L-1B Visa

cm · Post by cm » Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:48 am

In 2011, I was transferred from our Canadian office to our affiliate office in the US under an L-1B visa. I continued to be paid by our Cdn company and filed my taxes in Canada. Should I have been filing in the US even though I was on the Cdn payroll? Would I get credit for the tax I paid in Cda?

Thanks

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:00 am

You became a non-resident in 2011. Your firm should have changed their payroll. How have you been filing in US?

cm · Post by cm » Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:10 am

I have not been filing in US. Can the payroll situation be corrected or do I just file and claim the foreign tax credit?

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:50 am

You have a big probelm. Your income since 2011 is subject to US taxation FIRST, so you owe a HUGE amount to IRS, and probably nothing to Canada.

Your firm needs to sort this out.