Long story short, I moved completely to Canada on April 5th, 2024 and need to register my business with the CRA to start collecting GST. There's the business registration online thing and the first thing it asks is for your SIN. I enter that and then get this error message: "Error—ERR.210 We cannot proceed with your request". What's happening here? Does anyone know ..read more

Hello, I filed 2023 taxes on February 29, 2024 and it still shows "In Process" with no target completion date. I called CRA many times and they had no update at all, just asked me to wait indefinitely. Recently, I called CRA Identity Verification department on 1833-995-2336 and they said my account has been flagged for identity verification (btw, I would have never known this had I not called). So, I submitted the documents they asked more than a week ago and no updates since then. Btw... CRA Identity Verification impacting 2023 taxes return ..read more

Hi, I am relatively new to Canada and wonder about the following: I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at a Canadian university, but I am not employed here because I have a fellowship from abroad. I am associated with the university but I am specifically excluded from any EI / pension contributions / health insurance. The fellowship is considered tax exempt in the originating country (Switzerland). There is a convention between Canada and Switzerland to avoid double taxation. The Swiss organisation I... Postdoctoral Fellowship from abroad ..read more

Hello! I lived until a few years ago in the US (not a citizen) and now live in Canada. I had bought and now rent a condo in the US for which I file US taxes: between costs and required depreciation, the US net income is $0 and don't pay any taxes currently. In my canadian tax return, depreciation is not included when reporting foreign rental income (as far as I understand, been using HR block premier to help filing), and therefore the net US income is non-zero, for which I need to pay... US rental income depreciation - Canada filing ..read more

We are Canadian and both our kids are so Canadian. We plan to move backhome to stay with our parents for a couple years or more because they need us to take care of. We have a house to rent out and will file tax every year of that income. Can our kids still receive Child benefit til we are back to Canada ..read more

Hi, Folks, I've had a job proposition by a company in the US to work for them as a full time employee. I am a US citizen currently living in Canada as a PR (With citizenship test pending the COVID shenanigans) working for a company here in Montreal. If I take this job in the US and get paid into a US bank account, how does that work from a tax perspective? My last state of residence was New York, but could I choose any state to get paid into, so long as I have a valid mailing address... US citizen in Canada (PR) working for US company as an FTE paid into US Bank ..read more

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So long story short, I wasn’t a good fit for the company and I got fired during my 3 months probation period. I’m looking for new jobs and will be working soon. My question is that I was paid in cheques after tax deduction for the time I worked there, so for next year when I do my taxes, do I need to prove this short employment to revenue Canada? Is it possible that I won’t have a T4 for this short period? Sorry for sounding stupid, I’m just a student that doesn’t really know anything... T4-got fired on probation period ..read more

Hello, my wife is currently working for a US company from Canada. She is a daily commuter on US company payroll. She will be moving to US permanently in May 2024. Will she have to pay taxes to Canada for the year 2024 next year since her residency in 2024 will be less than 183 days and also she is getting paid in US. She has no Canadian income ..read more

Hello folks, I came to Canada on September 2019 as permanent resident. At that time I remained in Canada for just one month collected my PR card and went back to my home country. While being in Canada I got my sin number and opened a bank account. After that I returned back to Canada after two years on September 2021 and started working from then onwards. While filing my first Canadian tax return in the year 2021, by mistake/ignorance I did not mention in that tax return that I became the... Issue of Foreign income before becoming PERMANENT RESIDENT ( PR ..read more