Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 18-08-15 16:18:41
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Originally posted by Fido
Wheras your being in and out may have less relevance , but if you have FINALLY landed after a part of the year , you are tax resident for that period only.
For eg : A person lands in Jan and returns to his working country after staying a week or so .
In November , he lands finally with bags and baggage and finally makes Canada his home...
Is he a tax resident in Canada for the whole year or only 2/12 of the year ??
( In my case I landed in the year X , went back and then finally landed in the year X+3 (Aug) and was considered a tax resident only for 5/12 of the year X+3 .. I was advised not to declare my world income before Aug X+3 )
That is correct. Your first landing in X makes you a resident per immigration laws (such as in a Permanent Resident), and your X+3 makes you both a tax resident and an immigration resident. CRA cares only about your tax residency.
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Dimple2001
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Originally posted by Hasni
Dear friends,
In my recent tax return, i attached a cover letter mentioning my in and out status of Canada for the year 2014. Also i declared my world wide income for the year 2014 which my mistake has been put into a column which is meant for Canadian income. CRA has calculated my benefits and taxes accordingly. Upon calling them and explaining, they say that since the income mentioned is under Canadian income column so they had no option but to do the calculations accordingly. Now to prove that i was outside of Canada, they want me to submit a letter alongwith the proof. I have no clue what proof should i submit. Immigration never puts any stamp on our passports at Pearson. However i do have Saudi in and out stamps but again, they dont say that i was leaving for Canada or i have arrived back to Saudi from Canada. Please suggest how can i satisfy CRA on the issue.
Thanks
If your tax was filed for you by a voluntary service, please tell them that the service provided by them has brought about this anomaly and you would like to file an amended tax return.
Start all over again on a new set of forms. They are still available at the local Post Offices (Shoppers Drug Marts) and you also can pick up a GUIDE, in English, which will tell you what each number on the forms represents and means. So, follow the same, or if in doubt, stop filling and revert back to us here. There will be some one who will help you with each line, that you are stuck with.
Next time do it correctly.
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Originally posted by Hasni
Now to prove that i was outside of Canada, they want me to submit a letter along with the proof. I have no clue what proof should i submit. Immigration never puts any stamp on our passports at Pearson. However i do have Saudi in and out stamps but again, they dont say that i was leaving for Canada or i have arrived back to Saudi from Canada. Please suggest how can i satisfy CRA on the issue.
Thanks
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'You are a smart man McGee'. Each and every time when you land by a flight, you fill out a "LANDING CARD". You get to retain one copy of it. In that card you declare everything in it, including the flight details, carrier, the Airline that is, Origin of the flight and the termination of it, etc.,etc.,. Please find your copy and run a few copies and hang on to them. The game is just starting out for you. You will need this card many more times, till you become a Canadian Citizen. Also start a diary and start filling out what it is that you do each and every day, so you can always refer back, just to jog your memory.
The others on this board have given you sufficient help to search and maintain copies of and also attach them to your letter as proof of your travel. Also you surely do have the STAMPS on the passport to supplement them. That should do the trick.
It is your capacity to work back and refresh your memory plays a large part in your remembering the events. So, start using this feature every day and make it a habit to store it in your memory. If and when you can go back three to four weeks and also a distance of 30 miles or more, you become a very reliable person and will start to gain more self confidence (in yourself.)
FH.
Next time do it carefully and take your own sweet time. You also have ample time at your disposal.
For a long time the Immigration Department and the Tax Department were independent of each other. That became an hindrance in gathering intelligence between the departments. In between the Privacy act played a huge role and forbid them from linking this financial information with the Immigration and landing system.
One fine day the legal beagles got a brain wave and amalgamated the two departments under one heading and now the information and data flows freely between the two OLD departments, since they are now just ONE Department.
This is for your information.
FH.
Dear friends,
Just look at my timeline and suggest, thanks
a. Nov'2013 - landed with my family, stayed for 2 weeks only, applied CCTB/HST and mentioned my
worldwide income in the CCTB / HST forms , didn't submit tax return
b. Aug'2014 - came to drop my family, stayed for 2 weeks
c. Nov'2014 - came for 2 weeks just to see my family
d. Mar'2015 - came to stay permanently, applied for first tax return in Apr'2015, and mentioned my
world wide income in tax return
Now CRA says that they had taken the income mentioned as worldwide in tax return as income earned in canada. Further they thought that i was in /out of canada with my family and never realized that my family stayed in canada for the whole 2014 year.
i have started receiving notices asking to return the CCTB / HST that i had taken cuz as per CRA i was not entitled for that. Also they levied a tax of 665 CAD for the amount i mentioned which i have already paid. Lot of mess, now in have written a letter explaining the whole situation. I also called where they said that i might have to provide them with the proofs of my in / outs of canada for the year 2014.
