f1-h1b, pay tax?

I just transfered from F1 to H1B, I am a librarian in a university. I wonder if I need pay tax in the first 3 years. Some friends said i should pay, but the other said they could exempt the tax. could anybody give me some explanaton?

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• 回复：f1-h1b, pay tax? -ray66- ♂ (6 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 09:08:17

• See details in article 19 in the US-China treaty -xiefeng- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 09:15:54

• 回复：See details in article 19 in the US-China treaty -ray66- ♂ (33 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 09:19:09

• http://www.irs.gov/businesses/international/article/0,,id=96739, -xiefeng- ♂ (46 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 11:56:48

• 回复：http://www.irs.gov/businesses/international/article/0,,id= -xiefeng- ♂ (121 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 11:57:47

• 回复：f1-h1b, pay tax? -radiology- ♂ (88 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 10:56:12

• 时间是按第一次入境累计,无论是旅游,探亲,学习还是工作 -radiology- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 10:59:43

• pay -expection- ♀ (67 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 11:04:45

• 回复：f1-h1b, pay tax? -mytwocents- ♂ (72 bytes) () 02/16/2006 postreply 11:35:29

• Thank you all -ray66- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2006 postreply 08:57:31

• Thanks -ray66- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2006 postreply 08:58:39