Coming to Canada - David Ingram
My wife and I are US Citizen's and work for the same Fortune 500 Company. I am taking a position within the company at a location in Oakville, Ontario. I am not taking the position as an expatriate, as I will be paid in Canadian Dollars, etc. My wife will continue to work from the same company location in the U.S., but out of our home in Canada. What type of tax concerns does this represent for us? Also, what type of special arrangements if any should my wife make wife her current employer if she is now going to work out of Canada? \r ------------------------------------------------------ david ingram replies: You will be on a Canadian payroll with EI, CPP and Income tax deducted. You will file a Canadian return and usually get a refund if you do not have any investment income. Your wife should arrange to be paid on a 1099-MISC basis because she does not pay US FICA (social security) if living in Canada. Also, she is not living in North Dakota or Oklahoma either so there is no state tax to pay. Her first tax liability will be to Canada because that is where she is living and working. Because you are both US citizens, you will then file a US return and report your income again and either exempt up to $80,000 each by filing a form 2555 each (find it at www.irs.gov or if you have children, you might want to claim a foreign tax credit instead by filing form 1116. You can find out more by going to www.centa.com and reading the US/CANADA TAXATION section in the second box down on the right hand side. When you are ready to do the first year's returns, send them off to us. 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