled. I need help with medical bills even more than I need a cash income. How do I get help with medical bills? What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid? If I get Social Security disability benefits will I get Medicare? If I get Social Security disability benefits will I get Medicaid?
Publication 54 (2004), Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/index.html Source: Internal Revenue Service Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the requirement to file federal income tax returns while living and working abroad. full description	When are tax returns due for those living outside the US? Where do I file my federal income tax return if I am living outside the US? Do I have to file a federal income tax return if the entire amount of my income from my work abroad fits within the foreign earned income exclusion? I am a U.S. citizen and have no taxable income from the United States, but I have substantial income from a foreign source. Am I required to file a U.S. income tax return? I am a U.S. citizen who has retired, and I expect to remain in a foreign country. Do I have any further U.S. tax obligations? I have been a bona fide resident of a foreign country for over 5 years. Is it necessary for me to pay estimated tax? Will a check payable in foreign currency be acceptable in payment of my U.S. tax? I have met the test for physical presence in a foreign country and am filing returns for 2 years. Must I file a separate Form 2555 (or Form 2555-EZ) with each return? Does a Form 2555 (or 2555-EZ) with a Schedule C or Form W-2 attached constitute a return? On Form 2350, Application for Extension of Time to File U.S. Income Tax Return, I stated that I would qualify under the physical presence test. If I qualify under the bona fide residence test, can I file my return on that basis? I am a U.S. citizen who worked in the United States for 6 months last year. I accepted employment overseas in July of last year and expect to qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion. Should I file a return and pay tax on the income earned in the United States during the first 6 months and then, when I qualify, file another return covering the last 6 months of the year? I am a U.S. citizen. I have lived abroad for a number of years and have only recently realized that I should have been filing U.S. income tax returns. How do I correct this oversight in not having filed returns for these years? In 1996 I qualified to exclude my foreign earned income, but I did not claim this exclusion on the return I filed in 1997. I paid all outstanding taxes with the return. Can I file a claim for refund now? I understand the physical presence test to be simply a matter of being physically present in a foreign country for at least 330 days within 12 consecutive months but what are the criteria of the bona fide residence test? To meet the qualification of "an uninterrupted period which includes an entire taxable year" do I have to be physically present in a foreign country for the entire year? Due to illness, I returned to the United States before I completed my qualifying period to claim the foreign earned income exclusion. Can I figure the exclusion for the period I resided abroad? Can a resident alien of the United States qualify for an exclusion or deduction under the bona fide residence test or the physical presence test? I am an employee of the U.S. Government working abroad. Can all or part of my government income earned abroad qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion? I qualify under the bona fide residence test. Does my foreign earned income include my U.S. dividends and the interest I receive on a foreign bank account? My company pays my foreign income tax on my foreign earnings. Is this taxable compensation? I live in an apartment in a foreign city for which my employer pays the rent. Should I include in my income the cost to my employer ($1,200 a month) or the fair market value of equivalent housing in the United States ($800 a month)? My U.S. employer pays my salary into my U.S. bank account. Is this income considered earned in the United States or is it considered foreign earned income? What is considered a foreign country? What is meant by the source of earned income? I qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion and earned more than $78,000 during the year. Am I entitled to the maximum $78,000 exclusion? How do I qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion? , Is it true that my foreign earned income exclusion cannot exceed my foreign earned income? My wife and I are both employed, reside together, and file a joint return. We meet the qualifications for claiming the foreign earned income exclusion. Do we each figure a separate foreign earned income exclusion and foreign housing exclusion? I am a U.S. citizen married to a nonresident alien who has no income from U.S. sources. Can I claim an exemption for my spouse on my U.S. tax return? What exemptions can be claimed by a U.S. citizen for a nonresident alien spouse who was blind and 65 years of age? The spouse did not have income from U.S. sources and was not a dependent of another U.S. taxpayer., I spend $375 a month to support my parents who live in Italy. I am sure this provides the bulk of their support. Can I claim exemptions for them? Should I prorate my own personal exemption and the exemptions for my spouse and dependents, since I expect to exclude part of my income? Are U.S. social security benefits taxable? As a U.S. citizen or resident, how do I figure the amount of my U.S. social security benefits to include in gross income? How are railroad retirement benefits taxed? I am a minister with earned income from abroad and expect to qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion. How do I pay my self-employment tax? Because I expect to qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion, I have requested and received an extension of time until January 30, 2003, to file my 2001 return. However, since I will be paying self-employment tax on my spouse's