Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington), Author at Andersen in Canada

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Cross-border Gifts – Application of Article XIII – Gains

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

Last month, we described a situation where a Canadian resident, nonresident alien of the US used the Canada – US Income Tax Convention (“Treaty”) to reduce their overall tax liability on employment income earned in the U.S. The second part of our Treaty example concerns ...

Canada U.S. Tax Treaty – US Nonresident Alien Using “Married Filing Joint” Tax Rates

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

Two recent client situations remind us that certain provisions in the Canada US Income Tax Convention (“Treaty”) can lower a client’s overall tax liability even where the answer isn’t so obvious when entering information in tax software. The first example is the subject of today’s ...

Canada Revenue Agency Form T1135

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

In its 2013 budget, Canada announced the launch of Stop International Tax Evasion Program aimed at reducing international tax evasion and avoidance. The program allows Canada Revenue Agency to pay rewards to individuals with information on significant international tax non-compliance that leads to the collection ...

IRS Actions to Solve Non-Compliance of Canadians Earning US Rental Income

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

In August, the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a final report #2017-30-048 entitled “Additional Controls Are Needed to Help Ensure That Non-resident Alien Individual Property Owners Comply with Tax Laws”1. While the TIGTA needs to work on their titles2, the report ...

Non-residents Selling Canadian Real Property

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

Monday May 1st is generally the filing tax deadline in Canada for individuals for the 2016 year1. It is also 8 days away from a provincial election in British Columbia. One of the many issues politicians face in urban centers in BC is housing, both ...

Strafford PFIC Presentation – Additional Information

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

On January 5, 2017, together with Strafford Publications, Steven Flynn will be presenting on Passive Foreign Investment Companies. In his section of the presentation, Steven will discuss information and tools to help you complete IRS Form 8621 – Information Return by a Shareholder of a ...

Strafford – Form 8621 PFIC Presentation January 5, 2017

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking in an upcoming Strafford live webinar, “Form 8621 PFIC Reporting: Navigating the Highly Complex IRS Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules” scheduled for Thursday, January 5, 1:00pm-2:50pm EST. Because of your affiliation with my firm, you ...

Business in Vancouver – Article on how US tax reforms may impact Canadian business

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

Steven Flynn, a partner with W.L. Dueck & Co. LLP, was interviewed by Business in Vancouver and discussed how potential US tax reforms may impact Canadian businesses. Click HERE to read the article. Further information on this subject is outlined in our recent post: Trump’s Tax ...

Changing Canadian and U.S. Tax Law

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

Feedback is a valuable tool for improvement. Whether you are a student seeking advice from a teacher, a professional listening to clients to upgrade service or a young point guard looking to beat a press (pass the basketball instead of dribbling it), we can all ...

How Do I Move to Canada – Tax Edition

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/01/1970

This week, on the night US primary results came in from Super Tuesday, Citizenship and Immigration Canada reported an increase in its normal website traffic from the U.S. Google reported a spike in the search term “moving to Canada” in the hours and days after. ...

The member firms of Andersen in Canada focus on Canadian, international and Canada-U.S. cross-border tax matters. With offices across Canada, our tax professionals work with a broad range of businesses and individual clients to develop innovative tax solutions for a diverse range of issues. Our senior leaders and many of our professional staff have extensive experience in Canadian, international, U.S. and cross-border tax matters with major international accounting firms, as well as practical experience working with businesses and individuals.