American citizen living in Canada working for US firm

lizupclose · Post by **lizupclose** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:32 pm

Iâ€™m an American citizen doing some remote contract work for an American company while I am living in Canada as a temporary resident (my spouse is in graduate school in Canada).

I just received a W-9 from the studio I am working for. My question is: is there a separate form for persons who are American citizens living abroad?

My understanding is that I must pay Canadian/local taxes (I know I still have to report my income to the IRS, but I wonâ€™t be double taxed on income below a certain level), so Iâ€™m am reticent to fill out the W-9...

Thanks in advance for your help!

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:28 pm

W-9 is the correct form for you to give client, so that they do not withhold any tax from you for IRS, which is, as you say, not going to incur tax in US anyways.

It is a good thing.

lizupclose · Post by **lizupclose** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:51 pm

Thanks so much for your reply!

So the W-9 is the correct form even though I have a Canadian address? The address field on the W-9 form only has fields for city/state/zip, but nothing for country.

And the W-9 will allow me to specify no withholding?

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:29 am

Read the W-9