US citizen working in Canada, but serving only US customers

[ExtraSlow]

6 months a year sounds like plenty. Maybe do 7 weeks in Cabo to round things up and do the full North American tour.

[dj_rice]

From watching lots of Border Security, she will get busted and deported on the next flight back home.

[Buster]

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I’m still just trying to figure out what would possess someone to move to Canada.

Unless they are coming from Gaza or something

Well, this mostly.

Also, making money in USD right now is nice.

Because our country sucks donkey dick.

[killramos]

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Well, this mostly.

Also, making money in USD right now is nice.

Because our country sucks donkey dick.

Have you tried producing a worldwide commodity priced in USD?

That works pretty good to

[Xtrema]

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I’m still just trying to figure out what would possess someone to move to Canada.

Unless they are coming from Gaza or something

While GVA and GTA are too expensive, cost of living in Calgary quite reasonable given the amenities. If you are earning USD and spending CAD, you just gave yourself a 30% raise.

IE Five Guys double cheese bacon burger is $13 CAD vs $15 USD in US.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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...

IE Five Guys double cheese bacon burger is $13 CAD vs $15 USD in US.

Oh, is this the norm, now? This isn't some silly example that represents <1% of pricing between these countries, is it?

[ercchry]

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Oh, is this the norm, now? This isn't some silly example that represents <1% of pricing between these countries, is it?

Where is suntan to talk about gas prices?

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I’m still just trying to figure out what would possess someone to move to Canada.

Unless they are coming from Gaza or something

Even then....

[max_boost]

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While GVA and GTA are too expensive, cost of living in Calgary quite reasonable given the amenities. If you are earning USD and spending CAD, you just gave yourself a 30% raise.

IE Five Guys double cheese bacon burger is $13 CAD vs $15 USD in US.

Vancouver is just nice tho
I can fk with those views
Just don’t be poor

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Vancouver is just nice tho
I can fk with those views
Just don’t have kids

Yup.

[pheoxs]

She'll need a work visa to stay here longer than 6 months and to legally work here. She could get away with just maintaining her residency in the US initially and "visiting" but at some point if she wants to stay here she'll have to pursue a PR path. At that point if she resides here she needs to file both Canadian and US taxes unfortunately. She'd pay Canadian income tax on the income and then her US tax filing should just be zero. US makes people file taxes even abroad full time unfortunately.

Income from US clients only means she doesn't have to pay GST but otherwise it's no different than having Canadian clients. Taxman looks at where you reside when you earn the income not necessarily where the income comes from. Also make sure she has a decent accountant as there's extra steps to track any currency losses via exchange rates

[ExtraSlow]

Being here less than 6 months under that digital nomad thingy seems like the smart move. If they maintain a residence in the USA, assuming it's not a shitty part of that country.

[Buster]

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She'll need a work visa to stay here longer than 6 months and to legally work here. She could get away with just maintaining her residency in the US initially and "visiting" but at some point if she wants to stay here she'll have to pursue a PR path. At that point if she resides here she needs to file both Canadian and US taxes unfortunately. She'd pay Canadian income tax on the income and then her US tax filing should just be zero. US makes people file taxes even abroad full time unfortunately.

Income from US clients only means she doesn't have to pay GST but otherwise it's no different than having Canadian clients. Taxman looks at where you reside when you earn the income not necessarily where the income comes from. Also make sure she has a decent accountant as there's extra steps to track any currency losses via exchange rates

legal ability to work is a separate issue from taxation

[Xtrema]

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Oh, is this the norm, now? This isn't some silly example that represents <1% of pricing between these countries, is it?

Well, it's generally true to the US cities (or their suburbs) I want to live in.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Where is suntan to talk about gas prices?

No doubt, eh?!

[Xtrema]

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No doubt, eh?!

What did I miss? What happened to Suntan?

[ThePenIsMightier]

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What did I miss? What happened to Suntan?

I forget what thread, but he argued that gasoline prices were cheaper in USA (without converting to $CDN) and then absolutely lost his shit on either me and/or killramos about how stupid everyone is for thinking that matters. I am not sure if he's posted since.
At any rate, I firmly contend that the actual cost-benefit analysis of moving to a particular state is a fairly complex function of several variables, some of which are presented by biased parties. So... over-simplifying it is a hasty and sloppy generalization when virtually everyone couldn't even figure out what variables mattered during CoVid.

[max_boost]

oh dang
i thought you guys were all boys

[Xtrema]

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I forget what thread, but he argued that gasoline prices were cheaper in USA (without converting to $CDN) and then absolutely lost his shit on either me and/or killramos about how stupid everyone is for thinking that matters. I am not sure if he's posted since.
At any rate, I firmly contend that the actual cost-benefit analysis of moving to a particular state is a fairly complex function of several variables, some of which are presented by biased parties. So... over-simplifying it is a hasty and sloppy generalization when virtually everyone couldn't even figure out what variables mattered during CoVid.

Yeah, Numbeo numbers are only spending side. But if you look at purchasing power, they are all better than Calgary. So as long as you make decent $USD for each city, it goes further than us making Canadian pesos spending it here.