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by clarity hound
Sat Apr 14, 2018 11:15 am
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Dual Citizen TFSA Advice
Replies: 11
Views: 7044

Our daughter has also been seeking to understand the issues, and the best options, for saving money while she is in the USA, but with the possibility that she might return to Canada. (Her husband's contract may come to completion in a few years and they might return to Canada.) If there is a good th...
by clarity hound
Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:38 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Dual Citizen TFSA Advice
Replies: 11
Views: 7044

I may have mis-typed late last night, as my wife this morning does not recall if it was in fact a Canadian tax filing that triggered the TFSA Processing Unit to contact our daughter. Maybe she did not file in Canada; I'm now not sure. I'll ask her sometime. One additional note is that she had closed...
by clarity hound
Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:10 am
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Dual Citizen TFSA Advice
Replies: 11
Views: 7044

nelsona... Thank you for the quick clarification. Our experience was that the penalty for the contribution our daughter made while a non-resident was a recurring monthly penalty, and thus the large amount. Since she was a stay-at-home mom and had minimal income while down south, she did not have to ...
by clarity hound
Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:32 am
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: Dual Citizen TFSA Advice
Replies: 11
Views: 7044

mbert... If you will be living in the USA, then you are not permitted to make any contributions to a TFSA, and I don't believe you are permitted to even keep one open. My daughter started a TFSA with an online Canadian bank while in Canada. She then moved to the southern hemisphere and stayed five y...