TAx question filing as US rwsident and Canadian Resident

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ellar
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TAx question filing as US rwsident and Canadian Resident

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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?


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Post by nelsona »

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.
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