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by tintin
Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:56 am
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: IRAs and returning to Canada
Replies: 18
Views: 30426

Thanks.

So if I am living in Canada when I retire, will the IRS withhold a non-resident tax on the Roth distributions? If not, then it would seem that there is potentially a tax benefit of the Roth over the traditional IRA, for Canadians returning to Canada for retirement. Ie. the amount 'X ...
by tintin
Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:09 am
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: IRAs and returning to Canada
Replies: 18
Views: 30426

Just doing my 2004 taxes. As far as I can tell, a 401K counts as a retirement plan, and if you have one and your AGI exceeds $55K (filing as single) then you can't deduct contributions to a traditional IRA. Is that right?

Regarding the Roth IRA, does Canada only tax the earnings made while you are ...