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Single F1 Visa holder on OPT Claiming number of allowances in W4 and NC4-Ez?

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June 1, 2019
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I have question regarding filling W4 and NC-4EZ.

My status: Single F-1 Visa on OPT

W4:
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What are the allowances I am allowed to claim in A-H?

What is the number I can put on #5 of the form?(Depend on previous question)?

Some where I read that OPT people can claim only 1. I am not sure about the accuracy of this information.

NC4-NEZ:
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What should be kept in fields 1-5?

Should I claim as head of household?

Requesting help. Thanks in advance.

Best answer by bine22

If you are a non-resident alien, there are special instructions.

You are allowed only one exemption (with few exceptions) and you need to write NRA on the dotted line in row 6.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/n1392.pdf

bine22Answer

If you are a non-resident alien, there are special instructions.

You are allowed only one exemption (with few exceptions) and you need to write NRA on the dotted line in row 6.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/n1392.pdf

sureshAuthor

Thanks bine22

W-4 : If you are a single F-1 with OPT with no dependents, you will only want to claim 1 exemption on your W-4. Just claim yourself (box A) and put "1" for Box #5.

NC4-NEZ : Just check the "single" box and put "0" in box 1 (if you are single with no dependents you can not claim head of household)

sureshAuthor

Thanks for the help