Rebecca12

That's really helpful - thank you so much for taking the time! :-)

This is really a great help - thank you so much! If anyone else can give info on the UK tax treaty that would also be enormously helpful :-)

Hi, and thanks for your really helpful reply! One question: 'My fellowships are automatically tax-deducted at the 14% level and you pretty much pay about 12% effective tax on your stipend'. Sorry to be ignorant, but do you mean an *extra* 12% on top of the automatic 14% or do you mean that the taxable amount will be between 12-14% in total? Thanks again, Rebecca

Hi, I'm heading over to study for my PhD in California on a $30,000 stipend (tuition fees are taken care of in addition to this stipend). I don't have to teach for the first 2 years, but for the final 3 years I will be engaged as a teaching assistant. I'm trying to navigate the obscure world of stipend taxation and really would appreciate some help, viz.: 1) Does anyone know how much of my $30,000 stipend (for living and personal expenses) will be taxed? 2) As a UK citizen does anyone know whether a tax treaty is in place that makes any of my stipend exempt? 3) My spouse will be joining me on a J-2 visa as a dependent (she will hopefully be working after a few months, but not to support me). Will this fact add any exemption to my taxable amount? Or, worse, increase it? ***If there is a UK PhD student currently studying in California (or the USA) I would be really grateful to hear from you to get some idea of how much you're taxed on a stipend! Thanks so much! :-)