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    New immigrant subject to Canadian taxes on world-income?

    Let's add a bit of tax-treaty information to this... I went through a few tax treaties (for different countries) and the following line (taken from the Canada-United States tax treaty) is more or less repeated in several of them...
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    New immigrant subject to Canadian taxes on world-income? ATTN: Jonboy

    Hello, this is a repost. The original topic was posted in the "Settlement Issues". I hope I am not breaking forum rules by reposting this, but I couldn't figure out how to move my original post and it was suggested that I ask the question here for the real experts to answer. Thank you for your...
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    New immigrant subject to Canadian taxes on world-income?

    @ Haven, If true, that is good news :) The non-resident spent >>> 6 months in his/her country (not Canada), working, waiting for the PR status. During that time, the Canadian citizen spouse spent that time in Canada, working, waiting for his/her spouse to land.
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    New immigrant subject to Canadian taxes on world-income?

    About the three criteria... spouse, home, and 183 days or more If one criteria is met, is it really enough to be declared resident? How can an individual without a residence in Canada, without a resident visa (temporary or permanent), and who's only been in a country for three months in the...
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    New immigrant subject to Canadian taxes on world-income?

    I'm trying to understand the taxation rules, specifically related to immigration, residential ties and world income for tax purposes. Let's consider the following situation: - A Canadian citizen and non-resident get married early in the calendar year (let's say January) - The non-resident...