Bird Talk » CSA

Posted date : May 21, 2025.

Florida has implemented a tax system which hugely penalizes those members of their communities who are not homesteaders. . Is there a property tax advocacy group in Florida?? Can the CSA put together a group of concerned snowbirds?

Posted date : May 21, 2025.

We winter every year in California for five months – from Nov 1 to March 31. This coming fall, we plan to spend three weeks in Hawaii prior to leaving for California. When we fly home from Hawaii, we plan to spend two weeks at home before heading to California. My question is, do I have to count the two weeks at home as time spent in the U.S.?

Posted date : Dec 13, 2024.

We have owned a condo in the U.S. for a number of years and typically never spend longer than three to four months in a year in the U.S. I’ve just become aware of the form 8840 and, in 2024, we will have spent 157 days in the U.S.

Posted date : Sep 18, 2024.

Thank you very much to the book reviewer (I don’t have his name in front of me) who recommended the Kelly Armstrong Rip Through Time series…

Posted date : Sep 18, 2024.

We are just looking to confirm that we can be away from Nova Scotia and be in the U.S. for a total of seven months now without losing our medical coverage in Nova Scotia?

Posted date : Sep 18, 2024.

Hello. I do enjoy reading “Bird Talk.” However, as a retired CPA, I do shudder at times with your advice regarding transfers of U.S. property to children or sales to outside parties…

Posted date : Sep 18, 2024.

Last year, we bought a car in Florida with the hope of leaving it there while we are back home. When we went to get our insurance, boy, were we shocked…

Posted date : Sep 17, 2024.

If I go into the U.S. for a month, then go to Mexico for three months, then back to the U.S., do the three months count in my time allowed in the U.S.? I get entrance and exit stamps from Mexico.

Posted date : Sep 17, 2024.

My dog was born in the U.S. and is vaccinated annually there before we head back to Canada. He travels with a certification from his vet re: rabies and all other vaccinations he receives….

Posted date : Sep 17, 2024.

In looking at the new requirements for taking a dog into the U.S., as stated on the CSA site, the form is valid for multiple entries into the U.S.