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Antrugha
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject: Canadian Taxes |
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How did all you canucks out there go about claiming yourselves as non-residents in order to avoid paying taxes for canada?
I seem to be having problems finding information on this stuff... |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: Canadian Taxes |
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| Antrugha wrote: |
How did all you canucks out there go about claiming yourselves as non-residents in order to avoid paying taxes for canada?
I seem to be having problems finding information on this stuff... |
You don't "claim yourself" as non-resident.
You get a determination from Revenue Canada re: your status and whether or not you should pay taxes based on your income here.
Fill in a form, mail it away and they make a decision based on the information there.
All the information was in this thread.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=57860
and the wikki has some good insites too.
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Tax_issues_for_Canadian_expats
After ALL that, a large majority of Canuks here as teachers will be classed in the "DEEMED resident" category for tax purposes.
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: Canadian Taxes |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| Antrugha wrote: |
How did all you canucks out there go about claiming yourselves as non-residents in order to avoid paying taxes for canada?
I seem to be having problems finding information on this stuff... |
You don't "clain yourself" as non-resident.
You get a determination from Canada Revenue re: your status and whether or not you should pay taxes based on your income here.
Fill in a form, mail it away and they make a decision based on the information there.
All the information was in this thread.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=57860
and the wikki has some good insites too.
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Tax_issues_for_Canadian_expats
After ALL that, a large majority of Canuks here as teachers will be classed in the "DEEMED resident" category for tax purposes. |
Nor is the "determination" legally binding. |
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Antrugha
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| so... basically, i should wait until taxes need to be filed and just claim myself as a non-resident and cross my fingers? |
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krisinkorea
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Location: Not too far from Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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I would like to know more about this as well. Before I left for Korea I called H & R block and asked them how taxes will work and how I should file if I'm in Korea for tax season. The guy at H & R block told me not file my taxes for 2006 and just do it when I return to Canada which was supposed to be November 2006. Now that my school closed and I signed another contract for a year I will be returning this July to Canada and again out of the country for the 2007 tax season.
I have all the so called receipts from my school. Does not say what taxes were taken off. I think my boss pays all of our taxes but I'm not entirely sure. How do other people get receipts of everything for their deductions and pay?
Basically, mine is like a piece of paper with all the electricity, gas, phone bills attached and the pay written down minus the deductions. It's not really professional looking with a cheque and deposit numbers as you would expect from back home. I realize though that hardly anybody gives a receipt for anything in Korea. Are these little pieces of paper what I submit to the tax office? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| krisinkorea wrote: |
I would like to know more about this as well. Before I left for Korea I called H & R block and asked them how taxes will work and how I should file if I'm in Korea for tax season. The guy at H & R block told me not file my taxes for 2006 and just do it when I return to Canada which was supposed to be November 2006. Now that my school closed and I signed another contract for a year I will be returning this July to Canada and again out of the country for the 2007 tax season.
I have all the so called receipts from my school. Does not say what taxes were taken off. I think my boss pays all of our taxes but I'm not entirely sure. How do other people get receipts of everything for their deductions and pay?
Basically, mine is like a piece of paper with all the electricity, gas, phone bills attached and the pay written down minus the deductions. It's not really professional looking with a cheque and deposit numbers as you would expect from back home. I realize though that hardly anybody gives a receipt for anything in Korea. Are these little pieces of paper what I submit to the tax office? |
The guy from H&R gave you BAD advice.
You are required to file and if you have an outstanding tax burden payable you can also be subjected to penalties but you may have to use the NON-resident tax package (order from revenue canada, get at the embassy or download from the internet),
All the links you need are in this thread:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=57860
information on non-residence, filing for non residents and tax obligations
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/nonresidents/individuals/nonres-e.html
READ the last link first.... |
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krisinkorea
Joined: 16 Mar 2006
Location: Not too far from Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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mmm, there are many reason he said not to file. Mainly, given the fact that I was on Unemployment after a great job axed my position (yeah, loser okay) for 4 months earlier in the year he highly doubted I would get penalized and the 2 months in Korea would have been the only job showing up with any sizeable income besides the two full-time jobs I held simultaneously, in between UI and Korea which still would amount to hardly nothing.
So it's not really the actual filing taxes that worries me it's what we submit for receipts....no real cheque, just bank deposits and little memos?? |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| krisinkorea wrote: |
So it's not really the actual filing taxes that worries me it's what we submit for receipts....no real cheque, just bank deposits and little memos?? |
Thats sufficient. In the absence of even those things, a self-written note would satisfy the pencil-pushers. |
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krisinkorea
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| Are u serious? |
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marcus
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| People rarely seem to mention the "deemed non-resident" tag. It's far more likely that you're a deemed non-resident than an actual non-resident. |
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