What are you guys doing for American income taxes?

[trailmix 77]

I'm absolutely sure zyggy will have a better answer, but anyway, when I filed the last 3 years I used the f2555ez, which enabled me to exclude my "foreign earned income of $82,400 or less" (that figure is the 06 figure).

However, that only applies to bona fide residents (you have probably already looked at this).

It almost sounds like, from their instructions, that you might not be able to claim this credit - I don't know if you have seen this tax guide, there is a flow chart on page 12 that might help?

Don't know if you have see the U.S./Canada Tax treaty documentation?

Sorry G&A, when I read your post I failed to realize that you said you still live and work in Canada, so as Thermophile has mentioned you will be able to use the F2555.

[Allie 5]

Doesn't Canada and the U.S have a tax treaty where double taxing won't happen. I collect a pension from where I worked in Canda.

It's taxed in Canda each month and I believe I read somewhere that pesion income along with EI payments in Canada are exempt from being taxed in the U.S again

[Allie 5]

When we file tax forms this yr. can Lorry claim me on her U.S. tax forms.and since I lived in Canad for 6 months last yr. and was married before the end of 2007 am I entitled to claim Lorry as my spouse on my Canadian tax return.

I think this is going to be a royal pain filing this yr.

[thermophile 0]

there is a tax treaty, but I'm too poor for it to be much use to me-as I usually don't have to pay much, if any, taxes. so am not sure how it's applied. have you tried searching the forum? there was a really good and long thread last marchish where the wonderful Zyggy helped a bunch of us understand exactly what was going on. I don't have time to search right now but will try later if no one else does.

[G&A 1]

there is a tax treaty, but I'm too poor for it to be much use to me-as I usually don't have to pay much, if any, taxes. so am not sure how it's applied. have you tried searching the forum? there was a really good and long thread last marchish where the wonderful Zyggy helped a bunch of us understand exactly what was going on. I don't have time to search right now but will try later if no one else does.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...56233&st=60

found it!