624 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 gifts around the 0.5% floor and how a gift changes your foreign tax credit.
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, one power of attorney rarely covers everything. Here's what the IRS and the CRA each need on file.
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.