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- Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:58 am
- Forum: Business & Personal Immigration to Canada
- Topic: Bank Accounts and Credit Cards
- Replies: 2
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We kept a bank account and several credit cards. Unless you have a US dollar account with a Canadian bank, you need the US account to pay the bills on those US credit cards. I just opened a US dollar account in conjunction with other accounts I have at the local credit union. Up until now, I've had ...
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:14 am
- Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
- Topic: Canadian Resident with US Income
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3324
Canadian Resident with US Income
As a self-employed writer, unless you had taxes withheld in US for 2005, you have nothing to report in IRS, as you owe nothing to US. Ah, would that were true. But unfortunately the US taxes on the basis of citizenship if you live outside the country. They don't care where I live or where the money...
- Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:14 pm
- Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
- Topic: Canadian Resident with US Income
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3324
Canadian Resident with US Income
I lived in Canada all of 2005 so I'm deemed resident for tax purposes. I became a permanent resident in February 2006 though I'm still a US citizen.I am a self-employed writer and all my income (royalties and work-for-hire) was from US sourcesa. I know I have to file both US and Canadian returns but...