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[MoonArisa]

Good day everyone,

I spent just over two (2) years in Seoul and since I've left I've been trying to deal with doing my taxes back home in Canada.

I've hired an accountant so that it may be properly done and I don't have to worry about the details but I've run into a problem and I'm hoping someone can help.

I've been told that I need proof of the taxes that I paid while I was living in South Korea and proof that the money was not returned to me. Although I have my pay stubs and bank booklets from the two academies I worked for, the accountant says that the Canadian government won't accept it and that they'll make me pay all the taxes again.

Now, I really don't want to do so and have tried going to the Korean Tax government website and e-mailed them as they mention, but no one has gotten back to me and I'm running out of time.

Does anyone know where I can get this kind of proof? A government document showing my taxes paid and not returned?

Thank you to anyone who can help!

[PRagic]

IF you were in Korea, it'd be a piece of cake; you'd just go to the local tax office and have them print up your income and tax summary for the given years in English.

Get a Korean to help you navigate the tax office on-line services. I know that my wife can get in and print up my tax documentation, so someone might be able to help you out. Me? Not a clue. I married a business woman and I'm spoiled lol...

[Stan Rogers]

Oh well, that's what happens when you don't file your taxes, resident.

[denverdeath]

Go to your local crc, or whatever it's called these days. Nix your tax accountant; sorry she aint worth it. Spill your beans with honesty on the government's table, and see what happens. "Over 2 yrs" likely means they would only be looking at you if you made a sh1ttoNne of cash before you left, which is unlikely. And the most recent yr, this yr i think?, will only be considered at the end of the yr. Anyway, your "accountant" is probably causing you much more trouble than it's worth, esp if you had limited ties to canada b4 leaving. If you were married, and had multiple income residences, then, yeah, you may actually have to get an accountant. If you are the avg joe, you shouldnt need much of anything from here, from what i know. As a "technical" non-resident making max 30Gs, you are a small apple for the revenue office.