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Canada has a reputation of being one of the most peaceful countries in the world, making it a desirable location for many immigrants to settle. Unfortunately, the slow citizenship application process has been quite a hindrance for people trying to obtain status in Canada. Many immigrant who are living without proper documentation due to the...
U.S. taxpayers are subject to taxes on their worldwide income, even income that is not reported on a tax slip (e.g. cash tips). Similarly, income from the rental of vacation homes may need to be reported as well. The tax rules may be further complicated in the case of non-resident U.S. vacation property owners. Therefore,...
Rental property can be a great investment. If you are able to purchase a property and rent it out you could potentially have someone else pay your mortgage on the property. Maybe you want to buy a ski lodge in Whistler; maybe a cabin on the lake is more your speed. Either way, if you...
In 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) established an Identity Theft Clearinghouse (ITC), which along with the Criminal Investigation (CI) Field Offices has received over 7,600 individual identity theft leads to date, involving approximately 1.47 million returns with over $6.8 billion in refunds claimed. The department carried out 1,063 identity theft related investigations in 2014,...
Being a U.S. person (subject to U.S. taxes) living abroad can at times be the beginning of a U.S. tax nightmare. This can appear to be quite unfair, especially when one has had a Canadian residence established outside of the U.S. for quite some time. If you are an American citizen or green card holder, it is...
Rental real estate owners are often faced with the dilemma of whether to keep their rental properties or to dispose of them due to the expenses incurred in maintaining and managing them. Since the losses qualify as passive activity losses, they can be claimed only against a passive activity income. Recently at AG Tax we...
On October 29, 2013, the Canadian government formally ratified a tax treaty with the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong). This treaty, (originally signed on November 11, 2012) minimizes the possibility of tax discrimination and double taxation, and further encourages healthy trades between Canada and Hong...
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