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Thank you so much! For #1, it has been my understanding that as a Canadian, I should be still filing a return every year. I am filing a zero-dollar non-resident return, as I have no Canadian income. Is this wrong? From the Canadian tax perspective, I left just under 8 years ago, however, it has been...

Because the US is taxing both citizens and Green Card holders on their worldwide income.

We have the following situation. Both of us are Canadian citizens and US Green Card holders (I applied for US citizenship but will not get it until much later this year). We have a house in Canada (both of us are on the title), as well as another one in California (only I am on the title). I spend m...

Correct, in the past, she was paying CRA on all of her income. Few months of the difference in taxes was not worth the headache. 6 months is a bit different, but we would not want to go the breaking the residence ties route - this year she might be slightly more than 6 mo in Canada. Also, not sure i...

Hi, Our situation: both myself and my wife are Canadian citizens with an US Green Card. I live full time and get my income in California, while my wife travels back and forth between California and Ontario. Her employer/income is in Canada (Canadian branch of US corporation). In the previous years s...

Hi, This summer I will be moving to California for work (L1B visa). My family will stay here in Ontario for another year, so my daughter can finish the high school. After this they will join me in CA and my daughter is planning to go to a university there. It looks like for this year and the next on...