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Alert for Parents: Education Savings Plans and U.S. Tax Issues
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 […]
U.S. Transition Tax – Update
March 14, 2018On 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 […]
U.S. Transition Tax
February 27, 2018In 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 […]
Moving from Canada to the U.S.? Save Money with Canada Pension Plan
February 6, 2018Moving to another country presents significant tax planning opportunities, especially if you are moving from Canada to the U.S. A commonly overlooked tax strategy for incorporated professionals and other intercompany transferees is to avoid US Social Security and Medicare by continuing their coverage under Canada Pension Plan. The tax savings can reach more than US$10,000 […]
