Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by XXXXXXX on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 07:11:20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My_question_is: Canadian-specific question: is it a crime to bring over 20,000C$ obtained by legal means into Canada without reporting it.
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david ingram replies:
If you have it in cash, it is a crime to bring it into Canada and it is a crime to remove it from the US without reporting to the US and without reporting it to Canada as you bring it in.
If caught, the money would be forfeited and you could also lose the vehicle that you were in at the time.
Much simpler to fill in the US form 105 and leave it at the US side as you leave and fill in the E677 and give it to the Canadian side as you enter.
Of course, if you just write a cheque (check) and deposit into a Canadian institution they and the American bank will do the reporting for you. It is the same thing for an electronic transfer.
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These older questions should help as well.
Hi David, I'm wondering if you could help me out. I'm an American citizen who became a "permanent resident" of Canada about 4 years ago. I recently sold property in Montreal and am thinking about returning to the US to live permanently. What would be the best way for me to transfer the money to the states? Thanks so much for your help! XXXX xXXXX
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david ingram replies:
First, get your Canadian citizenship. You have been here long enough and there are absolutely NO disadvantages to your having dual citizenship.
The BIG advantage is that you can return to Canada anytime you want in the future with no questions and / or paperwork.
The easiest way to transfer the money is to have a Canadian Bank or the Caisse Populaire transfer it electronically to your bank in the US.
This older Q & A might help as well.
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David:
Thanks
for the minutes you just spent with me on the phone about taking money to
Seattle to pay for a car I have already ordered and put a deposit
on.
Please
send me the links for the forms for both the Canadian side and the
What
happens to this information after I provide the forms? Just record-keeping
for both countries to determine how much money is going in each
direction?
Thanks,
david ingram replies:
Taking money across the border to buy a car is an interesting experience. The last time I did it, I handed the form in to the US person at the border and he looked at it and said "it's wrong", go inside.
So in I went and it was wrong.
I was going down to buy a used Cadillac and had $15,000 US with me and had declared it.
Unfortunately, I also had some Canadian money with me and had neglected to include it. The border guard looked at the $15,000 US and instinctively knew i had some Canadian cash as well and the inside fellow gave me royal hell for not declaring "everything"
The US forms eventually go to Detroit and the Canadian forms go to FINTRAC in Ottawa. However, YOU hand them in at the border.
FINTRAC
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This older Q & A will give you the forms needed:
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I just saw a question you answered about a Canadian living in the
US as a permanent resident selling a home and wanting to transfer the money to a
US bank. (
http://www.david-ingram.com/CEN-TAPEDE/archive/Week-of-Mon-20061009/002904.html) I'm
in the same situation, except I want to keep most of the money in Canada. You
said, below, that the banks will notify the treasury on amounts over $10,000. Is
this $10,000 at any one time, or per calendar year?
What I want to do is bring enough money to pay off my US credit
cards. Through several bank withdrawals and cheque deposits I've already put
about $9600 Canadian into my US bank (not at the same time) to pay bills. Do I
need to wait until next year to bring more in, or is it okay to continue
doing this? I would need maybe another $11,000 to pay everything off here.
Thanks!
david ingram replies:
If you have transferred $9.600 so far and have paid it out already, there is no problem. If you are transferring smaller amounts because you are trying to amass an amount over $10,000 for a single purpose, then you have to report the transfer of more than $10,000 AND the financial institution you have transferred the money to in the USA should be reporting the transaction as well. In fact making several transfers for a total of $12,000 could make you look like a suspicious person whereas one $15,000 transfer would never raise a suspicious person report, especially if the money was then paid out to credit card companies.
The rules for reporting take place for both countries when there is a transfer (or series of transfers) of more than $10,000.
If you do it as a bank transfer, you do not need to worry. The bank will do the reporting for you.
If you take cash out in Canada and take it across the border yourself, YOU have to do the reporting to both countries.
This older series of questions will help
This last question just
gave me an idea for a new question:
What if I bring say $15
000 US into Canada but I do it at several trips and
every time I carry less then $10 000 (3000-5000)? Any forms to fill or
report? Thanks.
every time I carry less then $10 000 (3000-5000)? Any forms to fill or
report? Thanks.
PxXXXX
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david ingram
replies:
Both countries make the
transportation of more than $10,000 in pieces a crime as
well.
However, if you were
sending a $1,000 a month to a savings plan or something, that would not
matter.
The crime would be trying
to assemble the more than $10,000 in the other country when you had the ability
to send it all at once.
I.E. You have
$25,000 in a bank in Seattle and send $5,000 every couple of days until it is
all in Canada.
In that case, if your
banks spotted what was going on, "they" would report
you.
The bank will also report
when several cheques arrive from different sources and they add up to
significant amounts whether the source is from the US or not. This is to
stop people from keeping their money in other people's accounts and assembling
it when they need it.
All part of anti money
laundering legislation.
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the original question and
answer follows
What forms do I have to
fill out if I am transporting more than $10,000 across the Canadian
Border
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david ingram
replies: The forms are E677 and E667 for Canada and 104 and
105 for the US if you are bringing the money out of the US into Canada..
The US bank will
report the deposit or withdrawal to the US FINCEN on form 104 which
you can find at: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/ffc104.pdf
When you then move
the money to Canada by money order or check, the bank or financial institution
will report it again.
The US penalties for failure to fill in these simple forms is up to
$500,000 PLUS 5 years in jail.
If you remove more
than $10,000 at any one time, the bank will report those transactions as
well.
If you decide to
carry the cash or transport it out of the USA as a cashier's cheque, you have to
file form 105. You can find the form at: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/ffc105.pdf
Canada has moved its forms
in the last few days and i had a devil of a time trying to find them. You
can find both E677 and E667
below.
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e667/e667-fill-06b.pdf
The E667 is filled out by the Bank or financial institution and you do not usually see it.
The following E677 is filled in by yourself and handed in at the airport OR LAND BORDER to CANADIAN CUSTOMS AS YOU LEAVE OR AS YOU ENTER
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general I am quoting $900 to $3,000 for a dual country tax
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18 RRSPs would be $900.00 - (maybe amalgamate a
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