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Thanks for your help Nelson [8D], I got all my taxes done. Now I can rest for a year with out thinking about IRS. Now I have to pay attention to Immigration stuff. My renewal is comming up in few months.

Thank you so much merge for your reply. I appreciate giving me the phone number. I have been looking for that for some time. I am also both American and a Canadian living in the US. I have to deal with RRSP headache.

Thanks so much again.

What is the difference between EA and CPA. One accountant in my area says he is a cross border EA. He says EA is better than a CPA. Because he has pass some special exam from IRS exclusively for US taxes.

If I am sending rev. proc. 2002-23 with 1040-X for past years , Should I mail them to my regional IRS office or Philadelphia office? Should I mail each year 1040-X in separate envelopes or both 1040-X for past 2 years in one envelope?

In a different thread you have stated, I Quote:
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I'm an American with Canadian citizenship and a permanent resident of Canada since 1966. In 1995 I learned I should be filing US returns, and did so for 7 years back, plus the form ...

Nelson, Thank you

In another thread I read somebody was trying to defend his position and wrote about his interpretation of IRC Chapter 1, Sub-chapter B, Part II, Section 72 (w) But this section is for cross reference not for non-residents. I don't know what he was quoting there saying the whole withdrawal had to be ...

I also have been keeping 2 credit cards in Canada. I wonder there is a requirement to report them in TD form.

What should be considered as my contribution for RRSP? is that What I contributed originally OR the value of RRSP at the day I became a US resident?

I have to ammend 1040s for 2002 anyway to submit rev.proc. 02-03 for RRSP deferal.

What if I report the interest of few dollars I forgot in 2002 at the same time to IRS? That won't probably change the taxes since US taxes are charge for income ranges.

Will they impose penalties for not reporting ...

Thank you so much Nelson.
I did put the departure date on the last return. However I forgot to tell the bank. (I had a Canadian acct & a US acct with only few hundred dollars in them) I did not renew my driver’s license or OHIP which had an expiration date. I only had less than a dollar in interest ...

Nelson, I read in several places on the forum that NR73 gives trouble later on. Why is that? What can CRA does to people who have filed NR73?

What kind of potential trouble that I can expect? What kind of trouble that they have given to prople? Please reply me.

After reading some threads on this forum, now I am confused whether CRA would have recognized me a resident of US with first year choice to be treated as a US resident and therefore non-resident in Canada according to the treaty.

go back on the forum and read the thread on 8891. You have to file 8891 to IRS for each RRSP

Is there anybody on the forum has heard any penalties imposed so far to a Canadian working in the US with a employment authorization/ visa for late filing TD F 90-22.1 for previous years?