June 20, 2014 - Accidental Americans in Canada can have big tax headaches
The only other country applying citizenship-based taxation rather than resident-based taxation (paying taxes to the country you live in) is Eritrea.
June 19, 2014 - IRS entices U.S. expats to come clean on back taxes with relaxed rules
Canada is home to as many as a million Americans and dual citizens, many of whom have not filed U.S. taxes and bank account reports for years in the mistaken belief that they did not need to because they owed nothing to the IRS.
June 16, 2014 - Attention, American expats in Canada: The IRS has its eyes on you
"Expats are deemed compliant under the Affordable Care Act legislation if they live outside for 330 days during a 12-month period or pass a bone fide residence test, which is a fact-intensive analysis looking at your connections to the foreign country and whether you plan to be there on a permanent or indefinite basis," he said.
May 27, 2014 - Canadians likely involved in Credit Suisse tax fraud: Canadians for Tax Fairness 0
The federal revenue agency won't say if Canadians were lured by Swiss bankers to hide money from the taxman, but it's very likely they were, said Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness.
May 16, 2014 - Don Cayo: Uncle Sam makes Canadians an offer we can’t refuse
Uncle Sam is poised to poke his pointy nose into the financial affairs of millions of Canadians who have no connection to his country, and — no matter how distasteful you find this — pushing back will only make it worse.
May 15, 2014 - Canada-U.S. tax information sharing deal open to abuse: privacy commissioner
Interim privacy commissioner Chantal Bernier says a controversial bilateral agreement to comply with new U.S. tax legislation could give American authorities too much financial information about Canadian dual citizens.
April 3, 2014 - IRS chief: No ‘targeting’ of tea party groups, just ‘inappropriate criteria’
This effort at spin control took an odd turn recently when, during a congressional hearing, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen denied that the Treasury inspector general had used the term “targeting.”
March 31, 2014 - Rubio says IRS dragging feet on targeting scandal
"It's unacceptable. They either did it or didn't. If they would be cooperative then we would have the answer to that."
March 31, 2014 - The Future of Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in Canada: Pros and Cons of the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)
For American citizens living in Canada who have not filed income tax returns with the IRS, the IGA is significant. The information shared with the IRS by the CRA is more likely to alert the IRS to American citizens living abroad who have failed to file.
March 18, 2014 - Foreign property disclosure has been simplified
Simplified T1135 On Feb. 26, 2014, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that we simply need to report the total yearend fair market value of such foreign property on the T1135 form for 2013.
March 11, 2014 - Canada’s draft legislation undermines FATCA agreement with U.S.
A prominent tax lawyer says that proposed federal legislation relieving Canadian financial institutions from onerous obligations under the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act “eviscerates” an intergovernmental agreement signed between Canada and the U.S. earlier this month.
February 12, 2014 - U.S. tax returns required for dual citizens: Roseman
Starting July 1, the Canada Revenue Agency will share financial information about Americans living in Canada with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service – information that will come from Canadian banks. Banks won’t have to report to the IRS on most federal registered accounts held by Americans, such as RRSPs, RESPs and tax-free savings accounts
February 11, 2014 - Canadian Fund Institute Commends Gov't For FATCA Exemptions
Under the IGA, registered plans, including Registered Retirement Savings Plans, Registered Retirement Income Funds, Registered Education Savings Plans, Registered Disability Savings Plans and Tax-Free Savings Accounts, are exempted from FATCA and will not be reportable. This will benefit the millions of Canadians who hold mutual funds in these types of plans.
february 10, 2014 - U.S., Canada forge deal in global anti-tax dodger push
The Canadian agreement narrows the scope of information required to be collected from account holders in Canada, officials said.
January 27, 2014 - Canadian data doesn’t support stereotype of the wealthy U.S. expat
n Canada, officials are negotiating an arrangement under which banks would report suspected Americans to the Canadian Revenue Agency, which would in turn pass the data on to the IRS.