This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment QUESTION: In April of 2002, My father, a US citizen, gave my husband and I the money we needed for a down payment on a single family residence in Whistler, BC. At the time, the lending institution (CIBC) informed my father that he needed to be listed on the mortgage/title as the Owner of the property (verus my husband and I listed as the owners and my father as a co-signer). For the last two years, my husband and I (also US citizens living and working in Whistler/Vancouver under NAFTA, with a Landed Immigrant application pending), have been living in the Whistler residence full-time, without being able to realize any of the tax breaks given to owners who are primary residents (since my father resides in the US), not to mention the favorable capital gains treatment given to primary residents upon the sale of the property. Please advise, therefore, as to the most effective way to have ownership of title transferred from my father to my husband and I - obviously, we are looking to minimize the tax ramifications. Thank you! ------------------------ david ingram replies: You should have fought the bank. There is no reason that it could not have been in your name with your father as the co-signer. Assuming that you and your husband have made all the payments and you truly "are' the real owners, it sounds as if your father has merely held it in trust for you. Get it transferred from his name to yours. There should be no tax ramificatiosn fro either PPT or income tax because he was merely the trustee. David Stoller or Bill Spohn at 100 Park Royal South in West Vancouver are two lawyers who I work with. Either of them (or any other lawyer I am sure can transfer the property for you. In the meantime, I hope you have continued to fle your US returns while living in Whistler. Every US citizen must conti9nue to file a US return no matter where they live. There is not usually any tax "if" you file. If you do not file and get caught, you can run into US tax penalties because you run out of time to claim exemptions and tax credits. Go to www.centa.com and read the October 1995 newsletter for information about US citizens in Canada. While at www.centa.com, read the US/Canada Taxation section which will give you the tax rules. I, of course, would be glad to look after this for you by mail, email, fax or stop in the next time you are in West or North Vancouver. Phone 604 980-0321 for an appointment. And since mortgage interest is not deductible in Canada under everyday rules, you should come down this Thursday night for a free seminar on Mortgage interest as a deduction in Canada. Fred Snyder and I are giving free seminars on making your CANADIAN mortgage interest tax deductible at our new office at 1764 West 7th Vancouver. This is in the Spence Diamond Building at the corner of 7th and Burrard and is very easy to find. When: Just about " Every" Thursday Night Time: 7 to 9 PM RSVP: phone (604) 731-8900 to reserve (limited to 15 people) My time is still spent at 108-100 Park Royal South West Vancouver, BC (604) 980-0321 david ingram Answers to this and other similar questions can be obtained free on Air every Sunday morning. Every Sunday at 9:00 AM on 600AM in Vancouver, Fred Snyder of Cartier Partners and I will be hosting an INFOMERCIAL but LIVE talk show called "ITS YOUR MONEY" Those outside of the Lower Mainland will be able to listen on the internet at www.600AM.com Local phone calls to (604) 280-0600 - Long distance calls to 1-866-778-0600. Old shows are archived at the site. This from ask an income tax immigration planning and bankruptcy expert consultant guru or preparer from www.centa.com or www.jurock.com or www.featureweb.com. 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