File your U.S. taxes in under 10 minutes.

Built for international students. Upload your documents, we do the rest. No manual data entry, no $50 filing fees.

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TaxBuddy — your completed 1040-NR ready to download

Filing taxes as an international student is broken.

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Expensive, complicated self-prep software

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TurboTax is residents-only

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$300+ for a local tax consultant

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Left to figure it out alone, with barely any one to help

There's finally a better way

How it works

From documents to a filed return in four steps.

Upload your documents

Just add your W-2, 1099, I-20 and I-94. We handle messy scans and phone photos automatically.

Your documents

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AI-powered extraction

No manual entry. AI extracts every field automatically from your tax documents.

Employer NameAcme Corp.
Wages & Tips$95,000.00
Federal Tax$18,500.00

Confirm a few details

We ask a handful of quick questions to confirm your status from the documents.

Confirm your status
Are you an F-1 visa student?checkYes
Were you in the U.S. 5 years or less?checkYes
Filing as a nonresident (1040-NR)?checkYes

Ready to send

Get a filled 1040-NR, ready to print and mail. We provide clear instructions for every university office.

Estimated refund

$1,250.00
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IRS Form 1040-NR

Ready to print & mail

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Upload

W-2, 1099, I-20, I-94

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Process

AI field extraction

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Confirm

Quick status questions

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File

1040-NR + est. refund

See it in action

Full walkthrough ~ 2 minutes

Your data stays yours.

Secured your most sensitive documents.

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Encrypted

Your documents are encrypted at rest and in transit.

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Saved for next year

Securely stored so next season takes minutes, not hours.

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Never sold

We never share or sell your data to third parties. Ever.

Why we built TaxBuddy.

We're two international students. We worked, invested, and traded in the U.S. and every tax season we were stuck: friends couldn't legally help, online services charged $50+ per filing, and doing it alone risked leaving unclaimed money on the table. So we built the tool we wished we had.

—EvansLearn more about Evans ↗,JonathanLearn more about Jonathan ↗

Have any questions? Talk to us.

Frequently asked questions

TaxBuddy is built specifically for non-resident aliens in the U.S., including international students on F, J, M, and Q visas, who need to file Form 1040-NR.

File in 10 minutes. Keep what's yours.

Join thousands of international students filing stress-free.

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