No income+No tax filing = NO PROBLEM??

Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 3:16 PM
To: taxman at centa.com
Subject: No income+No tax filing = NO PROBLEM?? or NOT :-(
David~
Please help; the question is simple! I've read through all the
posts, but have never seen my problem addressed.
I left Canada in 2000 to attend graduate school (and then stayed
to work). I have no plans to return home at this time, and did
not maintain ties. I have paid taxes in US since 2000. I filed
Canadian returns for (I think) 2000 and 2001 and then.....they
fell off the radar. I have received NO earnings in Canada during
this time. HOWEVER, I did withdraw $10,000 RRSPs toward
schooling. I've never paid it back to my RRSP.
As I understood it, I had a year grace and then was supposed to
begin paying back $1000 per year OR claim it as income.
Therefore, I guess, I have had $1000 "income" in Canadian income
for the past five years.
Because I stopped filing with Revenue Canada---- how big is the
trouble I'm in (cringing)??? Please help!
Canuck in the Lone Star
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david ingram replies:
It is a little worse than that.  The whole amount became taxable
when you decided not to be a resident of Canada for tax purposes.
You owe tax on the whole $10,000 for the last year you filed as a
resident.
In addition, since you presumably have more money in the RRSP,
you should have been filing forms TDF 90 and 8891 to report the
RRSP to the US government
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