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I will be filing 1040NR and 8833 as I will be giving up my GC soon. I am still confused as to if I need to file FBAR or not. The general consensus is 50 /50. The latest announcements from the IRS in March 2010 ( announcement 2010-16 and Notice 2010-23) seems to point in the direction that Non reside...

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If I file 1040NR and take the treaty position 8833
Do I still need to file form 3520, 8891 and TD F 9-22.1 as I have RRSP, GIC, RESP , TFSA and Mutual funds in Canada. I have nothing in US.

For TDF 90-22.1 form reporting are the financial accounts like RRSP, GIC. Savings account taxable by IRS or is it just a reporting form of what foreign account you hold.

I am in the same situation. I got my greencard in August 2008 but have never lived or worked in the US. I have not filed any US taxes but I am always diligent with my Canadian taxes. I now just found out that I need to file my US taxes as well as many other fun forms. I plan to abandon my GC next mo...

I am a Canadian citizen and myself and family ( 2kids) got our Greencard in August 2008. We were in the US in August for 7 days getting all our paperwork in order. Because of the economic downturn we were not able to secure a job in the US and we stayed in Canada. Needless to say we were disappointe...