Filing taxes in the US on a TN visa (continuing old post)

[Villatour]

Canadian citizen here, arrived in the US April 1, 2023 on a TN visa. Wife and two kids on a TD visa.

It looks like I incorrectly filled the tax withholding form, indicating I had three dependents because, well, I do. (I was also based on this resource (https://www.irs.gov/individuals/interna ... dependents) which says that “nonresident aliens who are U.S. nationals, residents of Canada, Mexico and South Korea (…) can have a qualifying dependent. In general, a dependent is a qualifying child or a qualifying relative.")

Add the fact that I work for a small employer where I am their first-ever foreign worker, and you get a perfect storm where I'm the only one drowning.

Regardless, the local HR Block I saw last Saturday tells me I owe $8k to the IRS. Worse, he says until my kids and wife get their ITIN, I will continue to be treated by the IRS as single and childless. And even when they get the ITIN, it won't be as beneficial as it would be if they had a social security number, which as TD visa holders they never will.

Pretty angry, if I'm honest, that these visas make it impossible for the holder with actual dependents to see them treated or acknowledged as such.

Is there a way to reduce that considerable burden or at least prevent the IRS from continuing to treat me as a childless single man?

[nelsona]

HRBlockheads do not know anything about non-US citizen taxes.

Once you get ITINs they will all be treated like US residents.

[nelsona]

You file the request for ITINs along with your return.