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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, ...

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 fami...

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 perf...

------------- "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 pla...

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 an ...