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QUESTION:

Hello,

  I own a software company in Vancouver, BC Canada and would like to get contracts in the US.

1) Do I need a visa for traveling to the US and meeting with the clients?
2) How is payment made for the services?
3) How long can I stay in the US at one time?
4) I don't have a degree so TN will not work so I'm assuming business visa is the only way?
5) Can I apply for a business visa through you and what are the costs and requirements?

Thanks
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david ingram replies;

1.    If  you are doing the work in Canada, you can go to the USAwith a B-1 Visa status to sell your Canadian MADE/PRODUCED product.  However, you can NOT go there to a Client's site and work on the computer other than to install, demonstrate. or repair something during a warranty period.

2.   Check mailed back to Canada or electronic transfer.  You can NOT pick up the check or cash  when you sell the order in the US.

3.    There is no legal limit but you can't go for a lonong time.  In general, a couple of weeks at a timne for a sales call is likely appropos.  To qualify for a B-1 visa status youhave to be clearly living in Canada.

4.    A "B" status is not usually a piece of paper for a Canadian although it is for an Italian or Swede or any of another 230 countries. It is what is given to you as a paperless status when you cross the border into the US. You should have a border crossing book with you.  this border book is a 3 ring binder with:

*   who you are
*   what you do
*   where youlive with a copy of your lease or rental agreement or ownership
*   why you are going.  - a short letter to the POE (Port of Entry) stating that you are going to Seattle to call on three engineering firms or three xxx firms to sell them your Canadian made software.

If you want to actually work inthe US, then you likely need to openb a branch with an L1 visa or open a branch with an E-2 Visa.

You should likely book an hour's consultation with me at a usual fee of $400.00

Call Gillian Bryan at (604) 980-03321 Monday to Friday between 10:30 and 4:00 PM to book an appointment.

go to www.centa.com and read the "Entering the USA" section in the second box down on the right hand side

Then read the Nov 1999 Newsletter in the top left hand box for details about when you have to file a US tax return in these circumstances.

Then read the Nov 2001 newsletter for info on how to make your mortgage deductible.

On November 10, 2007, David Ingram wrote:

It is very unlikely that blind or unexpected email to me will be answered.  I receive anywhere from 100 to 700  unsolicited emails a day and usually answer anywhere from 2 to 20 if they are not from existing clients.  Existing clients are advised to put their 'name and PAYING CUSTOMER' in the subject line and get answered first.  I also refuse to be a slave to email and do not look at it every day and have never ever looked at it when I am out of town. 
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This is not intended to be definitive but in general I am quoting $900 to $2,900 for a dual country tax return.
$900 would be one T4 slip one W2 slip one or two interest slips and you lived in one country only (but were filing both countries) - no self employment or rentals or capital gains - you did not move into or out of the country in this year.
 
$1,100 would be the same with one rental
 
$1,300 would be the same with one business no rental
 
$1,300 would be the minimum with a move in or out of the country. These are complicated because of the back and forth foreign tax credits. - The IRS says a foreign tax credit takes 1 hour and 53 minutes.
 
$1,600 would be the minimum with a rental or two in the country you do not live in or a rental and a business and foreign tax credits  no move in or out

$1,700 would be for two people with income from two countries

$2,900 would be all of the above and you moved in and out of the country.
 
This is just a guideline for US / Canadian returns
 
We will still prepare Canadian only (lives in Canada, no US connection period) with two or three slips and no capital gains, etc. for $200.00 up.
 
With a Rental for $400, two or three rentals for $550 to $700 (i.e. $150 per rental) First year Rental - plus $250.
 
A Business for $400 - Rental and business likely $550 to $700
 
And an American only (lives in the US with no Canadian income or filing period) with about the same things in the same range with a little bit more if there is a state return.
 
Moving in or out of the country or part year earnings in the US will ALWAYS be $900 and up.
 
TDF 90-22.1 forms are $50 for the first and $25.00 each after that when part of a tax return.
 
8891 forms are generally $50.00 to $100.00 each.
 
18 RRSPs would be $900.00 - (maybe amalgamate a couple)
 
Capital gains *sales)  are likely $50.00 for the first and $20.00 each after that.

Catch - up returns for the US where we use the Canadian return as a guide for seven years at a time will be $150 to $500.00 per year depending upon numbers of bank accounts, RRSP's, existence of rental houses, self employment, etc.

Just a guideline not etched in stone.
 
 
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