Help filing US taxes

[zaitrancer]

I need advice on how I need to file my US taxes. After over a decade I've just now learned about my filing requirements in the US.

My situation: I came to Canada over a decade ago on a study permit. I've since become a Canadian citizen. I live and work in Canada on a permanent basis with no intention to return to the US. I was granted tax residency status by Canada retro-active to the day I originally entered Canada. I have no US income, property or assets except a bank account with a $200 balance to keep it open.

In Canada, my employment income has always been less than the US foreign income exclusion. I have regularly filed income tax returns for all Canadian income. I have Canadian bank accounts, 1 non-registered investment and 3 RRSPs with total accounts over $10k USD in total, but not by much. I have two interest bearing savings accounts with virtually nothing in them - the combined interest for 2010 is less than $1.00 USD.

My questions:

1. How many years back shall I file?
2. Are these all the correct forms to fill out?
A. 1040
B. Schedule B
C. Form 2555EZ
D. Form 8891
E. TD F 90.22-1 - couriered today with letter for June 30 deadline
F. Any other forms?
3. Do I report the interest on the savings account? Where?
4. How do I handle RRSPs?
5. Finally, I expect no tax liability for any years I file, but will my delinquency with TDF and tax returns make me likely to be fined or prosecuted?

Thank you

[nelsona]

All these have been answered on this site. You back file for 3 years, unless you owe taxes (which is rare), then you backfile for 6 years.

What forms you file depends on what income you have, rent cap gains, business income, etc.

any software package can handle this. Turbotax handles 8891.

[zaitrancer]

Thanks for your reply. I hooked up with a fellow ex-pat who has a much more complex situation than mine, and we were able to figure it all out very quickly. It wasn't nearly as fearsome as I had thought.