Need your expert opinion

aawaterloo · Post by **aawaterloo** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:30 pm

I have read some of the messages on this forum and I firmly believe there is very knowledgeable people here who can help me. Here is the problem.

Jan to March-I worked for a company in Ontario full-time while living in Ontario
March to June-worked as a consultant for a company in the USA (funds received on my company name under sole proprietorship). During this time, I lived in Ontario and performed services from my home office. I filled out the W-7 form etc with the company.
June to present: working for a company in Michigan fulltime on a TN visa while commuting from Windsor, Ontario
Wife received some unemployment benefits in 2009 from the Govt. of Canada. She was laid off in 2008.
Status: Canadian Citizen, married, 2 kids, resident of Ontario

How should I file my taxes? Where should I report what income?

Thanks,

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:00 pm

You and your wife should both file cdn returns of course, reporting all world income, just as if you had earned everything in ontario.

YOU should also be filing a 1040NR in US, reporting only your MI wages.

Once you determine the IRS, MIchigan, and FICA you owed/paid on your wages, you use this amount to take foreign tax credit on your Cdn return.

aawaterloo · Post by **aawaterloo** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:25 pm

Thanks a lot.