Posted date : Nov 6, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I have just spent 2 weeks in one of our Ontario healthcare facilities. I had a really hard time realizing that we are in the 21st century because sometimes in the ward it was like the dark ages. My wife had a double bowel resection. The operation was a success; the care […]
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Posted date : Nov 6, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, There has been a drastic increase in Medicare premiums for alien permanent residents (formerly Green Card holders) in the United States. This affects persons over the age of 65 such as myself and my wife. For the past ten years I have been paying a premium of $340.00 per month, annually $4,080. […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Don Slinger, Regarding the gentleman who just received a disability pension through the Royal Canadian Legion. The Legion not only carries out great work for veterans but is very community conscious with monitory contributions to it. Its too bad this veteran had not been a member for so many years. He would have been […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, It was a bright sunny day on Monday, March 15, 2010 when the first Ontario CSA picnic was held at Fort DeSoto Park, Site 5 in Tierra Verde, Florida. Approximately 495 Ontarians registered from all areas of our great province. To our surprise, a busload of Ontario snowbirds arrived all the way […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
We have filed 8840 forms for a number of years now, having no U.S. income to declare. In Dec. 2016, my lucky wife won a jackpot in a Nevada casino and, of course, they withheld 30%. In Jan. 2017, she filed a U.S. tax return with an ITIN number, again with no other U.S. income […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, In your winter 2014, Issue 93, you advised Linda Johnson of Vancouver B.C. that the sale of her current home “would be subject to capital gains tax on the difference between the sale price and the purchase price you paid, less improvements. Ten per cent of the sale price is required to […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, My wife and I own a home in Arizona. Can you give guidance concerning the estate tax? Specifically, circumventing it. Should we have a separate will for the U.S.? Should we have our children’s names on the title? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. W Delorme Calgary, AB Response: Ed.: For persons […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I have struggled with this form (8840) for a while now. Here’s the reason why. I have sold my home in Canada. I have a permanent address in Canada inasmuch as my wife’s sister and brother-in-law have a complete suite furnished in their basement and said that we have a bona fide […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Hello Bird Talk! One of your members has suggested that many other “snowbirds” would be extremely interested to learn about a pension that is available to most people who worked in the U.K. at some point in their lives. I am attaching a brief info piece for possible reprint in your excellent magazine, CSANews, and […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I have just read Peter Benedek’s column and, being a property-owning snowbird who keeps up to date with such issues, I am well aware of this matter. It is sad indeed. My wife and I own a house in Florida, and even though I know that renters and other vacationers are also […]
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