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Sorry about that, it slipped my mind.
Thanks for the info though.

Suppose 100% of my income is earned as a "scholarship or bursary", in Quebec. From past filings, I know that if I reside in Quebec and obviously file a Quebec provincial return, the "scholarship or bursary" income is not taxable. (You include it as income, but later on in the form, deduct it).

Now ...

I decided to call CRA and see what they would say about my situation. As soon as I told them my wife is a resident of Canada, they said "you are resident of canada" too.
To me it seems that you can argue all you want about phrases in the tax treaties, but as long as there is a shred of evidence ...

Thanks for the info.

I'm really not sure if it's worth it to try to claim non-residency. The 183 days in Canada/USA will be very close, and would probably come down to how Canada decides to count the days that i'm in both countries. If they are strict and claim i'm "in" canada even though I leave ...

Unfortunately, I am in Quebec. That's my #1 problem, since if I just file as a resident, I can reduce what I owe CRA to nothing (foreign tax credit) but it doesn't leave much Foreign Tax Credit to reduce what Quebec wants (so i'll owe them quite a bit).

If I was able to get away with non-residency ...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nelsona</i>

As long as you spend more than 183 days a year in US, you can claim that you are a "Deemed non-resident" for Cdn tax purposes, which means ...

I am wondering about determining my residency status in Canada for 2005. Here are my circumstances:
- All income from U.S. sources. No income from Canadian sources.
- Spend roughly 50% of my time in US, 50% in Canada (weeks at a time in each location)

Per the US-CAN tax treaty: (these are the tie ...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nelsona</i>

Most Windsor-Detroit commuters find this.

<i>nelsona non grata... and non pro</i>
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nelsona</i>

Your 'expert' is wrong, TWO ways.

First, as you indicated, the IRS allows by its own rules for you to do it. The otherwise qualified refers ...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nelsona</i>

You would have to double-check about FEIE in such cases, as you are, on the one hand, claiming to be a tax resident in US for full year, and ...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nelsona</i>

The QC abatement is purely on the fed return, and does not depend on anything from the QC return.

You should be using tax software to do all ...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nelsona</i>

Pretty much.
First you determine the amount of US tax that is eligible for credit (say $5000)

You use the $5000 on your fed return, do the ...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nelsona</i>

Whatever % of your US wages you do end up reporting, you would use that percentage of US tax/state tax etc towrds your foreign tax credit ...

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">As discussed ...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nelsona</i>

I hope this person was a professional landscaper, as they are clueless on taxes.
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