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The simplest would be to write a check.

There is no need to report these transactions as you would be going thru the banks. the 10,000 reporting is if you are carrying money (otherwise untrceable) on your person. The banks have their own reporting system which satisfies the law.

You would not need ...

Someone has been trying to interpret (incorrectly) the new treaty protocol...

Currently, a Cdn resident cannot deduct 401(K) contributions on their Cdn tax return. Period. However, once the money is in there, iy is not taxed until taken out, as you say.

Once the new treaty is ratified, 401(k ...

You should definitely get your US citizenship.

It is very rare for a US citizen living in Canada to pay tax in US (since the Cdn tax is credited, and is almost always more than US), so it is just not worth renouncing or losing your GC thinking that you will save taxes. Besides since your husband ...

Employees can *sometimes* deduct expenses on their 1040. However, Cdns can't on there Cdn return (certainly not the ones you listed), so you would not benefit from such US deductions, since your Cdn tax burden will be larger.

In your situation it would be best if you were paid as a contractor. likely to your Cdn corp. this is permitted on TN.

Since you would noy have a fixed base in US, you would not be taxable in US, even for the work done there. You would want to be careful in such casess to avoid being present in US ...

Any gift (and its receipt) that would be accepatbel if it were issued from a Cdn charity, can be used from a US based charity (since you have the requisite US-sourced income).

The problem might be in the valuation method used by the charity (which, as you say is quasi-fraudulent). CRA could easily ...

Clauses 1 and 2 have the effect of forcing CRA to treat americans no worse than Cdns, but you may have a point that if neither were resident, then it doesn't help you.

That is why the taxed only while in canada is your better option.

[quote]"From my reading of the tax treaty it seemed pretty clear that even though I was a resident of the U.S., I was obligated to pay tax to Canada, since my employer has a permanent establishment in Canada."[/quote]

Your interpreation is a tad too conservative. Take for example a salesman working ...

There is no reason to report your world income after you left. In no case can you report moving expenses anyways. Your childcare expenses should be fine, as long as you meet all other criteria.

For form 2441, an ITIN works as well as an SSN for IRS purposes.

You can still use her wages, even ...

If the income for the Calendar year was for less than $10,000 you could exempt it all, and not pay anything in canada. This is a treaty item.

Your other choice is to stand on the technicality that you should only be taxed in canada for work performed IN canada. So you could pro-rate your grant for ...

This is a tax forum.

All AOS filers get fingerprinting. Those whose AOS process drags on get the 'privilege' of having them a 2nd, 3rd, or even forth time, as these 'expire' every 15 months.

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=130524,00.html

A Cdn bamk account does not qualify as a QBU, thus every transaction that takes palce in it is to be expressed in US dollars. This gives rise to gains and losses on every transaction.

In its wisdome, IRS has determined that ...

Therer seems to be an echo in here.

This is not true. That is like saying selling shares of ABC in C$ and buying XYZ in C$ does not trigger cap gains in US, sine the currency was not changed.

Of course it does.

So does taking $50K of Cdn dollars which has grown in value from $40K to $50K in US dollars and buying ANYTHING, be it a ...