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My wife and I are Cdn citizens with US GreenCards (obtained in '05) who moved back permanently to Canada in 2008. I was contracted by a US company for all of 2009, was self-employed for all of '09, and have already filed '09 Cdn taxes and paid the CPP/Self-Employed taxes.

From what I've read, as US ...

Regarding the CA taxes... I read in some California tax code a while ago that it's very aggressive when assigning "resident/non-resident status", so even if one has moved away they still may consider it temporary if there are enough links back to the state (drivers license, bank accounts, etc.). Not ...

I'm a Canadian citizen with a US green card (obtained in 2005) who moved back to Canada September 2008. I work as a freelance contractor for a US company and filed Canadian as well as both US Fed and California State 2008 taxes.

My wife and I have no plans of moving back to the US since all our ...

So my big question now is about the U.S. 1040...

To review - my wife and I (both US GC holders), moved back to Canada from the US last September 08. Since that point I've been working as an independent contractor for a US company. The US company that contracts me, sent me a 1099-MISC for work I ...

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"1. Incorrect. As GC holders your MUST ALWAYS file 1040 reporting world income. Always. To file a 1040NR is a violation of your GC, and is grounds for revocation.
But, even if you did not have GC, in the year you leave US you have a choice to file fullyear 1040. This --although it ...

Understood, thanks Nelson!!!

Thanks for the info, this forum really is invaluable!! :)

RE #3 - So won't I be double-taxed then?

If in the upcoming years I always file a U.S. 1040, declaring the income and deductions, plus I always file a Cdn tax return declaring the income and deductions, where does the Tax Treaty come into ...

My wife and I (both U.S. GC holders) moved back to Canada last September 2008.

We both have U.S. income from before we moved. I have Canadian income from working for a Canadian company for the month of September. In October I started my own business in Canada and have only had business income as ...