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Can you explain why?

His family is still in Canada. Is he a resident or non-resident for tax purpose in the US for 2010 and 2011?

My friend just got a temporal job offer in the US on a per diem contract. He is going to be away from home for one year. Is the per diem money also considered tax-free in Canada?

We became non-resident last year.

We are Canadian non-resident and US resident. My wife has some salary income from a Canadian company this year. The company will probably issue her a T4 next year, not sure whether it will be a T4 or something else. We file MFJ in the US. How should we file tax return for 2009?

When I moved to the US last year I have some stocks which had depreciated a lot during the past couple of years. The original price was 20k. Last year when I left it was 4k. I have not informed the TD waterhouse to change my address until now. Now they want me to transfer my account to TD waterhouse...

On page 2 of the emigrant guide. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4056/t4056-07e.pdf This guide does not apply to you if you left Canada in 2007 and you were a deemed or factual resident of Canada in 2007. For more information on deemed and factual residents, see Pamphlet T4131, Canadian Residents...

I have called MRQ. They told me I need to use my world income to calculate the drug premium.

Thanks, Nelsona.

Line 275 of TP-1 : Canadian income only (700$)
Line 19 of TP-1: World income including the US income after I left Quebec. This is the only place where I put my US income. Ufile.ca seems to use my world income to calculate my drugs premium on schedule K.

Line 275 of tp-1 should not include any income after I emigrated. But the ufile.ca automatically use my world income in this box.

I noticed in the Quebec tax guide, if you emigrated from Canada, you should contact MRQ for more infomation for calculation of this drug premium.

I emigrated from Canada/Quebec in May. On Quebec return TP-1 box 19, enter income you have while you are not a Canadian resident, I report my world income (including US income) there. Do I need to use the my world income or Canadian income only to calculate my drug insurance premium on Quebec Schedu...

I don't need to file form 1116 since it is a passive income. Right? One of the requirement of not using form 1116 is "all of your gross foreign income and foreign taxes are reported to you on a payee statement ( such as a form 1099-DIV or 1099-INT ). Does this mean I should file 1116 and apply ...

I did not work in Canada before I came to US, therefore, I have no Canadian wages to report on my 1040. On my Quebec return, I used ufile to do my taxes. Ufile added a schedule K ( Drugs insurance plan ) and Quebec world income statement to my Quebec return. If I do not report my US income, the tax ...

In Pub 514 Your foreign tax credit cannot be more than your total U.S. tax liability (line 44 Form 1040) multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of the fraction is your taxable income from sources outside the United States. The denominator is your total taxable income from U.S. and foreign sources. ...

I didn't have private insurance during the first 5 months of 2007 which means I will need to pay the drug premium.

How do I use that Quebec drug premium tax as a tax credit in the US return? Use the form 1116?

Thanks.

dhirenasha, Thanks. It might be specific to formal Quebec resident After reading the Quebec tax guide. It seems to me that the Quebec drugs insurance premius for the whole year is 574.5$. Since I left in May 2007, I don't need to pay the insurance premium from May to Dec. If my total world income fo...