QUESTION: I have a redeemable term deposit for 300,0000. If I switch it over to a US term at the same bank, what are my tax implications for the approx. 15,000 I make on the transaction from the currency exchange, if any? Thanks
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I think you are mistaken about when the profit occurs.
If you change $300,000 Canadian to $315,000 US (this quetion was sent when the Cdn Dollar was 1.05) you have not made any money at that point. If you traded it back the same day, you would just get back $300,000 Cdn.
Where you will have made money is if you trade the US dollars today and get back $315,000 Canadian.
Now you have made $15,000 Canadian and have a profit which is taxable. The bad news for Canadians and Americans is that it is not a capital gain. It is taxable at straight rates in Canada.
The United States IRS also taxes it as straight income. There is no possibility that the gains will be taxed as capital gains, because the IRS does not consider currencies an "investment."
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$1,700 would be for two people with income from two countries
Catch - up returns for the US where we use the Canadian return as a guide for seven years at a time will be from $150 to $600.00 per year depending upon numbers of bank accounts, RRSP's, existence of rental houses, self employment, etc. Note that these returns tend to be informational rather than taxable. In fact, if there are children involved, we usually get refunds of $1,000 per child per year for 3 years. We have done several catch-ups where the client has recieved as much as $6,000 back for an $1,800 bill and one recently with 6 children is resulting in over $12,000 refund.
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