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thanks for your quick response. I looked at the form 2555 and found out that section 13 requires me to put in the departure/arrival date and income earned in US during those days. I've been travelling to US most of the time for year 2008 and 2009. I arrived in US Dec 2008 and didn't go out of the co...

Hi, I moved to US (starting receiving US income) in March 2009, before that I was receiving Canadian income and file Canadian returns. I read the IRS publiscation and think that I may be able to file dual status tax return. I know that I should fill both 1040 and 1040NR. I'm having problem determini...

One more question, for the Canadian income that I made while still living in BC, should I pay 1) the provincial tax on it or pay 2) the 48% surtax for non-resident? I actually pay less tax under 1) than under 2). However, ufile.ca automatically removes the provincial tax and includes the 48% surtax ...

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Thanks so much for the answers! One more thing.. I was weighing between filing on 1040NR or 1040 On the 1040: I have about 49k(after deducting RRSP) income from Canada, and $2800(after all the deductions from US. After taking foreign tax credit for the taxes i paid to Canada, i ended up having to pa...

Hi there, 1. I moved to US to work on L1B in September 2009. Can I file as a deemed non-resident of Canada so that I don't have to report my US income even though I am still considered NR in US?(did not stay in US for over 183 days in 2009) 2. Also, should I file 1040NR or wait until June to file 10...