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Cross-border Gifts – Application of Article XIII – Gains

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 the use of Article XIII to treat gains similar for […]

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Don’t forget about State and Local income tax implications when working in the US!

June 7, 2013

The 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 […]

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

May 17, 2013

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 blog. The second example will be posted later this month. […]

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Canada Revenue Agency Form T1135

May 14, 2013

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 of outstanding taxes due. Canada Revenue Agency also announced details […]

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