Six month limit for northerners?

[trailerbikecamp]

Me and DW were having a conversation the other day about a siz month time limit for Canadians spending time in US. She thinks that Canadians can only spend a max of six months south of the border, then have to come home for six months.

I think that the time outside US does not need to be that long.

This is for Canadians spending the winters down south, not for those working or attending school.

Does anyone out there have accurate info on this? How are these laws worded?

[tonymull]

I think you can go into Mexico for a day too. At least that's how it worked between Thailand and Vietnam, just gotta get that stamp on your passport or visa. But with Canadians not needing either I don't know how it's even tracked. Same with Italy and France, but that was pre- EU days.

[Yeti_plus]

My understanding is if you spend more than 183 days in the USA in a 12 month period , the IRS wants you to pay taxes on ALL of your income.
So you would pay Canadian taxes and US taxes.
Note that it is 183 days so they don't have to be consecutive.
Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in.

[Valkyriebush]

Or what?

[MudChucker]

Sort of accurate, we can stay 6 months and must return to Canada for 24 hours before may return to the USA.