karnold002
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Hello, I am in Ohio.
My daughter is a missionary in Uganda - she spends maybe 5 months in the US, the rest in Uganda. She is lightly employed by a USA 501c3 but paid by their Ugandan branch - no taxes are withheld. Her husband is a native Ugandan and got his green card in June, 2018. He became a dual-citizen in February 2019. They have 1 (and soon 2) US-born children. He is employed fulltime by the same 501c3, and again no USA taxes are withheld. If it matters, while they are here in the USA they do some fundraising both for themselves and for the 501c3, but they are not paid the the 501c3 specifically for this time/effort.
Questions please:
1. Is income earned by her in Uganda taxed as an independent contractor in the US Federal/State taxes? She is not receiving a paycheck while she is here in the USA.
2. Is income earned by him in Uganda (as a Ugandan citizen) taxable in the US Federal/State taxes?
3. Some of their support is charitable donations. For example:
A. People at our church or other churches would donate money to them. They know that some of that money is used directly in their "missionary" responsibilities, but some of that money is also used in their personal support. They have not tracked how much went to each. The church tells us they do not do any specific reporting of this to the IRS.
B. Some people make DIRECT payments to them, with the same understanding. Would both 3.A and 3.B be considered "gifts" and not taxable in the US?
It is difficult for me to determine what, if any, taxable income they have.
Thank you for your consideration!
Kevin
My daughter is a missionary in Uganda - she spends maybe 5 months in the US, the rest in Uganda. She is lightly employed by a USA 501c3 but paid by their Ugandan branch - no taxes are withheld. Her husband is a native Ugandan and got his green card in June, 2018. He became a dual-citizen in February 2019. They have 1 (and soon 2) US-born children. He is employed fulltime by the same 501c3, and again no USA taxes are withheld. If it matters, while they are here in the USA they do some fundraising both for themselves and for the 501c3, but they are not paid the the 501c3 specifically for this time/effort.
Questions please:
1. Is income earned by her in Uganda taxed as an independent contractor in the US Federal/State taxes? She is not receiving a paycheck while she is here in the USA.
2. Is income earned by him in Uganda (as a Ugandan citizen) taxable in the US Federal/State taxes?
3. Some of their support is charitable donations. For example:
A. People at our church or other churches would donate money to them. They know that some of that money is used directly in their "missionary" responsibilities, but some of that money is also used in their personal support. They have not tracked how much went to each. The church tells us they do not do any specific reporting of this to the IRS.
B. Some people make DIRECT payments to them, with the same understanding. Would both 3.A and 3.B be considered "gifts" and not taxable in the US?
It is difficult for me to determine what, if any, taxable income they have.
Thank you for your consideration!
Kevin