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 ...
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John & Angela wrote:Paleo Ron wrote:
Well, I don't know if this is a wise approach, but I decided to "stay below the radar" and not fill out the form. (I should mention that I spend about 5 months total per year in the US.) If queried at the border, I intend to play dumb and say something like: "Oh yeah, I think I heard something about that...." So far, it hasn't even come up on either entering or leaving the US.
Interested to hear your comments, but no trolling please.
Good morning. I don't htink the border people care as this has nothing to do with them. This is a Tax issue...namely the IRS.
I agree, the border folks are a separate government entity from the IRS and they pretty much do not care about the IRS forms. However at my last meeting with US Customs & Immigration in late March for my a NEXUS renewal, the agent stated that the IRS has access to everyone's travel status now that everything between Canada and the US is digitized.
Actually the Immigration folks would like to extend the limit to 8 months for Snowbirds however the IRS have no intention of following suit.
As for my wife and I, we stay under the radar by now limiting our US time to under 120 days a year split between some winter time in South Carolina and summer time in the NY Adirondacks.
