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The T1135 foreign income verification statement applies once specified foreign property passes $100,000 in cost — late-filing penalties start at $25 a day. Because the fee is fixed and affordable, the economics stay predictable whether your file is simple or messy.
After years of preparing us expat tax return files week in and week out, a tax filing specialist starts to see the same handful of decisions shape almost every outcome. These notes cover the ones that matter for US Expat Tax Return.
If you remember one thing from this page, make it this: Non-residents earning Canadian rental income face 25% withholding on gross rent unless a section 216 election is filed. The election taxes the net instead.
It would be simpler if the story ended there, but a second rule enters almost immediately. A US LLC is a flow-through for US purposes but a corporation for Canadian purposes. That mismatch routinely produces double taxation unless the structure is corrected. Then there is the matter of timing, which forgives very little: The T1135 foreign income verification statement is required once specified foreign property exceeds $100,000 in cost. Late-filing penalties start at $25 a day to a maximum of $2,500 per year, before gross-negligence penalties.
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The CRA had assessed a Canadian corporation operating a US branch in Toronto, Ontario on estimates across 5 unfiled years. Real filings vacated $28,000 of that tax.
5 years of unfiled returns had turned into notional assessments at a Canadian corporation operating a US branch in Toronto, Ontario. Underneath lay dividends paid to a non-resident shareholder with nothing withheld, leaving the payer holding the liability. Collections had already started. We reconstructed the day count on both sides of the border and documented the residency and treaty position before either revenue authority asked. We then filed every outstanding year in chronological order so the CRA could vacate the notional assessments cleanly. All 5 years were accepted as filed. $28,000 of arbitrarily assessed tax was vacated, collections action stopped, and the account is current for the first time in 5 years.
An 8-week rebuild at a snowbird spending winters in Arizona in Ottawa, Ontario got the filing in with 15 days to spare. That avoided $120,000 in penalties.
A snowbird spending winters in Arizona in Ottawa, Ontario was weeks away from the deadline for US expat tax return. Behind that sat foreign accounts that had passed the $100,000 T1135 threshold three years earlier. The exposure if the date slipped was around $120,000. We filed the section 216 election with the supporting rental statements and recovered the excess withholding as a refund. The filing went in complete rather than provisional, so there was no amended return to follow. Filed with 15 days to spare. $120,000 in late-filing penalties avoided, and the working papers are ready for the following year.
A remuneration review at a contractor working on both sides of the border in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan saved $31,500 across the corporate and personal returns. It found 25% withholding on gross Canadian rent where a section 216 election would have taxed only the net.
Nothing was wrong at a contractor working on both sides of the border in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The filings were on time and accurate. What they were not was planned. 25% withholding on gross Canadian rent where a section 216 election would have taxed only the net had never been reviewed. We aligned the Canadian and US reporting of the same income so the foreign tax credit claim carried support on both returns. We ran the numbers across both the corporate and personal returns, so the saving was real rather than deferred into someone else's hands. $31,500 came off the combined corporate and personal tax bill, and the structure holds for future years without further work.
3 years of filings at a non-resident owning Canadian rental property in Kitchener, Ontario had never claimed the incentives the work qualified for. The review recovered $60,000.
A non-resident owning Canadian rental property in Kitchener, Ontario had been filing for 3 years. In that time, the incentives its activity qualified for were never claimed. Behind that sat US tax paid but no foreign tax credit claimed on the Canadian return. We tested each activity against the eligibility criteria rather than the description on the invoice. Then we reported the deemed disposition properly on the departure return and claimed the foreign tax credits that had been left unused. $60,000 in credits claimed, with the open prior years adjusted as well. The claim passed review without adjustment.
A family with a Florida vacation property in Barrie, Ontario had outgrown its structure. The visible cost was winters spent in the United States with the day count kept casually and no residency position documented anywhere. The reorganisation completed tax-deferred and saves $16,500 a year.
A family with a Florida vacation property in Barrie, Ontario had outgrown the structure it started with. Winters spent in the United States with the day count kept casually and no residency position documented anywhere was the immediate problem. The longer-term one was that the structure blocked the next step. We mapped the current structure and modelled the target. Then we filed the outstanding T1135 disclosures through the Voluntary Disclosures Program, which eliminated the penalty exposure entirely. The tax-deferred elections were filed on time and the supporting valuations documented. The reorganisation completed without triggering tax, and the new structure saves approximately $16,500 a year while removing the exposure the old one carried.
The ledger at a dual citizen with a US retirement account in Calgary, Alberta could not support its own filings. The reason was a US LLC taxed as a corporation in Canada, producing double tax on the same income. Rebuilding it surfaced $7,900 in unclaimed input tax.
A dual citizen with a US retirement account in Calgary, Alberta could not answer basic questions about its own numbers. A US LLC taxed as a corporation in Canada, producing double tax on the same income sat between the bank statements and the ledger. We registered the payer for a non-resident withholding account, remitted the Regulation 105 amounts due, and applied for waivers covering the rest of the contract. We then documented the process so the work does not depend on any one person remembering how it was done. Records rebuilt and reconciled, $7,900 recovered in input tax credits that the old file could not support, and a documented monthly process now in place.
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At minimum: prior-year returns and notices of assessment, your bank and credit-card statements for the fiscal period, payroll records if you have employees, and GST/HST filings. We send a checklist tailored to your situation after the free 15-minute call.
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Yes. Late filing penalties compound at 5% of the balance owing plus 1% per month, so the cost of waiting is real. We prioritise catch-up work and, where eligible, file under the CRA's Voluntary Disclosures Program to reduce penalties.
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Our answer starts where the legislation starts. Departure from Canada triggers a deemed disposition of most property at fair market value. The resulting gain has to be reported on the final resident return. From there it is a matter of applying it to your year — and that application, not the rule itself, is where a tax filing specialist earns the fee.
