I was asked in another thread and forum about this. Rather than hijack that topic, I am posting here.   @MIRN   This question comes up on VJ, because sometimes a new immigrant has the opportunity to continue to work for a foreign employer as a contractor. Contractors will not have taxes deducted from their pay, and so it is up them to pay their taxes. It would be simpler if contractors could just pay their entire tax liability in the April following each tax year, but doing s