2011 tax package

[DanielK 0]

Alright so I got my package today,

I worked in canada jan to end of july 2011. I moved to usa in aug 2011 cr1, I have no income in usa or a job .

I've always filed my taxes as single and aswell as my wife did, been married since feb 2010.

Now I have to file for my End taxes for canada T1 tax form.

Do I have to file taxes for the us? since I lived in canada for more then the 183 days of the year and I have no job or Income in the us.

Do I file as single on the T1 tax form, because my wife never lived in canada and has no SIN #

Just alittle confused about the whole thing. any ideas would help

[pocheros 101]

If I can add a question as well... Can you file your exit tax return online, or do they want it to be done with paper? Just curious since I've done my taxes online whenever I could and I'm hoping I can again because I find taxes so confusing :S

[Piefre 15]

I'd love to get answers for all of these questions too as I was just wondering the exact same questions the other day.

[sheeshkabelle 153]

Search through this discussion. It has a lot of FAQs about the cross border tax situation we are all in. I found answers to a ton of my questions.

The IRS CRA income tax thread

[SapphireDreams 71]

You can use the online programs to fill out the forms, but then you'll need to print them out and send them to the International Tax office since it would be your exit return. I can't remember exactly where, but I believe there is a section that asks if you ceased to be a Canadian resident or something and then it asked for your exit date. It's been awhile since I looked, so I could be wrong, but I always did my own taxes because they were simple, and this case was no different.

In terms of filing single or married - I'm not 100%, but I'm almost sure you're better off filing as joint married because you'll qualify for more of a credit and you'll be eligible for a bigger refund, especially if you have not worked in the US at all this past year. You are likely much better off filing jointly in the US.

When I did my Canadian taxes, I did do them as married, but I can't remember putting anything about my husband's income or anything since he never lived in Canada. Whatever I did though, they didn't have a problem with.

[Flames9_RN 358]

You can use the online programs to fill out the forms, but then you'll need to print them out and send them to the International Tax office since it would be your exit return. I can't remember exactly where, but I believe there is a section that asks if you ceased to be a Canadian resident or something and then it asked for your exit date. It's been awhile since I looked, so I could be wrong, but I always did my own taxes because they were simple, and this case was no different.

In terms of filing single or married - I'm not 100%, but I'm almost sure you're better off filing as joint married because you'll qualify for more of a credit and you'll be eligible for a bigger refund, especially if you have not worked in the US at all this past year. You are likely much better off filing jointly in the US.

When I did my Canadian taxes, I did do them as married, but I can't remember putting anything about my husband's income or anything since he never lived in Canada. Whatever I did though, they didn't have a problem with.

Been in awhile since I did my Exit return for Canada! Yep, there was a place on the first page where it asked you when u became OR ceased to be a Cdn Resident! As sapphire stated, you can do it via computer program, but have to mail it in! I called Revenue Canada--and for the spouse SIN they just said put in 000000000! And for their income, 1 could leave it blank, buthten the computer program wanted to give you deductions that 1 isnt entitled too, so that amount had to be over the min amount which was like 13000 cdn???? I just put in 50,000 that way the program would not give me any credits/deductions. As well I typed up a little memo explaining the situation, saying my wife resided in the USA, has never lived nor worked in Canada! I put in a fictatious salary for her so the computer program would not give me any deductions/credits! Something like that, that was back in 2005!!