Beware the taxman
Tax Change Alert Are you a Canadian Snowbird? Do you usually winter out in the United States? The IRS & CRA are now sharing information and closely tracking how much time you spend in the ...
Forum Discussion
Kidoo wrote:
Just to make sure, when you fill the 8840 form, I presume you must enter the exact number of days you stayed in the USA at Part 1 of the form? You do not divide by 1/3, 1/6 when entering the numbers of days? I wonder if I have to add the number of days I was on a ship from New-Orleans and visiting other country like Mexico, Honduras and Belize for a week?
This form is just annoying for the vast majority of Canadians visiting USA every year for less than 183 days. Canadians are spending many billions of dollars every year in the U.S, still, I guess they want more money. They could have just add the number of days and if you get over 183, you get a letter from IRS.
There are many countries in the world and our money is taking a hit againts the US dollar. USA is just more convenient for now to us but if we get use to go somewhere else, we might like it. For me it will be Mexico this year.
I appreciate the advice of keeping all you record of crossing the border to Mexico since you do not have to stop at the US border when crossing to Mexico, I guess USA could argue since they do not know when you crossed the border.
For proof of being in Mexico we just keep a copy of things like vehicle permit, insurance, receipts etc as a proof that we were not in the US during a certain period of time. Never needed them but always good to have them.
