Selling house (H1 visa)_10% withhold?

We are selling the house due to job relocation now. We are h1-b visa holders. Our selling agent told me:" The title company must withhold 6% of your net proceeds plus 10% of the sales price in escrow , , which will be returned upon your filing of taxes. (The state and federal governement just want to make sure that you file taxes but then they will release the remainder to you) ". Is that correct? The house is MD. 10% of the sales price in escrow is quite a lot! US are really crazy now, beyond the GC retrogress, they have all other methods to make H1 holders life difficult!

Is that I will get them back as soon as I file the tax next year? How early I can file tax, Is feb 2006 OK? I do not want to thy hold my money (10% of sales in the escrow ) forever. I need the money to buy a new house. What if the title company is bankrupt? Can I get the money back?

Thanks a lot!

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• 回複：Selling house (H1 visa)_10% -zengjp- ♂ (362 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 10:36:57

• thanks a lot -6618- ♀ (204 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 10:49:19

• 在一定範圍內你不用, 詳細見IRS PUB 523. -stp- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 11:51:12

• 回複：在一定範圍內你不用, 詳細見IRS PUB 523. -6618- ♀ (141 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 12:30:21

• It is profit. -stp- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 14:16:59

• 過去的5年內你住滿2年就沒有增值稅, 不夠兩年 -stp- ♂ (46 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 11:26:11

• 你的代理是對的。 -的經驗。。。。- ♂ (135 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 13:27:14

• 你說的外國人太籠統, 按IRS的標準, 外國人 -stp- ♂ (202 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 14:25:18

• 對不起﹐隻提供給樓主參考。沒有想過要和誰辯論出勝負。 -的經驗。。。。- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 14:46:30

• 另外﹐供你參考。 -的經驗。。。。- ♂ (112 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 14:53:57

• 另外﹐所謂的“稅務居民”一般隻牽涉到“工作所得”而投資所得和 -的經驗。。。。- ♂ (24 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 15:09:25

• “工作所得”也隻限在美國的“工作所得”。 -的經驗。。。。- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 15:10:11

• 瞎擺虎了不是? 隻要你是IRS定義的居民, 投資和利息 -stp- ♂ (29 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 15:58:51

• 就事論事便是﹐何必擺出打架的姿態呢﹖你要交稅IRS當然歡迎。 -的經驗。。。。- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 16:41:36

• 還有一個作為外國人應該注意的事情。 -的經驗。。。。- ♂ (109 bytes) () 11/14/2005 postreply 13:34:20