Serbinski Accounting Firms

Still wondering if I can go ahead and file my tax return for my T4E with CRA... while I ammend my tax return with IRS?

There is no problem with the EI that I collected. I'm not sure if you are aware that you are eligible to collect EI due to moving to US to join your spouse.there is an EI department that handles non resident canadians.yes you are righht about being able to work. Therefore, I had to wait to collect E...

Ok thank u! Also is it voluntary to file my T4E canada? I'd like to file it if its in my best interest since I have to pay IRS now. As for getting EI while working.u can claim EI until you r workin full time.I worked part time for a couple of months and I had maximum EI.so I was eligible since my wo...

So unfortunately I am stuck. my husband and I filed our taxes already... MFJ status. 1 wk later, i rec'd my T4E for 4k and 1k has been already taken out for non resident taxes from canada. i totally forgot about the EI from last year. I spoke to the accounting office that helped me last year but the...

I just searched for cross border tax accountants near the border in Washington state - Blaine, WA to be exact (thinking I will get someone who's familiar w/ cross border taxes). I thought he knew what he was doing until I asked detailed questions and I just sounded like an irrate customer second gue...

Ok maybe im still in tax hell and do this myself! b/c i just asked acct about form 2555 and my accountant says: Form 2555 does not work in your case. You have to be a U.S. citizen or resident working overseas, to use that form. You did not become a resident for tax purposes until you had lived here ...

thanks a bunch! you've saved me from tax hell!

I was only in canada earning income from canada until april 2009 so I do not meet the 330 days. i hope this is my last question. My accountant initially excluded my Canadian E.I. in my 1040. I brought this to his attention. (i dont know why he initially did it that way... he told me i HAD to include...

i forgot to mention that I was not in Canada for a full year in 2009. And I filed a T1. Canada is not my tax home. US is my tax home.
So thats why I thought I was not eligible for the 2555

so should I tell him to use the 2555? i thought I can only use that if i was filing as dual status.

This is his reply when I asked him why I owed more taxes: Concerning paying taxes on your Canadian income twice, let me explain how the U.S. Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit works. It looks at your Canadian income as a percentage of your total income. In your case, your Canadian income was 77% of your ...

yes I did use a cross border tax accountant. and he kept telling me that since I'm considered a "resident alien", I HAVE to put all my 2009 income (even the income i made before moving to US). He said if i didnt include it, I have to use 1040NR and do a dual status tax return. I cant use 2...

I finally hired a tax accountant to do my taxes. He prepared form 1040 with form 1116. But, I'm pretty screwed with IRS due to the fact I had to include all my 2009 income (yes, even the one before I moved to US). It turns out, my "worldwide income - canadian income of 4 months" before I m...

oh i will be filing MFS. I made my husband aware it is to our benefit that we file joint but he didn't want to wait. (oh well!). I'm getting a good chunk from my Canada tax return so no worries. I dont know maybe Im the only one that dont care if i get a large return or zero! haha. i Just want to fi...

Im going to file full year MFS, and when I asked IRS what my calendar year is for 2009 they said "as of April 24, 2009, I am a resident alien for tax purposes and all world wide income from that day forward is what I report". Is this correct? (you mentioned IRS can me unreliable. lol) So, ...