TAx question filing as US rwsident and Canadian Resident

ellar · Post by **ellar** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:40 am

I am a US citizen married to a candian citizen. I live in Canada and have a Canada resident card. I also attend a US school for graduate degree, physically visiting one or two weeks every month. I got about $10,000 from school doing some work for the university, in 2007. I had spent considerabel aamount of this money for travel and lodging.

I do not have Canadan income, but my spouse (Canadian citizen) does.

I want to file my taxes as follows:

1. US 1040 as US resident for my US Income .in 2007.

2. Filing as a Canadian Resident ( Joint) to maintain my residency status in Canada, for 2007. Do I have to include my US income for the Canadian tax filing?

Is the above applicable and correct? filing in both countriea as resident?

Thank you

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:15 am

You will file in canada as a resident, and include all your income. There is no joint Cdn return. You MUST file every year in US because of citizenship; residence doesn't matter much, you still report ALL income there too.