Does Cdn bank account interest could as Cdn income for NR?

[woofington]

Hello

I'm a Cdn tax non resident and have had no Canadian income with the exception of bank interest earned on checking/savings accounts with Canadian banks. (Moved from Canada to the US a couple of years ago).

Does this count as income and therefore I have to file a Canadian tax return just to declare this?

(Its declared on my US tax return, the amount is a couple of $K).

Thank you

[nelsona]

Non-residents don't pay Cdn tax on Cdn bank interest anymore. But, if they did, like in the past, then the tax woould be a flat rate tax taken off every payment, not reported on any Cdn tax return.


So, non-residents NEVER report interest on a Cdn tax return.