{"id":3491,"date":"2017-06-21T02:38:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T02:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstau.wpengine.com\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:54:29","slug":"moving-to-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csttax.com\/en-au\/blog\/moving-to-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Moving To USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview Of U.S. Tax Residence Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The taxation of aliens by the United States is significantly affected by the residency status of such aliens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the immigration laws of the United States refer to aliens as immigrants, non-immigrants, and undocumented (illegal) aliens, the tax laws of the United States refer only to \u2018resident\u2019 and \u2018nonresident aliens\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In general, the controlling principle is that \u2018resident aliens\u2019 are taxed in the same manner as U.S. citizens on their worldwide income, and \u2018nonresident aliens\u2019 are taxed according to special rules contained in certain parts of the Internal Revenue Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/csttax.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/CST_MovingtoUSA.pdf\" style=\"background-color:#161a53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOWNLOAD GUIDE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Of U.S. Tax Residence Rules The taxation of aliens by the United States is significantly affected by the residency status of such aliens. 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