Wife And kid in US, husband in canada. Need help with US tax

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Canada06
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Wife And kid in US, husband in canada. Need help with US tax

Post by Canada06 »

FACTS
Wife and kid moved to US late July and wife working in US from August on a contract job which ends in dec 2016
Not sure whether will move back to Canada or stay in US after 2016
Husband working in canada
Wife has TFSA(~ 20) RRSP(~60)RESP ( ~10) and Canadian bank account(~10)
Have house in Canada jointly owned and paying mortgage.


Questions
From the forum it looked like i have to file US as non resident but my tax company is telling me to file as resident - married head of household and not report my canadian account details... Please advise on what needs to be done

For 2016,
Is it better if i close all my canadian accounts or can i still file as non resident

Thank u
Canada06
Posts: 16
Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:00 pm

Help please

Post by Canada06 »

FACTS
Wife and kid moved to US late July and wife working in US from August on a contract job which ends in dec 2016
Not sure whether will move back to Canada or stay in US after 2016
Husband working in canada
Wife has TFSA(~ 20) RRSP(~60)RESP ( ~10) and Canadian bank account(~10)
Have house in Canada jointly owned and paying mortgage.


Questions
From the forum it looked like i have to file US as non resident but my tax company is telling me to file as resident - married head of household and not report my canadian account details... Please advise on what needs to be done

For 2016,
Is it better if i close all my canadian accounts or can i still file as non resident
Canada06
Posts: 16
Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:00 pm

Help please

Post by Canada06 »

FACTS
Wife and kid moved to US late July and wife working in US from August on a contract job which ends in dec 2016
Not sure whether will move back to Canada or stay in US after 2016
Husband working in canada
Wife has TFSA(~ 20) RRSP(~60)RESP ( ~10) and Canadian bank account(~10)
Have house in Canada jointly owned and paying mortgage.


Questions
From the forum it looked like i have to file US as non resident but my tax company is telling me to file as resident - married head of household and not report my canadian account details... Please advise on what needs to be done

For 2016,
Is it better if i close all my canadian accounts or can i still file as non resident
nelsona
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Post by nelsona »

Please don't repost to bump your questions.

And are you the wife in this scenario? It isn't clear.
After 20 years, I am severely cutting back on responses. Do not ask specifically for my help. There are a few others on this board that can answer most questions. All the best
Canada06
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Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:00 pm

Post by Canada06 »

[quote="nelsona"]Please don't repost to bump your questions.

And are you the wife in this scenario? It isn't clear.[/quote]

Yes
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