TN/TD-US income, Canadian income-How to file?

johns_myth · Post by **johns_myth** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:01 pm

It looks like my best option is to hire a new and experienced accountant who can re-file my 2010 returns.

JGCA · Post by **JGCA** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:09 pm

you have been gone for over 2 yrs now, how can he say you are residents of Canada? Do teh right thing and file Amended Returns to clear this up as Nelson said even without this residency issue you have not reported to teh IRS your wifes income, so isn't this enough to want to make you file correctly you CND Accountant has no clue on teh US side and vise versa these guys only deal with domestic files at least they can file properly in each of tehir jurisdictions, no!

johns_myth · Post by **johns_myth** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:15 am

I am in complete agreement that I need to fix these issues. Thanks everyone for the advice. Greatly appreciated.

toad · Post by **toad** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:44 pm

"My wife is a self-employed consultant for a Canadian company but works remotely. "

I didn't think this was allowed under TD status... ie. she can go there to work in Canada, but cannot work at home or a remote office in the USA.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:16 am

This is an immigration question, that Im sure our poster would havechecked into.
basically, as long as the Cdn firm has no dealings in US, and neither the firm nor the worker is benefitting from being physically in US, then the work does not violate any status.

johns_myth · Post by **johns_myth** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:21 am

The fact that this situation can be open to interpretation is freaky. The last thing we want to do is jeopardize our legal status in the US.

Which is why the next step for us is GC.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:00 pm

Definitely. I would be getting a legal opion fora US immg atty before Iset up a home offcie in US if I was in any of the follwing statuses: H1/H4, TN/TD, F1/F2, B1/B2.