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That is what we do and as you will have found there are few people thatdo. I also happen to have been born in Vernon. I opened H & RBlock up in the Okanagan back in 1968 which might even be before youwere born. Before that i ran a string of coffee houses in Winnipeg,Regina, Red Deer and was around for the start of Yuk Yuk's, etc. George Carlin stayed with me for three weeks in Regina back in 1963just after he broke up the Burns and Carlin Show with Jack Burns.

I hope that you filed your I-131 BEFORE leaving the US to keep yourgreen card alive unless you mean or meant to surrender it. Filling outthe I-131 on an annual basis, allows you to keep your green card whileliving outside the USA. It also, as you know allows you to take anyjob in the US without going through the hassle of a visa.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-131.pdf

Instructions

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-131instr.pdf

If you want to keep on doing performances at will in the US, you willwant your green card.

The I-131 must be filed before you have left the US permanently or fora long time. However, it does not need to be approved before you leave.If you did not file it, you might want to rent a Point Roberts Cabin for a month or two, move back to the USA for a month or two, file theI-131 and turn the condo back to the owner's summer use.

In fact, if 'I was you' and wanted to pursue your two obviousoccupations, I would move back to Point Roberts or Blaine get a NEXUScard to commute with and and apply for my US citizenship before movingback to Canada. I really regret the fac tthat i did not get UScitizenship back then when I could have done so relatively easily.

Glad to look after the returns for you as well. You can email, snailmail, fax, courier or bring the documents with you personally.

Call Gillian Bryan at (604) 980-0321 M to F from 10:30 to 4:00 M toFriday to make an appointment if you wish to come in.

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This is not intended to be definitivebut in general I am quoting $900 to $3,000 for a dual country taxreturn.

$900 would be one T4 slip one W2 slipone or two interest slips and you lived in one country only (but werefiling both countries) - no self employment or rentals or capital gains- you did not move into or out of the country in this year.

$1,200 would be the same with onerental

$1,300 would be the same with onebusiness no rental

$1,300 would be the minimum with amove in or out of the country. These are complicated because of theback and forth foreign tax credits. - The IRS says a foreign tax credittakes 1 hour and 53 minutes.

$1,600 would be the minimum with arental or two in the country you do not live in or a rental and abusiness and foreign tax credits no move in or out

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

$3,000 would be all of the above andyou 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 andno capital gains, etc. for $200.00 up.

With a Rental for $400, two or threerentals for $550 to $700 (i.e. $150 per rental) First year Rental -plus $250.

A Business for $400 - Rental andbusiness likely $550 to $700

And an American only (lives in the USwith no Canadian income or filing period) with about the same things inthe same range with a little bit more if there is a state return.

Moving in or out of the country orpart year earnings in the US will ALWAYS be $900 and up.

TDF 90-22.1 forms are $50 for thefirst 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 - (maybeamalgamate 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 theCanadian return as a guide for seven years at a time will be from $150to$600.00 per year depending upon numbers of bank accounts, RRSP's,existence of rental houses, self employment, etc. Note that thesereturns tend to be informational rather than taxable. In fact, ifthere are children involved, we usually get refunds of $1,000 per childper year for 3 years. We have done several catch-ups where the clienthas recieved as much as $6,000 back for an $1,800 bill and one recentlywith 6 children is resulting in over $12,000 refund.

This is aguideline not etched in stone. If you doyour own TDF-90 forms, it is to your advantage. However, if we put themin the first year, the computer carries them forward beautifully.

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