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Retainage (the 5-10% holdback on each progress payment) creates accounting complexity, tax timing questions, and real cash flow pressure.
US TaxConstruction company owners can defer $70,000+ per year through the right retirement plan. For 2025, a solo construction company owner can defer up to.
US TaxThe IRS common-law test, Section 530 safe harbor, IRC 3509 penalties. The IRS uses a three-factor common-law test (behavioral control, financial control.
Cross-BorderAlimony paid across the border is taxed differently in each country. Since 2019, US alimony is neither deductible nor taxable.
Cross-BorderA cross-border business must choose between an LLC, a corporation, and a branch. Each produces different tax consequences in Canada and the US.
Cross-BorderA share sale, asset sale, or earn-out each produce different tax results in Canada and the US. Treaty credits limit but do not eliminate double tax.
Cross-BorderA Canadian can deduct US charity donations only against US-source income. US persons face the same cap on gifts to Canadian charities under Article XXI.
Cross-BorderBoth Canada and the US tax cryptocurrency dispositions as capital events. Cross-border holders face additional reporting on foreign exchanges, FBAR, and T1135.
Cross-BorderWhen spouses in a cross-border marriage separate and divide property.
Cross-BorderThe US imposes estate tax on worldwide assets of US persons and on US-situs assets of non-residents. Canada taxes gains at death through deemed disposition.
Cross-BorderWhen a person with assets or connections in both Canada and the US dies.
Cross-BorderThe US imposes a gift tax on the donor. Canada and the US handle gifts in fundamentally different ways.
Cross-BorderMedical expenses paid in the US by a Canadian resident and healthcare costs paid in Canada by a US person are deductible in the taxpayer's country of.
Cross-BorderOwning rental property across the Canada-US border creates filing obligations in both countries.
Cross-BorderOwning rental property in the other country creates filing obligations in both Canada and the US.
Cross-BorderWithdrawing from a retirement account in one country while living in the other triggers withholding, income inclusion, and a foreign tax credit calculation.
Cross-BorderWhen an employee with stock options moves between Canada and the US, both countries may tax the option gain.
Cross-BorderEmployees who work in both Canada and the US, or who move between the two countries while holding unvested stock options or RSUs.
Cross-BorderWhen related companies in Canada and the US transact with each other, both countries require arm's-length pricing.
Cross-BorderA small business operating in both Canada and the US through related entities must price intercompany transactions at arm's length.
Cross-BorderA trust with connections to both Canada and the US faces dual taxation, complex reporting, and treaty provisions that often do not resolve the overlap.
US TaxCost-reimbursement contracts (CPFF, CPIF, CPAF) require full cost disclosure, an annual incurred cost submission, and expose every indirect rate to audit.
US TaxCAS applies once a contractor crosses a dollar threshold, and that threshold is changing October 1, 2026. Through September 30, 2026, full CAS coverage.
US TaxGovernment contractors allocate shared costs through three pools: fringe, overhead, and G&A. The standard indirect rate structure has three pools: fringe.