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I'm not a Canadian resident yet, but I will continue to have contract income from US employers after I move. In paying my estimated taxes, do I have a choice of whether to pay Canadian or pay US? If each can be credited against the other, I assume that it will not increase or decrease my total taxes...

I've seen lots of good discussion about 401(k) / RRSP taxability, but here's a different case. In the US, there are life insurance policies that let earnings grow tax deferred, such as variable life / universal life policies. The earnings are then taxed at withdrawal time (which may be years in the ...

And a followup question ... interest from municipal (US) bonds that are not taxable in the US ... I assume that they ARE taxable in Canada?

Thanks in advance

(Mostly trying to figure out how Canadian and US taxes are going to work differently on my investments)

I guessed this from reading other posts, but didn't find one that directly addressed it. I am a US citizen in the process of becoming a Canadian resident. I have a substantial sized IRA (including my 401k's rolled over). The capital gains / interest in this account are not US taxable until I start w...