Canadian living in Canada needing to file US taxes

[finalpass]

Hi, I am a Canadian citizen living in Canada. Last year, I have worked remotely for a US company for couple months (as a side job, I have a main job). I am wondering what are the steps required to file taxes? (and how does the US Canada treaty work in my case?) Thank you.

[nelsona]

Was this on salary or as an independent contractor?

[finalpass]

Hi nelsona, I worked as an independent contractor

[nelsona]

So, because you worked solely in Canada, you do not owe any taxes in US.
You don't *really* need to even report the income, but to be safe, you would file a 1040NR, reporting the US income and use form OI to exclude it, using the treaty.

[finalpass]

understood. thank you for explaining all this!