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Hi, I'm a Canadian citizen now living in the US. I closed one of my Canadian bank accounts last year since they do not deal with foreign addresses, and in doing so, transferred part of the balance (less than $10000) to my US bank account (and the rest to another Canadian account I still have). The e...

If I am using treaty to be able to file a full year 1040 (using form 2555 to exclude foreign earned income) instead of dual status, would I also need to file form 8833 to disclose this position? I've tried looking around and seem to find that form 8833 is usually filed with 1040NR, which isn't my ca...

Hi Nelsona, Sorry to bring this back up again, but I forgot to mention that I am not married. You said that I can file a full year 1040 reporting world income, but I just read that dual status aliens cannot choose to be treated as a US resident for the entire year if they are single. So this would m...

thanks for the clarification and quick response, your help is greatly appreciated!!

This has been an incredibly helpful resource, so I'd like to express my thanks in advance! I'm a Canadian who moved to the US on a TN Visa in early 2009, and need some help with my first US tax forms! I pass the substantial presence test for 2009, and have no primary ties to Canada, but still had my...