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Nonresident tax 101: Understanding residency, withholding, and reporting rules
About this session
Nonresident tax can feel like a maze of visa categories, withholding rates, and tax forms – but it doesn’t have to.
Join us for a practical webinar built for payroll and HR professionals in U.S. organizations and universities managing nonresident staff. We’ll break down the substantive rules behind nonresident tax: how tax residency is determined, how withholding actually works, and what it means for the forms your organization files every year.
You’ll gain a practical understanding of how nonresident status is determined and what it means for your withholding and reporting obligations.
In this free event, our speakers cover everything you need to know about nonresident tax rules.
Topics covered in the session include:
- How tax residency is determined (visa status, the Substantial Presence Test, and common exemptions)
- The basics of U.S. tax withholding, reporting, and filing
- Nonresident withholding rules under §1441, including the FICA exemption and income tax treaties
- Common tax forms – W-4, W-2, 1042-S, W-8BEN, and Form 8233
- Q&A session
- And more!
Your panel speakers
Will Drath
U.S. Tax Specialist, Sprintax
Will Drath received a J.D. from Elon University School of Law in 2013 and is a member of the North Carolina State Bar. He subsequently received a Master of Accounting degree with a concentration in tax from the University of North Carolina. Will spent seven years as the Nonresident Tax Specialist for the University of Missouri before joining Sprintax in August 2025.
Anna Fitzpatrick
Business Development Manager, Sprintax
Anna has been supporting organizations across the US and around the world with nonresident tax compliance since 2019 at Sprintax. During that time, she has delivered more than 150 tax workshops and webinars all across the US and the Sprintax software has supported over 300,000 nonresidents each year with their tax filing obligations as well as overall NRA tax compliance. Anna has also delivered tax presentations at multiple conferences including NAFSA regional conferences in the U.S. and WETM-IAC in Europe.
Your questions. Answered.
Our expert panel will ensure you gain a practical understanding of how nonresident status is determined and what it means for your withholding and reporting obligations.
This webinar is designed for U.S. organizations and universities managing nonresident staff.
Simply complete the registration form, and you’ll receive a link to join the session.
About Sprintax
Sprintax is a global fintech company that specializes in non-resident tax compliance, providing a suite of software solutions which simplify tax determination, withholding, tax return filing and reclaim for individuals, investors, and organizations.
Sprintax Dividends is a cross-border tax reclaim software solution which supports organizations and individual investors to maximize their return on investment by reclaiming cross-border dividend withholding tax (DWT), which is typically withheld on overseas investments.
First launched as a nonresident tax advisory for U.S. universities, Sprintax has evolved in size and offering in recent years and is now the trusted tax compliance software solution for over 800 institutions and corporations, including Ivy League schools and the most recognized universities in the US. While Sprintax is headquartered in New York, our team travels all over the US and abroad, speaking at payroll and educational exchange conferences on non-resident taxation.
Sprintax now forms part of CluneTech, a suite of global companies that help simplify the complexity of global business providing industry-leading solutions for digital sales, global payroll, tax compliance, global vat & cross-border payments.
