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Old 14th March 2006, 06:15 PM
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US tax return for green card holder working in Canada

I am a US permanent resident since July 2003 with
China nationality. I moved to Toronto, Canada in
August 2005 and work as a postdoctoral fellow in
University of Toronto. I have filed Canadian tax
return for the year to date income I earned in 2005.
The income source I got in Canada is
scholarship/fellowship and reflected as other income
in line 28 of T4A slip. The tax preparer told me that
under the tax treaty between China and Canada, my
income here is totally exempted from canadian tax.

Right now I am preparing my US tax return. There are a
few questions coming up. How should I claim the
sholarship/fellowship I received in Canada for my US
tax return? Are they taxable income? Before I moved to
Canada I was a Ph. D. student in US and received
predoctoral scholarship/fellowship , which was
reported on 1042-S form and usually exempted from US
tax under the tax treaty between China and US. But
this year the school didn't issue me either 1042-S or
W-2 and asked me use my last paycheck stub for tax
return. I am not sure if my income is still tax
exempted as usual.

Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
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Old 14th March 2006, 09:49 PM
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I have two year job contract here in Canada. I filed re-entry permit and already got it. I will be returning to US in the summer of 2007.
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Old 22nd March 2006, 04:39 PM
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Your income should be still tax exempt, due to tax treaty between US/China, though certainly prospective complication since you are not residing in US anymore. Your canadian school offcourse wont issue any US doc (1042-S), so I think you'll have to go simple and just fill in the appropriate spaces in regular 1040 etc.

During my (optional practical training period before H-1) I had claimed US/Pak tax-exemption by simply filling out 1040 and attaching a photocopy of the Tax Treaty, and it worked out. (It was a nice first year to receive that fat 100% paycheck)
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