I am Canadian and have been married to my US wife for almost 5 years and we have 2 dual citizen kids. We have begun the immigration process to move to Florida on a spouse visa to be near my wife's family.
Once we move, I want to continue to work industrial jobs in Canada where I fly in for 2 weeks and then fly back to the US for 1 week. While I am there I would either rent a house or stay in a camp, depending on the job.
I have couple questions that I have not been able to find the answers to.
1. Where would my tax home be? As a green card holder I understand my tax home must be in the us, although my ties to Canada would be 2/3 of my time spent there, and Canadian employment, and possibly Canadian health care.
2. How would working this kind of rotation affect my ability to keep my green card. I don't think I would meet citizenship requirements, but as long as I could keep renewing my green card I can wait for citizenship later.
Thank you for any comments.
Green card holder living in the US and working in Canada
Moderator: Mark T Serbinski CA CPA
1. US. Having this home in canada would not outweigh having the same plus your family in US. your cdn income would be taxable in Canada due to the time spent there exceeding 50%.
Just to clrify tax home definitions and green card retention requirements are not one and the same, but from what you describe you should have no problem.
2. You would need sufficient ties in US (this would appears to be the case from what you describe). I don't see a problem.
Just to clrify tax home definitions and green card retention requirements are not one and the same, but from what you describe you should have no problem.
2. You would need sufficient ties in US (this would appears to be the case from what you describe). I don't see a problem.
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Thank you for the reply.
Can you tell me if my income would be taxed as a deemed non-resident of Canada? Based on the items below I believe I would file as non-resident.
According to the Gov of Canada website I would be deemed resident of Canada based on the 183 day rule. However it say that I may be deemed non-resident if there is a tax treaty with another country and I am determined to be resident of that country for tax purposes.
According to the IRS website, by having a green card I am a resident alien for tax purposes.
More background:
I could cancel my health insurance and just use my insurance from the US so that my only tie is my job. Also, the employment is not permanent. When one job ends I look for the next job, which may or may not be in the same province or with the same company.
Can you tell me if my income would be taxed as a deemed non-resident of Canada? Based on the items below I believe I would file as non-resident.
According to the Gov of Canada website I would be deemed resident of Canada based on the 183 day rule. However it say that I may be deemed non-resident if there is a tax treaty with another country and I am determined to be resident of that country for tax purposes.
According to the IRS website, by having a green card I am a resident alien for tax purposes.
More background:
I could cancel my health insurance and just use my insurance from the US so that my only tie is my job. Also, the employment is not permanent. When one job ends I look for the next job, which may or may not be in the same province or with the same company.
That is what I said. You would meet the treaty definition of US resident, outweighing your Cdn ties. This you would file as a Cdn non-resident, ie. report only your Cdn-sourced income.
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