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That is why this is a particularly weird situation. CRA sent me a letter stating that they deemed me a non-resident of Canada as of 3/28/07 (even though my wife & Child had not left the country yet and she was still working in Canada). She earned wages in Canada until 07/07 and then she received...

Actually I am referring to my wifes employment income that she earned in Canada. She worked in Canada not in the US. If we want to elect to deem her a resident for tax purposes in the US (so we can file MFJ) we need to report her worldwide income on our 1040. Does that Canadian source income also ha...

I am going to see whether it is worthwhile filing MFJ. My wife only had income from her employment in Canada while we were residents there. If we take the election to treat my wife as a US resident (in order to be able to file our return MFJ) does her Canadian income also get reported on the state i...

I moved to the US from Quebec at the end of February 2007. I earned employment income in the US. My wife and child moved to the US once our house sold in August 2007. CRA sent me a letter notifying me that they consider me to be a non-resident of Canada as of March 28th 2007 (I was expecting it to b...

Sounds like there is not much point in even trying to file a joint return in US since that will reduce my US taxes (and reduce my US tax credit increasing my taxes owed to Canada). What are the implications of filing single to increase my US taxes paid, then file my Canadian return. Then 6 months la...

I started working in the US February 2007. My wife and family moved from Canada to the US in August 2007. We sold our house in Canada in August and Purchased a home in the US 3 weeks later. I understand that I am deemed a resident of Canada for tax purposes from Jan - August 2007 (since my family di...