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Dollars & Sense

Coin collection

Posted date : Jul 16, 2024.

I have been asked to bring a coin collection home to my niece as her father has passed and she does not go to the states. I have a Nexus card and I’m not interested in putting it in jeopardy

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Moving Back Home

Posted date : Dec 20, 2023.

With reference to Sandi Elliot asking Bird Talk about selling your U.S. home and moving some of the belongings that you acquired while living in the U.S. back to Canada.

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Declaring home goods at Canadian customs

Posted date : Sep 14, 2023.

We are selling our winter home in Arizona after 20 years. Are we able to bring to Canada some of our belongings purchased in the U.S…

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Foreign property

Posted date : Aug 2, 2023.

When Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) asks if we own a foreign property worth more than $100,000 CDN, are we only required to respond YES once we have sold the said property…

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Regulations around handling money

Posted date : May 10, 2023.

Our newly appointed HOA president at our home in Florida is on a kick about “Canadians aren’t allowed to handle money in the U.S.” I know it is as ridiculous as it sounds.

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Real estate capital gains on mobile homes

Posted date : May 10, 2023.

We own a mobile home in Florida, but do not own the land (rented). Selling a mobile home is similar to selling a vehicle where we sign over title. Annually, we pay for a mobile home trailer licence just like a car…

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Very small U.S. income

Posted date : May 10, 2023.

My wife and I are in the U.S. for three months. She will be teaching a one-day art course as an art club event in a 55+ community. She will be paid between $200 and $800, depending on the number of students….

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Will in the U.S.

Posted date : Sep 19, 2022.

We were updating our will in Canada and our lawyer advised us to make a will in the U.S. as well, because we own property in Arizona. Is this common? If not, we do not want to spend thousands in the U.S. to do a second will.

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U.S. bank accounts

Posted date : Sep 19, 2022.

Keeping a U.S. bank account would be very convenient for us for our spending in the U.S. Can you make any suggestions regarding how we can either keep our Wells Fargo account or such at another bank in the U.S.

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Form 8840

Posted date : Sep 19, 2022.

I’ve just become aware of the form 8840. Do I need to complete the form if I don’t meet the substantial presence test for time in the U.S.?

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