GLACIER is an online program designed to collect tax-related information from foreign individuals via a secure internet site.  GLACIER automatically determines the individual’s U.S. tax status, treaty eligibility and tax withholding rates based on information that the foreign national enters in the program.

Process:

1. Department collects information on foreign national including email address & visa type and enters it into the Oracle vendor set-up system.
2. Vendor/foreign individual receives an email from Glacier ([email protected]) with login information.  NOTE:  It may take several days before you are hired into the PeopleSoft System.
3. Vendor/foreign individual logs into Glacier, completes questions and prints out all forms. Original signed forms with copies of any required visa documentation (e.g., I-94, VISA passport sticker, etc.) must be sent to the NRA Tax Administrators Office either by mail or via fax (617) 496-3196 within 5 days.  Originally signed forms are required.  Failure to complete Glacier or submit the forms may result in higher taxes being withheld and/or non-payment to the vendor/individual.

• NRA Tax Administrator Office
  1033 Massachusetts Ave.
  2nd Floor
  Cambridge, MA 02138