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by cbentz
Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:11 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Whoops, didn't report LIRA to IRS, now what?
Replies: 3
Views: 3786

Great - thank you very much! How do I determine if I'm a beneficiary or Annuitant for question 5? I am the only person on the account - the funds were deposited by my employer in Canada - not from my earnings. Which am I? I think based on your suggestion to defer taxation I am the beneficiary? Annui...
by cbentz
Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:25 am
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Whoops, didn't report LIRA to IRS, now what?
Replies: 3
Views: 3786

Whoops, didn't report LIRA to IRS, now what?

Greetings, I am a Canadian living in the US (PR) since Jan 2005. I have an Ontario LIRA from a former Canadian employer that from ignorance I have never reported to the IRS. neither in a 8891 nor an Fbar. It is a roll over pension from a past Canadian employer whom i left in 1999. There have been no...