Registration Available for Windstar’s Year-end Nonresident Alien Tax Training

PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 15, 2009 – Norwood, MA,– Windstar Technologies will hold its next Nonresident Alien Tax Training December 8th – 11th at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Boston, Massachusetts.  The seminar begins with two days of comprehensive sessions on tax compliance and immigration-related issues on payments to nonresident aliens and foreign entities.  The following two days of sessions provide hands-on training for Windstar’s International Tax Navigator® software, designed to help users deal effectively and efficiently with these rules and procedures.

“The IRS recently announced that it plans to hire 2,400 new international revenue agents, 750 being trained to support the IRS’s  Tier 1 1042 compliance initiatives on withholding and reporting on payments to foreign individuals and entities,” said Windstar’s Chair and co-founder Paula N. Singer, Esq.  “For over ten years, our experts have helped hundreds of administrators from organizations in higher education, healthcare, research, and corporations learn how to handle these compliance requirements correctly and more efficiently.”  

The two-day substantive training features education on the tax rates, exemptions from tax, required forms, and procedures that employers and payers must follow to comply with withholding and reporting on payments to:

• NRA employees
• Foreign students and scholars
• NRA non-employees
• Foreign entertainers
• Foreign entities

Speakers include:
• Paula N. Singer, Esq. - Windstar’s Chair and award winning author on nonresident alien tax issues
• Marianne Couch, Esq. - Principal with COKALA Tax Information Reporting Solutions, LLC
• Linda Dodd-Major, Esq. - immigration expert and founder and former Director of the INS’ Office of Business Liaison
• Terri Crowl - Windstar’s Senior Product Support Analyst  

Early bird pricing, which expires on October 27th, is $895 for the first person from an organization and $795 for each additional person.  The price increases by $100 after October 27th. Participants wishing to sign-up for hands-on training with Tax Navigator® receive a reduced rate for the four days.

A complete schedule is available at www.windstar.com.  Individuals can also e-mail paul.carpinella@windstar.com for more information on Windstar’s Nonresident Alien Tax Training program.

Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, Windstar Technologies offers software and products that streamline and automate nonresident alien payment processes to reduce tax liability exposure and promote improved internal practices while reducing costs.  The company is the national leader and pioneer in developing, marketing, and supporting intelligent software solutions for international tax and immigration compliance.  Windstar® Solutions include international tax and immigration products, the published series Tax Guides For Foreign Persons and Those Who Pay Them®, and the online Tax Return Resource for Foreign Nationals, combining an extensive, searchable content library with tax return preparation for Forms 1040NR and 1040NR-EZ.  Windstar offers training on tax rules governing withholding on payments to foreign nationals and entities, income tax treaties, special withholding exemptions including tax treaties, and Forms 1042/1042-S information reporting processing.  For more information and to sign up for Windstar’s educational newsletter, visit www.windstar.com or call 800-259-6398.