Claiming Non-Residency in Canada - Would appreciate your opinion

[ballboy]

As people in this thread suggested and from my personal experience, as long as you declare non-residency to CRA then it should be fine. NR-73 is not a requirement and more often than not, it will create issues. Anyhow, this declaration is a one-way declaration. CRA will simply take acknowledgement and update your record, but they won't express their agreement. There is still chance that they will request tax return even after you declare your non-residency. Therefore, keep all your records and story. That said, nothing to be worried about, as long as you are doing the right thing. Cheers!

[Peoniess08]

Thank you so much for your response, I truly appreciate it. it is a very new experience for me so I was just wondering too if CRA works in conjunction with Immigration to find out the true date of departure?

[Kellykok]

Anyone still available for a question I have regarding non residency?

[Peoniess08]

Quick question, I owe the unemployment, by being a non-resident do you think they would accept payment arrangements?

[Peoniess08]

Hi,

I need to prepare my Canadian Taxes because I received a 'non-filer' letter and that's because my accountant did not do my taxes properly, he also never explained to me why he was doing it this or what would be the consequences. So now, I have to file -- my question is, do I have to give a date of departure if I tell them that I am coming back in 5 years? I am asking this question because I owe money and I need time to save so that I can repay but I just don't know how I would do my taxes in this case?

Thank you for your help and I always get great help in this community and I much appreciate it.

[Aritaurus]

Hi,

I need to prepare my Canadian Taxes because I received a 'non-filer' letter and that's because my accountant did not do my taxes properly, he also never explained to me why he was doing it this or what would be the consequences. So now, I have to file -- my question is, do I have to give a date of departure if I tell them that I am coming back in 5 years? I am asking this question because I owe money and I need time to save so that I can repay but I just don't know how I would do my taxes in this case?

Thank you for your help and I always get great help in this community and I much appreciate it.

Did the accountant file a return the last year you were in Canada? If that's the case and you don't have any significant ties to Canada or have any income there, I think you just need to file a Nil return for year in question and that should get them off your back.

I'm no accountant but but if you file using the form below, that will effectively establish that you don't live in Canada and have no income there.

I had my accountant file a nil return for me for last year and now I don't have any sort of financial ties there, sold my car, no property, no dependent children etc but I'm going to also fill in the NR74 form just in case as well just to be safe.

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-age...ts/5013-r.html

[Peoniess08]

Thank you for your response Aritaurus.

I don't have any income in Canada but I do however owe money and I still have my vehicle -- when my accountant did my taxes back in 2016, he only stated I was in the US but not stated a departure date. I am now scared to do my taxes because if I mention my departure date, it will bring up red flags for the amount owing and I need time to save money and I don't want to bring attention to that. I'm not sure how to move forward with this because on top of that (again being new to all this) his assistant said to me to just send a letter to CRA stating that I was still in the US and put my date of departure and so I did -- I am not sure what to do now, do I complete the form above and send it to the for the years missing? Again, I don't want to bring attention to CRA -- taxes are so confusing.

[Football16]

I'm a Canadian back in Canada but I was not a non-resident for tax purposes as I continued to own homes, cars and received corporate pension and dividend interest etc so my knowledge is sketchy on declaring non-residency but this site (and others like this might help you).


https://www.expatica.com/finance/tax...abroad-101163/


https://madanca.com/blog/becoming-a-...ent-of-canada/