Woo hooooooo!!! I am finally legal!!!
05-16-12, 08:11 AM
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So do you still have to pay Federal taxes in the US as well as Canada? Health care is so expensive in the US I've jokingly kicked the idea around of moving to Canada. 
I hate the cold though.
I hate the cold though.
05-16-12, 08:18 AM
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I hope the hockey and cheap beer provide you comfort in those cold winters.
05-16-12, 08:37 AM
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I believe the tax treaty between US and Canada means you only have to pay Canadian tax if you live there more than 6 months in a year.
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05-16-12, 09:12 AM
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He's in Burlington so there's very little lake effect, if any...And yes switch your location to Hamilton Area, there's better riding out here...
Congrats!
Congrats!
05-16-12, 09:27 AM
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I believe the tax treaty between US and Canada means you only have to pay Canadian tax if you live there more than 6 months in a year.
What the tax treaty says is that taxes paid in one country "count" as taxes paid to the other, so you wind up paying (effectively) the greater of the two.
I had to do a US tax return and a Canadian tax return for 8 years so know all about this.
DG
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He's a permanent resident (like I am now a permanent resident of Australia). Permanent residency is not citizenship. And if he did decide to go the citizenship route (like I'm thinking of doing here in Australia), I would be very surprised if he could not have a dual citizenship.
05-16-12, 09:38 AM
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My permanent residency in Australia allows me to come and go freely for 5 years. After that I either have to remain in Australia, or get a special visa each time I want to leave ... unless I get an Australian citizenship (dual citizenship) which will allow me to come and go as I please for the rest of my life.
05-16-12, 10:56 AM
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After 2 1/2 years, I finally got my permanent Canadian residency approved and validated this past Saturday. Today I got my SIN (Social Insurance Number) and my gov't health care application completed so....I am finally a person
. I can now work for pay and receive health care...YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!
Many of you know how long I have been waiting for this.
Cheers,
Brian J.
. I can now work for pay and receive health care...YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!Many of you know how long I have been waiting for this.
Cheers,
Brian J.
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05-16-12, 10:58 AM
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Canada recognizes it but you cannot declare so at the border nor can you carry both passports with you.
05-16-12, 04:11 PM
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No, that went out years ago.
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Traitor, eh? 
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This makes perfect sense, I put in Toronto area because it saves explaining where Hamilton is to my American friends and family. They never heard of it.
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05-16-12, 05:20 PM
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That....and I have, pretty much exclusively, posted in the 41 since I joined here 7 years ago, so the mods may be cutting me some slack, which I appreciate.
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I've always loved Canada...such beautiful scenery. I harbour secret ambitions of moving there one day - need to get it past the wife first...
05-16-12, 05:24 PM
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Nope. You pay income tax to the country in which it was earned AND the country of residence.
What the tax treaty says is that taxes paid in one country "count" as taxes paid to the other, so you wind up paying (effectively) the greater of the two.
I had to do a US tax return and a Canadian tax return for 8 years so know all about this.
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What the tax treaty says is that taxes paid in one country "count" as taxes paid to the other, so you wind up paying (effectively) the greater of the two.
I had to do a US tax return and a Canadian tax return for 8 years so know all about this.
DG
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Burlington could really go either way... I pretty much think of Burlington and Oakville as the same area, the extension of Mississauga. I think more people live in Burlington/Oakville commute to work in Toronto than to Hamilton, which, as a city, is a total dump, but has decent riding.