Canadian moved to San Diego California USA from Canada

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My question is: Applicable to both US and Canada
QUESTION: Hello,I am a canadain and worked three moths in 2003, was off work for one and a half months. I moved to San Diego Ca. in may/03 and began working here. I have been a resident here since May/03, I sold my house in Canada in Nov/02, I have no ties there except for a bank account which I will be closing and two credit cards which i havent used for 4 or five months. I am a permanent resident in the U.S with no plans to return except to visit friends. Q: do i have to file a Canada tax return? I have sent Revcan a Determination of residency status for with the required imfo noting that I have been living and working here for over 180 days. I keep getting differnt answers from people. I need the the right answer. Thanks Mxxx
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david ingram replies:
You will need to file a departing Canada return for the period from Jan to May, 2003  - There should be  a refund.
You will then file a Federal  dual status 1040 and a California Part Year resident 540NR.
The 540NR will INCLUDE your Canadian Income and have its taxable portion removed on Schedule CA(NR)
I would charge you from $700 to $1,000 to file those returns.  You should NOT have one person do the US and another do the Canadian
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