Lived in Ont. for < than 183 days. Purchased house in US 5/06. Sold house in Ont. 6/06 as non-resident...closed in 07/06. All income sources were US. No employment in Canada, no investments in Canada, no income from Canada.
Surrendered OHIP, closed all CDN credit cards & Ont D. license.
20 yo son attends Queen's U but accepted admission while US resident.
Do we have to file with Canada revenue?
2007-01-20 11:06:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Canada
i've read a lot of guesses here, so far....
BUT although you have done as much as you have AND think you no longer need to file in Canada, you may have to.
in order to NOT HAVE to file, you will have to fill out a residency determination form...it can be downloaded, is about 4 pages in length. There are a number of different criteria which RevCan can use to 'deem you resident for tax purposes'. Only by them accepting this form (and they may rule against it for any particular item, BUT it looks like you covered the biggies -- OHIP and DL) can you be considered an emigrant.
In this case, you would file a partial year return -- from Jan 1 until the date you left.
Your other option is to simply 'not file' a Canadian return --- many, many emigrants simply stop filing and never get asked to.
If you are required to file a Canadian return, even if you have ZERO tax payable due to foreign tax credits AND only 'owe' the $600 or $750 Ontario Health Premium, you cannot declare that you have surrendered your OHIP card and thus need not pay the Ontario Health Premium -- they consider it a tax, and get us that way too.
Sorry.
2007-01-23 11:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Tiberius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You wouldn't have to file with no income. In general, though you would probably still be considered a Canadian resident for at least two years after leaving. That's pretty standard no matter where you move and why. You need to be out of the country for at least two years, and have severed virtually ALL ties. No home, no bank accounts, nothing. But as I said, with no income, you don't have to file anyway.
2016-05-24 02:09:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you were not in the country for 183 days or more (and that includes no longer having the ties of owing property, investments etc in the country) you are not liabile for Canadian income tax.
2007-01-20 18:14:17 · answer #3 · answered by p_rutherford2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you need to file an income tax to Canada as you are living in US. I suggest that just you visit Revenue Canada website to get more info. Good Luck
2007-01-20 11:22:40 · answer #4 · answered by kagome 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Advise to ask CCRA, www.gc.ca
Advise to ask accountant or tax pro, or international tax pro.
Concerns when did you buy ontario home.
If it is owned a home for a short period it could be a capital gains issue. Possible non resident issues.
Maybe even a witholding tax you could be entitled to.
Plus reporting rules regardless of zero based income.
May not hurt to file a zero income tax return.
2007-01-22 14:08:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes including world income, If you are a Canadian Citizen.
2007-01-20 19:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by hurt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