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by butlertl
Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:19 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: When did She become a resident?
Replies: 9
Views: 7486

Reality Check

Nelson....Does this sound right? My income - 135,000.....Canadian wife - 115,000......using Turbo Tax........used the Foreign Earned Income (I assume Form 2555) and she gets -$60,000 credit.........TurboTax says I now get back $26,000....that cannot be right. What am I missing?

Thanks
by butlertl
Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:04 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: When did She become a resident?
Replies: 9
Views: 7486

More Confused

If we consider her a US resident for the entire year....I assume she must file a Canadian return.....what would her departure date be for the Canadian return? She made about $90,000 CDN in 2005....up until the end of Dec 2005.......would we file in Canada and then file a joint return in the US for t...
by butlertl
Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:49 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: When did She become a resident?
Replies: 9
Views: 7486

When did She become a resident?

I married my Canadian wife last February in Florida. She returned to Canada and we started the CR-1 process. She received her green card at the end of Oct 2005.......and moved to the US on 27 Dec 2005. When did she become a resident of the US.....with her green card or during her move in December. S...
by butlertl
Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:23 am
Forum: Business & Personal Immigration to Canada
Topic: Does Green Card issue mean residence in the US?
Replies: 1
Views: 4165

Does Green Card issue mean residence in the US?

I married my Canadian wife last February in Florida. She returned to Canada and we started the CR-1 process. She received her green card at the end of Oct 2005.......and moved to the US on 27 Dec 2005. When did she become a resident of the US.....with her green card or during her move in December. S...
by butlertl
Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:12 pm
Forum: Canada / United States Tax & Accounting
Topic: First Time filing Tax - TN
Replies: 14
Views: 9322

I was married to a Canadian last Feb......we activated her green card (CR-1) at the end of October and she moved to the US on 27 Dec. As I read the above.....She would file a Canadian Departure Return....and, also she must file a US 2005 return. We plan to file a joint US return....she would report ...