Its time for the Tax Refund.

If you are a single F-1 student ( in US) from India, here are the two crucial details that should get you started. Thanks to U.S.-India Tax treaty, you can claim a Standard Deduction of $5150 for 2006. (that’s entry 11). Exemption deduction in line 13 is $3300.

Here’s what you have to do:

1. Download the elusive 1040NR-EZ form. [ for detailled instructions see i1040nre.pdf ]
2. Here’s a filled form sample along with simple instructions.
3. At 11, claim $5150 and put $3300 at 13.
4. Don’t forget to quote “Standard Deduction allowed under U.S.-India Income Tax Treaty. Article 21(2)” in J, on page2
5. Send it to “Internal Revenue Service Center, Austin, TX – 73301-0215″.  Write the form number 1040NREZ on top of your envelope for faster processing.

and you are done.

There’s GatorPedia

I just stumbled upon a wiki site for all things concerning Gators/University of Florida. This is great.

Go Gators. Contribute articles to GatorPedia.net

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Gators win 2006 BCS Football Championship

… FLASH Update: Gators win 2007 NCAA Basketball Championship …

With a comfortable 41-14 lead over OSU buckeyes. Who could have guessed. Frankly, all we prayed for was a miraculous victory with a narrow margin. In fact, this is Gator’s best game of the season as well. Buckeyes were crushed mercilessly with a 34-14 by the halftime. This is an awesome game-response to the way media was going all ga-ga for the buckeyes since a month or so.

BTW, We won the basketball championship as well in last April.

Again, its great to be a FLORIDA GATOR. Fortunate times to be around in UF campus.

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Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)

It gets funnier every time you watch. [Pre-req: Real Analysis ]