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I'm wondering where to declare the parental leave income I recieved from the Canadian (Quebec) government. In TurboTax, there is a section for paid family leave, but I would need a 1099-G form, which I don't have, of course... Should I declare it with the other ...

Hi! Did our canadian tax returns and are ready to start the us ones...

Can we get a credit from the irs for taxes payed in Quebec before our emigration to the Us?

I tought QPIP benefits could be conidered E.I. as they are reported on the same kind of form (T4-E).

Thanks for all your clear answers!

Someone from the Ca State gov.'taxes chat line wrote me this : "Unemployment compensation is not taxable by California, even if the unemployment is paid by a state other than California". They also said that I didn't had to declare incomes owned in Canada a a Canada resident in the state declaration ...

That is good news! As for California, I only need to report the taxable income (work income, not t4E income from qpip), and only for the time I was a Ca resident, right? Is that still true if the federal is mfj with the election as residents for the whole year? Thanks!

Thanks Nelsons and JG, you've been so helpful!

Nelsona, you said "Also, QPIP is probably supposed to be flat taxed at 15% (by fed) and not by quebec after departure. You will need to determine what was paid to you before departure and what was paid after. So, you should get quite a refund from MRQ ...

So no concern about the 2011 (and there will be a 2012 too) contribution of my employer to my pension fund? I'm asking because I know that for my RRSP, once I'm in the U.S., I can not put any money in it.

Thanks again.

Another concern... During my 2011 maternity leave, my canadian employer contributed to my canadian pension fund with a couple thousand dollars. What should I do with this?

Oh, I forgot to mention... My husband worked in te U.S. for a little more than 2 years before we married and lived together in canada. So he went from being a Canadian resident, to an americain resident for about 2 years to a canadian resident for 1 1/2 year and now we will both be U.S. residents ...

Thanks again for all these precisions. I'm a bit lost here...

Should we fill our U.S. declaration jointly with all our U.S. and Canadian incomes and say that my husband is the head of household? Then, what is my husband's SINGLE status you are tahling about?

Thanks!

Is there a need to fill our us declaratoin before april 15th? Should we make an estimate and proroate until june 15th because of our ITIN number demands?

Few employers do it. I have a very generous one!

I actually recieve maternity leave income from BOTH provincial social plan and my employer. It is permitted as the employer completes the missing salary. The employer even speakd directly with the province social program managers to get their exacts numbers before they establised the amount missing ...

Our Canadian taxes ave already been deducted at the source.

So I will make a US declaration and have started to go through the CRA emigratnt guide. Still got a few more questions :

1. For our US declaration, we will fill forms 1040 with a full year residency in the US. We will get credits with ...

Yes, the Quebec's program for new parents is very generous.

What I got from my employer is a compensation they gave me to boost my income to 95% of my usual salary for 6 months during my maternity leave (the province program "only" gives you something between 55 and 70% of your normal income). So ...