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by JasonR
Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:20 am
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Moved to the US Permanently, tax question
Replies: 5
Views: 3090

Thanks for your help nelsona. So for the years going forward, like when we file taxes for the 2013 tax year. Will we need to file a Canadian return for my wife and indicate the income she earned and add the tax treaty exemption deduction? Or since for the 2012 tax year we indicated that we left Cana...
by JasonR
Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:48 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Moved to the US Permanently, tax question
Replies: 5
Views: 3090

So the first mistake I see we made was including my wife's contract work she did after the indicated departure date as income in Canada. Of course because that was income with no deductions, we owed tax on it. Our returns are still currently processing with the CRA, however, the check we sent with t...
by JasonR
Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:34 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Moved to the US Permanently, tax question
Replies: 5
Views: 3090

Moved to the US Permanently, tax question

My Wife and I moved to the US in 2012. I am a dual US/Canadian citizen and my wife is Canadian. By the end of 2012 we had secured her green card. So she now has her permanent resident status and earlier this year we got her a social security number. My wife still works for her Canadian employer on a...