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by Vancity
Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:10 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Canadian moving to US soon - need advice
Replies: 2
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Shoot, cannot edit my previous posts. Canadian real property (ie. house) is not subject to deemed disposition - so I would not have to dispose of it when I leave. Pretty much everything else though would have to go I believe.
by Vancity
Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:32 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Canadian moving to US soon - need advice
Replies: 2
Views: 2387

Doing some more reading - it looks like as soon as my wife joins me in the US while I'm on my TN, I will become a non-resident of Canada. That means capital gains on the house, liquidating non-registered accounts, liquidating the TFSA, freezing the RRSPs for a while, etc. Is this right? Anyway to av...
by Vancity
Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:37 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Canadian moving to US soon - need advice
Replies: 2
Views: 2387

Canadian moving to US soon - need advice

This site is an excellent resource and I am so thankful that I found it. I've been reading for hours and taking notes. That being said, I wanted to run my situation by the experts here and make sure I'm made the correct assumptions and set myself up for success. If this is a lot of info to get back ...