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mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Yeah I would say no, especially if you're under the 10K paper work figure. People drop off the tax radar for a year no problem. You're not going to trigger any red lights at rev can unless you've been making 60K a year for the last 5 years and then suddenly have no income.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

peppermint · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:43 am Post subject:

the two year thing was an old law that got phased out in 2001.

Yingwenlaoshi- you should be fine, you have less ties to Canada than I did, and I didn't have a problem.

SeoulShakin' I'm guessing you'll be fine, but I'm not sure how the credit cards will factor in

SeoulShakin · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

Damn it. I hate this. Sad

Well I have 3 credit cards from home. One I paid off completely tonight. One will be completely paid off next payday. Then that will only leave me with one credit card and my student line of credit left.

I hope this will help me. Oh wait, it'll probably hurt me since they can see I've been making payments on it.

I have no idea how this works at all.

TECO · Joined: 20 Jan 2003

It appears that there are no clearly definted criteria as to what would bind one to Canada.

Some say that having a rental property, stocks and cash in bank accounts is enough to tie you to Canada. Others have said that by just having a savings account, student loands, driver's lincense, and credit card are enough to prove ties.

For Yingwenlaoshu, if you have let your provincial health care, driver's license and bank accounts go and haven't been back to Canada in 4 years, you should expect to be deemed a non-resident by the government.

When I came over to Asia years ago - because at that time there was no form to fill out!

The general rule was that if you were out of the country for 2 years, the government looked at you as a non-resident.

I was concerned about this and actually called up Revenue Canada in Vancouver and that's what I was told at the time.

I too have a driver's license, RBC investment account with stocks and a Royal Bank visa and savings account / client card. Still; I haven't paid any taxes since about 1999 and the government hasn't contact tried to contact me. I was also dropped from the British Columbia provincial health care plan at about the same time.

I've never filled out any form declaring non-residency status.

Octavius Hite · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject:

I am a non-resident, have been that way since 2003.

In Canada I have 4 bank accounts, 2 credit cards and a credit line. I also have a driver's license.

I don't have any health card.

They made me pay back some GST checks they gave me in 2003 but after that it was smooth sailing.

For my one high interest account I called ING and told them I was a non-resident and they started taking off tax from my interest and that seems to work just fine.

dpl · Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Location: Ilsan

earthbound14 · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Location: seoul

skindleshanks · Joined: 10 May 2004

If you're unmarried, having parents (ie, immediate family) living in Canada is considered a fairly strong tie, I've been told. On the other hand if you're married and bring your family with you, that's a strong stroke in your favour.

peppermint · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:17 am Post subject:

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

My provincial health card expired in May 2005. My driver's license in June 2003. Like I said before, I had have no debt. Had no debt when I left. Nothing. Don't/didn't own a house. Sold my car in December 2002. Receive no monies from anyting accept deposits in my bank account when I was in Taiwan. Last deposit was in January 2005. Whatever that does. Nothing. Christmas money. Maybe a thousand bucks. That doesn't matter though. It's not income. So I probably still have a bank account even thoug it hasn't been used since it's Canada Trust (I hate to type that name because my hotmail account will receive more junk mail - seriously).

So I'm thinking now you have to claim non-residency to be considered a non-resident. The 2-year thing, as one said, isn't in existence now. That worries me a little.

Are you a non-resident as soon as one of whatever coverage/driver's license expires? If so, I've been a non-resident ever since my health card expired since May 2005. I started legally working in Korea in March 2005. Would mean I owe whatever difference in taxes for March, April, and maybe May to Revenue Canada.

Thing is, if Revenue Canada want to tax you for working overseas, you can claim air fare and whatever else you can think of.

I'm lucky because when I worked in Taiwan, it was all illegal. Every last bit. Didn't enter on an working visa. In fact, overstayed my welcome by a year and a half.

kimchi story · Joined: 23 Nov 2006

biggpoppa · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

i'm still a little confused on the whole topic now...i was going by a friend's piece of advice as he told me just to put 0 in the income for my following year...i worked most of 2007 so i have income to claim on that...now that i'm in korea, i'll be bring home probably about 12-15k with me and i'm working here for a year and going back home...i finish aug. 2008...so technically i won't be out of the country for more than 8 months of a tax year...would you suggest i claim anything when i get back, or would the nice 0 i want to put in the income box suffice?

kimcheechochy · Joined: 22 Nov 2007

I wouldn't declare non-residency. Some people apply, and they don't get approved. So, they already know about you.

If you ever do get audited, just tell them you were travelling. Believe me, they won't go through the hassel of trying to communicate with the Korean government. Government is just too inefficient to do that.

Newbie · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

I would LOVE some help on this one:

I've been here since 2003, but didn't cancel my OHIP. Can I send in the forms now and have it backdated to 2003? That is my only significant tie to Canada.

As well, the forms keep saying "for those leaving Canada PERMANENTLY". Should I just ignore the "permanently" part?