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US Vacation Home Rules
Many Canadian residents took advantage of the depressed US housing market and the strong Canadian dollar during the last few years and have purchased vacation homes in the U.S. Some of these individuals will use their US homes exclusively for their own enjoyment while others may decide the rent the homes out during certain periods […]
Internal Revenue Service announces changes to Streamlined Programs
June 18, 2014On June 18th, the Internal Revenue Service announced changes to the Offshore Programs to help ease the tax reporting compliance burden on delinquent taxpayers and assist more taxpayers to come forward to get their U.S. tax return filing obligations up to date. Now referred to as the “Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures” or “Streamlined Domestic Offshore […]
We’ve added FATCA Seminars for Vancouver
May 2, 2014On July 1, 2014 the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act will require Canadian financial institutions to report accounts held by U.S. persons to the IRS. If you are a U.S. person who has not filed U.S. tax returns you may have significant exposure to tax, interest and penalties. and other relevant US tax topics. May […]
Press Release: FATCA and Non-U.S. Filers, the odds of the IRS finding you are increasing
March 28, 2014FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTWarren DueckW.L. Dueck & Co LLPwdueck@wldtax.com604.242.1401 FATCA and Non-U.S. Filers, the odds of the IRS finding you are increasing March 27, 2014 (Vancouver and Calgary) Tax announcements don’t usually get the same attention as the Olympics, politics or other stories that commonly hit the front page of newspapers. But if you […]