601 plain-English guides on cross-border, each one ending in what to do next.
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Canadians file US tax returns for one of four reasons: they hold US citizenship (including accidental Americans who have never lived in the US).
Cross-BorderCross-border filers have year-end planning opportunities in both countries, and the deadlines do not always align. Covers treaty provisions, foreign tax.
Cross-BorderSection 280A classifies your Florida condo as full rental, mixed use, or personal residence based on the 14-day and 10% thresholds.
Cross-BorderCanadian and European banks are closing accounts over FATCA when a customer can't produce a US Social Security number. Covers key rules, filing.
Cross-BorderYour bank asked for a US place of birth or a US parent on a form you filled out without thinking twice, and now it wants a Social Security number you.
Cross-BorderActive Airbnb management won't change your day count, but it can move your tax home to the US, kill the closer connection exception.
Cross-BorderHow Airbnb and Vrbo withhold US tax from non-resident property owners, the difference between W-8BEN and W-8ECI. Covers key rules, filing requirements,.
Cross-BorderCanada now requires T3 filings for bare trusts worth over $50,000. Here's who has to file, what the penalties are, and how US persons get caught twice.
Cross-BorderThe CRA and the IRS exchange information under Article XXVII of the Canada-US tax treaty, and an audit in one country can trigger an audit.
Cross-BorderHow you hold a US vacation rental affects cost segregation, platform withholding, passive activity grouping, estate tax, and Canadian reporting.
Cross-BorderWhen both countries tax the same income and the treaty does not fix it. But some disputes cannot be resolved that way. Covers key rules, filing.
Cross-BorderGive listed shares in kind, use charities recognized on both sides, and plan 2026 US returns around the 0.5% floor. Covers treaty provisions, foreign tax.
Cross-BorderOwing penalties to both the IRS and CRA at the same time. If you filed your Canadian return late, you owe the CRA a late-filing penalty.
Cross-BorderIf you live in one country and have tax obligations in the other, a single power of attorney won't cover you. The reverse is equally true.
Cross-BorderThe short answer: the estate pays, not the children, unless the children received assets from the estate before the tax debt was settled.
Cross-BorderWhen a Canadian resident dies, Canada taxes every dollar of unrealized capital gain as if the person sold everything the day before death.
Cross-BorderIf your income tax returns were filed on time and the only thing missing is a form, one for your Canadian corporation, your TFSA.
Cross-BorderIf you're the executor (or liquidator, in Quebec) of a cross-border estate, you've inherited a job with personal financial risk.
Cross-BorderThe two regimes look alike from a distance and behave very differently up close, and the difference is where the money is lost.
Cross-BorderCost segregation on a vacation rental triggers IRC 1245 ordinary recapture on sale, and FIRPTA withholding at closing may not cover the actual tax bill.
Cross-BorderA Canadian dies owning a Florida condo and a brokerage account holding US shares. Nine months later the IRS expects a return.
Cross-BorderThe IRS does not want fifteen years of back returns. It wants three years of income tax returns and six years of FBARs, filed through the right program.
Cross-BorderAn ITF account at a Canadian bank looks simple but triggers Canadian attribution rules, plus foreign trust reporting when a parent or child is a US person.
Cross-BorderThe tax consequences aren't simple at all, and they get worse when one of those names belongs to a US citizen or green card holder.