Career Development
Personal Finance for PhDs is hosting a free tax webinar to support graduate students and postdocs who have fellowships in understanding tax preparation. It is designed for (domestic) graduate students receiving fellowship stipends, assistantship pay, and/or tuition scholarships/waivers and postdocs with non-W-2 income.
Personal Finance for PhDs is hosting a Free Tax Webinar on Friday, March 9, at 4 p.m. PST (7 p.m. EST) to support graduate students and postdocs âwho have fellowships in understanding tax preparation.
This webinar covers the information you need to know to file your US federal tax return. It is designed for (domestic):
- graduate students receiving fellowship stipends, assistantship pay, and/or tuition scholarships/waivers and
- postdocs with non-W-2 income
The webinar covers:
- Federal income tax basics (deductions, credits, progressive tax brackets)
- Tax preparation methods
- Pay types and tax forms, including
- W-2
- 1099-MISC (Box 3)
- 1098-T
- Courtesy letter
- None at all
- Calculating and reporting your income(s)
- (Students only) Using qualified education expenses to reduce your tax burden
- Paying tax throughout the year if you have nothing withheld
- Tax repercussions of fellowship pay and/or student status
- Changes for your 2018 tax return