The honest answer comes down to one rule. The Canada–US treaty allocates taxing rights, but relief is not automatic. A foreign tax credit or treaty position has to be claimed on a filed return. That is the part we verify before anything is filed.
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File a T1 return for the year, sending it electronically with CRA-certified software or mailing a paper return. Gather your slips and receipts first and check them against the ones listed in My Account. For the 2025 tax year the filing and payment deadline was 30 April 2026, or 15 June 2026 to file if you or your spouse were self-employed, with payment still due 30 April 2026. CRA online filing for 2025 returns closes 29 January 2027.
Income tax is tax charged on the income you earn in a year, levied by both the federal government and your province or territory. Rates are graduated, so successive slices of taxable income are taxed at higher rates, and credits such as the basic personal amount reduce the tax calculated. Employment income is taxed through payroll withholding and settled on your T1 return. Quebec residents also file a separate provincial return with Revenu Quebec.
Income up to the basic personal amount is effectively untaxed, because that credit offsets the federal tax on it, and each province and territory has its own equivalent amount. Both figures change every year with indexation, so look up the amount for the tax year in question. Other credits, such as the age amount, tuition, or the disability amount, lift the point where tax actually starts. Tax withheld at source below that point comes back as a refund.
Not across the board. For 2026 the lowest federal bracket rate is 14%, with 20.5%, 26%, 29% and 33% applying above it, and the federal basic personal amount is $16,452, tapering to $14,829 on net income between $181,440 and $258,482. The capital gains inclusion rate stays at one-half for 2025 and 2026; the 2024 proposal to raise it was never enacted. Brackets and credits are indexed annually, so check the CRA's rates for the year you are filing.
Yes. Filing a T1 is required if you owe tax for the year, if the CRA asks you to file, and in several other situations such as disposing of property or repaying benefits. Paying assessed tax is a legal obligation, and interest and a late-filing penalty apply if you miss the deadline. For the 2025 tax year the personal deadline was 30 April 2026, with payment due the same day even for the self-employed.
Canada has no tax called VAT. The equivalent is GST at 5% for 2025 and 2026, combined with the provincial part as HST in Ontario at 13%, Nova Scotia at 14% since 1 April 2025, and New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island at 15%. Other provinces add a separate provincial sales tax or Quebec's QST. Foreign VAT you paid abroad cannot be recovered through a Canadian GST/HST return.
For 2026 an employer matches CPP at 5.95% on earnings between $3,500 and $74,600, up to $4,230.45 per employee, plus CPP2 at 4% on earnings between $74,600 and $85,000, up to $416. Employment Insurance costs 1.4 times the employee premium, which is 2.282% of insurable earnings up to $68,900, a maximum of $1,572.30. Provincial payroll or workers' compensation levies sit on top of that.
Multiply the hourly rate by your weekly hours, then by the paid weeks in the year: 52 where vacation is paid, fewer where it is not. Going the other way, divide the annual salary by 52 and then by weekly hours. Either way the answer is gross pay, before income tax, CPP and EI come off, so your deposits will be smaller. Overtime, bonuses, statutory holiday pay and unpaid leave all shift the real annual total.
It is a quarterly payment for lower and modest income residents of Canada for tax purposes, and you get it by filing a return; for most people there is no separate application. Eligibility turns on the CRA's age and family conditions, broadly an adult, or younger if you have a spouse, common-law partner or a child living with you. The amount depends on family net income and the number of children, so both spouses must file.
Yes. If you are resident in Canada, a withdrawal from a US 401(k) is fully taxable here as pension income in the year you receive it, converted to Canadian dollars. The US plan administrator normally withholds American tax at source, and you claim that withholding as a foreign tax credit so the same money is not taxed twice. A transfer to an RRSP is possible in limited circumstances. Get advice before withdrawing, because timing changes the outcome.
Deductible contributions are those to a registered retirement savings plan, a registered pension plan and a first home savings account. Contributions to a tax-free savings account, a registered education savings plan or a registered disability savings plan are not deductible, since the benefit comes from sheltered growth and government grants instead. Charitable and political contributions produce non-refundable credits rather than deductions, and amounts contributed above your available room can attract a monthly penalty tax.
No. Income tax, CPP contributions and EI premiums are three separate deductions taken from pay and remitted together, each in its own box on a T4. Only the income tax withheld is credited against the tax your return calculates and refunded if too much was taken. The CPP and EI amounts still do work of their own: employee EI premiums and the base part of CPP contributions give non-refundable credits, and the enhanced part of the CPP contribution is a deduction from income.
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Ex Big 4 — Ernst & Young, Deloitte · International & cross-border tax specialist · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program) · Chartered accountant, ICAI & MIA
Udit Gupta has over 15 years of experience helping corporations and business owners with corporate structuring, corporate tax filing, bookkeeping, payroll, GST/HST, cross-border tax and CRA representation. He is Big 4 trained, at Ernst & Young and Deloitte, and qualified as a chartered accountant in India and again in Malaysia. In 2014 he founded his accounting practice to serve entrepreneurs, startups and non-resident business owners across Canada. View full member bio.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India — member 521458 · Malaysian Institute of Accountants — member CA 44667 · Ex Big 4: Ernst & Young, Deloitte · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program), completed 19 Dec 2023 · In-Depth GST/HST Part I, 12 Jul 2022 · Part II, 5 Jul 2023
Editorial policy. Every page is researched against primary sources — the Income Tax Act, CRA publications and CPA Canada guidance — and every rate or threshold is stated with the tax year it applies to.
Sources. CRA — International and non-resident taxes · Income Tax Act (Justice Laws Website)
