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A divorce or separation is a life-changing event, one has to deal with many life changes such as readjusting their finances, taxes and other-related aspects that can often slip the mind. A divorce can bring certain changes to a taxpayer’s tax situation and if not addressed in time could lead to unwanted tax problems. The...
Recently there has been a surge in the number of clients inquiring about the taxation of inherited qualified accounts, such as: Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), and Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF). Individuals are confused on whether to liquidate the accounts, continue investing or transfer ownership. The situation gets even more complicated in the case...
The IRS Form 14653, Certification by U.S. Person Residing Outside of the United States for Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures; and Form 14654, Certification by U.S. Person Residing in the United States for Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures are both part of the two Streamlined Filing Programs. These include ‘Streamlined Domestic Offshore Filing Compliance Procedure’ (Domestic Program)...
U.S. citizens and green-card holders (U.S. Person) are subject to taxes on their worldwide income. Along with this, they also need to comply with certain additional filing requirements to report their foreign accounts, foreign assets and foreign incomes. This reporting is required regardless of whether the U.S. person is living in the United States or...
In 2009, the US government began a series of streamlined offshore voluntary disclosure programs (OVDP). These programs were aimed at taxpayers with offshore assets in order to make all, or most, U.S. taxpayers living outside the United States tax-compliant. It was also put in place to prevent tax evasion by taxpayers using offshore accounts. Although...
In the overview of the series, we advised that in addition to filing income tax returns, U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S. need to file various reports in respect of foreign holdings. Failure to file these reports can result in onerous penalties. In part III of the series, we will discuss the requirements to file the...
In the overview of the series, we advised that in addition to filing income tax returns, U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S. need to file various reports in respect of foreign holdings. Failure to file these reports can result in onerous penalties. In part I of the series, we will discuss the requirements to file the FBAR Form 114. I. Foreign Bank and Financial...
Overview The United States taxes its citizens and residents on their worldwide income, regardless of residency. An individual may not owe taxes, but filing a tax return is mandatory. This is to claim benefit of deductions and to comply with foreign reporting requirements. The U.S. tax process is complicated and expensive, and severe tax penalties...
As many Canadians own property in the United States, as well as investments in the U.S. financial markets, it is important to be aware of the potential estate tax implications. Even thought a taxpayer is a non-resident of the U.S., they can still be subject to estate taxes. It is important to plan for the...
In 2013, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service passed a policy to expire Individual Taxpayer Identifications Number (ITIN). Although the first legislation stated that the ITIN’s would expire after 5 years, this rule was further modified to consider only those ITINS as expired which had not been used in the last 3 tax years. The expiration and...
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