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New Foreign Income Reporting Requirements for Canadian Taxpayers: An Update
In an earlier blog post, we discussed the new Stop International Tax Evasion Program and the fact that Canada Revenue would be redesigning its Form T-1135, Foreign Income Verification Statement. Canada Revenue has now released the new T-1135 form outlining the new reporting requirements for income earned from assets outside of Canada. Now Canadian taxpayers […]
American Same Sex Couples in Canada: Tax Effects of the Recent Supreme Court Decision in Windsor v. US
August 27, 2013On June 26, 2013, the US Supreme Court overturned Section 3 of the US Federal Defense of Marriage Act, more commonly known as “DOMA”. The effect of this decision is that the U.S. federal government is now required to recognize lawful same-sex marriages where the couple resides in a jurisdiction that recognizes that marriage. A […]
Mexican Land Trusts are Not Trusts for US Federal Income Tax Purposes
July 23, 2013In a recent Revenue Ruling, the IRS concluded that a fideicomiso or Mexican Land Trust (“MLT”) arrangement is not a trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This was welcome news to many U.S. citizens that own land located in Mexico through an MLT. As you may be aware from our previous blog entries, interests […]
Don’t forget about State and Local income tax implications when working in the US!
June 7, 2013The domestic tax implications of living and working in one country are generally straight-forward. While there may be from time to time some complicating domestic tax issues, generally, with a bit of resourcefulness you don’t need to be a tax specialist to resolve the personal tax matter (although you may like to hand it off […]