Income Tax Question for TN visa holders

projectpete · Post by **projectpete** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:54 am

hello nelsona, i called the accountant that did my return and i told him to put an exit date on my return but he said i cant just put an exit date i have to file as a non-resident with some other forms as well as the exit date

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:10 pm

The problem is you ahve already listened to this guy, and he filed incorrectly. Now, in order to coirrect this, you will have to correct it with the date, and fulfill all the other requirements of departure return, which includes a couple of forms.

he should have done this in the first place, but was to lame to do it.

I guess he still is.

projectpete · Post by **projectpete** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:12 pm

thanks nelosna, i am trying my best to correct this. i searched "departure return" on the CRA website but dont find any forms. do you know which forms they are off hand?

projectpete · Post by **projectpete** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:16 pm

also, i am not listening to this accountant because he already steered me down the wrong path, but unfortunately i paid him alot of money already so i want him to fix it.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:38 pm

Look at the "Emigrants" guide.

Do not submit form NR73 unless the government asks for it, regardless of what your jerk-off acct says.

Why would you have paid an accountant lots of money to do what he treated like an "ordinary" return, which is all the service he did for you. you could have done this yourself for $25 on-line.

Oh well. he has to fix it, but probably doesn't have a clue how to.

projectpete · Post by **projectpete** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:47 pm

i totally agree with you about the $25 on-line return but i didnt know that until now. i searched many sites on the net and unfortunately found this one too late. maybe i should just cut my losses with him and file it myself now.

projectpete · Post by **projectpete** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:51 pm

do you recommend any on-line tax programs?

again, thanks for all the help

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:56 pm

I thought you said you already filed your return. If you did, the on-line services are pointless, since you are filing an amended return.

If you have not filed yet, tell your CPA to stop sitting on his brains and get busy.

projectpete · Post by **projectpete** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:58 pm

no they did all the paper work and they mailed me the completed forms, i had to sign and fax them back before they filed them for me. once i saw i was going to have to pay $3000 i said stop and found this site.

now he is telling me that his american tax expert is on vacation for three weeks so i have to wait until she gets back to file my return so she can fix it. so i dont really want to go ahead with this guy because he is saying it may cost another $400 to fix it, no matter how long i argued with him.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:59 pm

T1-ADJ is the starting point for changing your return.

projectpete · Post by **projectpete** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:00 pm

but nothing has been filed yet, no T1 or anything has been sent to the CRA.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:26 pm

Why does he need his american expert? Your Cdn tax return, properly filed, will have NO US income on it. You might as well have moved to Tibet.

There is no need for an american expert to file your Cdn departure tax return, since you will not be reporting any US income, and thus will not need to claim any US tax credits.

This guy is a moron... worse, he's cheating you, now.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:26 pm

ufile.ca

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:31 pm

Calmly take the time to do your taxes on ufile.ca. never mind that today is the last day. there is no harm in filing a little late. Read the Emigrants guide. You won't be able to e-file anyways since you are non-resident.

projectpete · Post by **projectpete** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:35 pm

i called the cpa and of course couldnt get a hold of him, i left a message telling him i am cutting my losses and doing it myself.

thanks nelsona for all the help, i dont think i am going to have to pay anything so filing late shouldnt hurt, thanks