Treatment of United States Persons that Own Stock of PFIC

[nanic]

Here is some info I found on PFIC

Treatment of United States Persons that Own Stock of Passive Foreign Investment Companies Through Certain Organizations and Accounts that Are Tax Exempt

Notice 2014-28

Here is the link

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-14-28.pdf

[nelsona]

This applies to US plans (notice the section numbers from the IRC, these correspond with various types that we are familiar with) . No Cdn plans fit that description.

RRSPs are specifically exempt because of the treaty.