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question: I am an U.S. citizen and will be landing in Canada early in the new year and have been researching how I should handle my regular IRA & IRA Roth accounts (both relatively small; 25% in regular IRA & 75% in IRA Roth). From what I gather, I am advised to leave the IRAs in the U.S.

What I am unsure, however, is whether I would be subject to double taxation when I begin withdrawals from the regular IRA account?

Should I consolidate both in the IRA Roth account and pay taxes now?



 

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david ingram replies:

Do not do anything.  In particular, do not make any contributions after coming to Canada.

Internal earnings of the Roth and the Traditional IRA are both exempt from Canadian tax under the US Canada Income Treaty.

An exception would be if the IRA or any other IRA is mandatory as part of your job.  If that is the case, any payments are deductible in Canada provided they qualify as a deduction in the USA.

If and when you do cash them in the ROTH  is tax free and the TRAD is taxable in b9th the US and Canada.  - Canada will give you credit for any tax you pay the US.

If you happen to return to the US without cashing them in, you will just carry on.

 

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Authored by: Anonymous User on Thursday, October 28 2010 @ 01:53 PM PDT IRA & IRA Roth Moving to Canada - Expert Income Tax help on cross Border tax and immigration and divorce and RRSP and IRA an
I have a federal corporation with a multiplex as its major asset (equity value about 150K + 150K unpaid loan). The other asset is roughly 50K in stocks and cash.
i) What is the best way to kill the corporation? ii) is it worth it?
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Authored by: Anonymous User on Wednesday, July 06 2011 @ 02:04 AM PDT IRA & IRA Roth Moving to Canada - Expert Income Tax help on cross Border tax and immigration and divorce and RRSP and IRA an
Great post. As a Canadian who has been living & working in the US for 9+ years, I have often griped about the lack of Roth-like investment options in Canada. In the US, one has to choose between maintaining a _taxable_ cash “buffer” fund in addition to (or instead of) Roth account contributions. So, I see the flexibility of the TFSA as an improvement over the Roth (IRA & 401(k)) options available in the US. As I see it, the TFSA encourages investing for long-term growth not only by saving taxes on investment, but also by not penalizing early withdrawls to address short-term financial hardship without penalty. Way to go Canada! (FURTHER NOTE: One draw-back of moving back to Canada, is how Roth funds will be taxed. Up until now, there have been no “Roth-equivalent” accounts in Canada. So withdrawls from Roth accounts would be taxed as regular income. (This means a double-tax!) I hop that with the advent of the TFSA, there will now be some “equivalence” rules that will apply for returning Ex-Pats from the US who have Roth accounts. I shall wait and see.)
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