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Thank you, nelsona.

Is interest earned in Canadian savings accounts taxed at 30% by IRS? This is what I am getting after adding the foreign interest on my 1040. We have not paid tax on interest in Canada, as the income for 2012 was equal to the basic exemption (maternity benefits). Is there any provision of the US-Cana...

Correction: a Canadian resident buys a car in a foreign country (U.S.).

Thank you for your reply, nelsona. So no tax credits on my US return. Deemed resident of Canada: I used that term because we left Canada after mid-year; therefore, for tax purposes we were considered residents. So, if a Canadian resident buys a foreign car, he/she cannot claim foreign tax credit for...

Can I claim the sales tax we paid for a car we bought in 2011 while we were non-residents of the US & deemed residents of Canada? We paid $2000 in sales tax for a car we bought end of Nov 2011 in the US. I never claim the sales tax, as Schedule A for 1040NR does not show any deduction for Genera...

Thank you so much, nelsona. You are great! I had no income in the US last year and I go rid of the RRSP before we left Canada, for which I paid a lot of taxes :-(. Did not know your trick... It was good though, to use it for the downpayment of my house. I got you on the TFSA. But still need some res...

Yes, I claimed the deduction in 2011, and I should not have -did not know I should have received an RC62 for that, at the time.

So I will claim it again this year, when I do my NR taxes for my mat benefits , using the RC62 for 2012.


Thank you very much. It's very clear now:-)!

It's dissapinting that I'll have to take out the foreign tax credit- a nice $1278. But I'll do that,if that's the right way, and start with my Canadian Return Section 217. I thought I would do them later, sinnce I had until June 30. I did file a Form NR5 last year in February and got a reduction to ...

That is exactly how it is. I paid back $300 by cheque on Dec 29, 2011, amount cleared in my bank Jan 10, 2012. I claimed the 300 benefit repayment on my husband's 2011 tax return T1 (we filed jointly as deemed residents of Canada- year when we left for the US) Line 213, amount that was deducted from...

What line on 1040 shall I claim Canadian UCCB repayment (form RC 62)? Because of the $300 CAD UCCB repayment I did in 2012 for 2011 (when we became non-residents of Canada), CRA has recalculated my husband's tax return for 2011 and just yesterday I got a Notice of Reassessment from them saying he ow...

The website is Just Answer/tax, the link is below: http://www.justanswer.com/tax/3lovp-us-citizen-canada-receiving-maternity-benefits-called-ei.html This tax adviser says "mat benefits are not classified as unemployment benefits". You'll see his explanation if you follow the link. I just r...

Thank you, Nelsona. I did file a departure return with CRA. On another website someone was asking a similar question regarding maternity benefits rec'd in Canada, but she was a US Citizen working in Canada. She was advised to treat it as temporary disablity benefits and report it as wages on Line 7....

I left Canada at the end of Aug 2011 with my husband and 2 months old baby on a H1-B dependent visa (H4). We filed resident taxes with CRA and 1040-NR with IRS in 2011. I continued to receive maternity benefits from Service Canada for the first half of 2012. I did not work in the US in 2012-not elig...