Canadian Income and U.S. Tax Question

[cyyz2000 24]

Hi all! I become a LPR last year in October and I moved from Canada. Prior to becoming a resident alien for tax purposes, I was earning income from my regular salaried job in Canada which I expect to receive a T4 slip from this year, as well as through YouTube (I make online videos). My question is, for the income I earned before I became a permanent resident, how should I go about reporting that income on my 2022 U.S. Federal Tax Return? Should this income even be reported? I'm not sure if I'm considered a Dual-Status alien.

 

I have a tax appointment in the morning and I'll definitely ask these questions. I'm just a little curious because the tax accountant did explicitly say over the phone that his firm does not handle Canadian tax. 

 

I am fully aware that any income earned after I became a permanent resident, including worldwide income, is taxable. I'm just concerned about the income earned before I received my green card. Hope that makes sense. I'd love some insight into this.

Edited February 1, 2023 by cyyz2000

[Mike E 11,739]

I would report  all of it to the irs and take the irs foreign tax credit. You likely won’t pay any tax to irs on it because in general irs taxes are lower than cra taxes. 

[JP John 65]

Helena Ren at rencpa.com is a cross border specialist in Newmarket, ON and she made my transition to the USA smoooooth.

[Anthony446 51]

On 2/1/2023 at 6:35 AM, JP John said:

Helena Ren at rencpa.com is a cross border specialist in Newmarket, ON and she made my transition to the USA smoooooth.

what did she charge for filing?

[JP John 65]

12 hours ago, Anthony446 said:

what did she charge for filing?

She is not cheap but I had a corporate return as well, but she knows her stuff inside out an backwards.  Ask her?  Mine was in 2019