income, should I file a 2001 return when due, pay the self-employment tax, and then file another return when I qualify for the exclusion? How can I get my employer to stop withholding federal income taxes from wages while I am overseas and eligible for the foreign earned income exclusion? Does the Internal Revenue Service provide forms to be used by employees requesting employers to stop withholding income tax from wages they expect to be excluded as income earned abroad? I am a U.S. citizen residing overseas, and I receive dividend and interest income from U.S. sources from which tax is being withheld at a rate of 30%. How can I have this situation corrected? As a U.S. citizen receiving dividend and interest income from the United States from which tax has been withheld, do I report the net dividend and interest income on my return, or do I report the gross amount and take credit for the tax withheld? Can I claim a foreign tax credit even though I do not itemize deductions? I am a foreign national and last year I changed my type of visa from F-1 student to H-1 work visa. Does my visa status change how I file my tax return or what forms I use? I am an F-1 student status who was employed during my school studies and directly afterwards I completed practical training. Do I have to pay FICA taxes? Which taxes should be taken out of my pay? Are nonresident alien students, with F-1 visas and employed by a U.S. company during the summer, required to have federal income taxes withheld from their paychecks? I am a student from the People's Republic of China currently studying in the United States. How does the income tax treaty between the U.S. and China apply, especially for students with scholarships and fellowships? I had to pay customs duty on a few things I brought back with me from Europe last summer. Can I include customs fees with my other deductible taxes? Some taxes paid in the United States are not deductible if I itemize my deductions. Which ones are they? What types of foreign taxes are deductible? I rented an apartment in the United Kingdom and had to pay a local tax called a "general rates" tax, which is based on occupancy of the apartment. Can I deduct this tax as a foreign real estate tax? I am a Fulbright grantee. What documentation must I attach to my return? I taught and lectured abroad under taxable grants. What expenses can I deduct? I am a professor who is teaching abroad while on sabbatical leave from my position in the United States. What records am I required to keep to prove my expenses? How do I allocate my meals and lodging if my wife and children live with me in an apartment and my wife does the cooking? Will the Internal Revenue Service representatives at the Embassies answer questions about tax laws of our home state and the laws of the foreign country where we reside as well as U.S. federal income tax laws? Can Internal Revenue Service personnel recommend tax practitioners who prepare returns? I just filed my return. How long will it take to get my refund? I have not received my refund from last year's return. Can I claim the credit against this year's tax? I forgot to include interest income when I filed my return last week. What should I do? I am a U.S. citizen and, because I expect to qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion, all my foreign income (which consists solely of salary) will be exempt from U.S. tax. Do I get any tax benefit from income tax I paid on this salary to a foreign country during the tax year? I am a U.S. citizen stationed abroad. I made a personal loan to a nonresident alien who later went bankrupt. Can I claim a bad debt loss for this money? I am a nonresident alien and invested money in U. S. stock market through a U.S. brokerage company. Are the dividend and the capital gains taxable? If yes, how are they taxed? I entered the U.S. in August and I have a J-2 visa with an Employment Authorization (work permit). Can I be considered as a U.S. resident for tax purposes under the substantial presence test? Since my visa does not allow me to stay in this country am I subjected to social security tax and Medicare tax? Under my visa as a temporary nonresident alien, I'm not subject to social security and Medicare withholding. My employer withheld the taxes from my pay. What should I do to get a refund of my social security and Medicare? I am a U.K. resident and I need to recover withholding tax on a U.S. capital gain. Do I need an ITIN? I am a foreign citizen and resident from the European Union. I plan to buy U.S. stocks, but what tax will I have to pay if I have earnings on stocks? I am a nonresident alien. Our broker withholds 30% tax on dividends. Can I get this tax back since I already owe tax in my resident country on overseas income? With which countries does the United States have tax treaties? I am a retired U.S. citizen living in Europe. My only income is from U.S. sources on which I pay U.S. taxes. I am taxed on the same income in the foreign country where I reside. How do I avoid double taxation? My total income after claiming the foreign earned income and housing exclusions consists of $5,000 taxable wages. Am I entitled to claim the refundable earned income credit? Last May my employer transferred me to our office in Puerto Rico. I understand that my salary earned in Puerto Rico is tax exempt. Is this correct? I am a U.S. citizen married to a nonresident alien. I believe I qualify to use the head of household tax rates. Can I use the head of household tax rates? Does the June 15 extended due date for filing my return because both my tax home and my abode are outside the United States and Puerto Rico on the regular due date relieve me from having to pay interest on tax not paid by April 15? If I wait to file my return until I qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion, I will be charged interest on the U.S. tax I will owe. To avoid being charged interest, can I file my return on time, reporting only my taxable income, excluding my salary for services abroad that will be exempt after I have met the qualifications?