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U.S. Education Savings Plans for Residents of Canada

Canada and the U.S. have similar tax laws for education savings plans. Unfortunately, neither recognizes the each other’s plans the same as their own. For example, a U.S. education savings plan, such as a “529 Plan,” has Canadian tax reporting requirements which are not applicable to a Canadian Registered Education Savings Plan. Canada and the […]

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Alert for Parents: Education Savings Plans and U.S. Tax Issues

March 20, 2018

Children. From the moment they’re born you start planning for their future. And like a lot of good parents, you start to save money for their future education early. Both Canada and the U.S. have great education savings programs whereby generally any plan earnings are tax-deferred until Junior goes off to post-secondary education. But tax […]

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U.S. Transition Tax – Update

March 14, 2018

On March 13th, the Internal Revenue Service provided further guidance on how U.S. taxpayers should report activity subject to the U.S. Transition Tax on their 2017 US income tax returns. Our previous blog describing the tax and its impact to U.S. taxpayers can be found HERE. This IRS guidance references earlier IRS updates and provides […]

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U.S. Transition Tax

February 27, 2018

In December 2017, the U.S. enacted The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”). Amongst many changes to U.S. tax law is a move to a territorial tax system where US corporate shareholders of non-U.S. corporations can repatriate profits earned outside the U.S. without additional U.S. tax. As part of this transition, many US shareholders are […]

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