J1 Visa Survey
Last month we contacted all the previous people who had used J1TaxBack for help with their taxes and we asked them a number of questions. Here are the results of the survey where, in which over 100 people answered. We would like to thank everyone for getting back to us and filling out our questionnaire, without them we would not be able to share these statistics. In all we asked 10 questions about their J1 Experience, to insure that we didn’t put too much of a burden on people.
J1 2007 Survey
Question: Are you Male or Female ?
Results:
- Male : 57%
- Female : 43%
Question: What this the first time you were ever in the United States of America ?
Results:
- Yes: 73%
- No: 27%
Question: Did you travel to the US alone ?
Results:
- Yes: 9%
- No: 91%
Question: Was your group mixed (male/female)
Results:
- Yes: 76%
- No : 24%
Question: Did you stay on the East Coast / West Coast / Central
Results:
- East Coast : 55%
- West Coast : 39%
- Central : 6%
Question: Did you manage to save money while on a J1 ?
Results:
- Yes: 45%
- No : 19%
- Came out even : 36%
Question: Did you stay with the original job you came out to do ?
Results:
- Yes: 67%
- No : 33%
Question: What age were you when you did the J1 ?
Results:
- 18: 4%
- 19 : 13%
- 20 : 42%
- 21 : 27%
- 22 : 11%
- 23+ : 3%
Question: How did you find the processing of your J1 Tax Return
Results:
- Fantastic, much better than expected : 14%
- Better than expected :34%
- Average / As expected: 31%
- Below Average: 18%
- Useless: 3%
Average J1 Tax Return
Here are the average amounts of various tax returns in 2007:
- J work and travel visa: $520
- J or Q internship visa: $899
- J, F or M student visa: $1005
- J researcher visa: $877
- Green card holder: $1118
- H1B/H2B/H3 visa: $731
As you can see it is possible to get a nice return, so it is definitely something you should consider doing. The more you’ve worked in the US (and earned) the likely hood is that you will get a bigger return.
Tax Back Fees
TaxBack.com charges 10% of your Tax return value, or a minimum value of $75. This covers all the costs, paid to the CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and to TaxBack.com. For the ease of use, and compared to the amount you will get back, this is still a great price. We’ve used TaxBack.com in the past, and we were always very please with their service. They also have a new online tracking tool, where you can see the progress of your application, see how much you can expect to get back, and an estimate of when you should get it back.
