A little tax oops

charmediamsure
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A little tax oops Aug 8, 2013 6:29:09 GMT -5

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Post by charmediamsure on Aug 8, 2013 6:29:09 GMT -5

Since my husband is American we have to file taxes for him in both the US and Canada (he's just here as a permanent resident, he will never give up his US citizenship nor will he apply for Canadian citizenship).

Anyway, I'm the one that always handles the taxes and I forgot to file for 2012! I don't know what made me remember. I usually do it at the same time as our Canadian ones, but I think J's birthday planning had me too busy and I forgot.

The good thing is that we won't owe any money--there is an agreement between the US and Canada that you only play taxes to your country of primary residence unless your income is over a certain amount.

Even still, I feel a bit anxious about forgetting. They give an extension of 2 months to people outside of the country, but that would have been June soooo yeah. There isn't any penalty for late filing if you don't owe money, right? That's probably a ridiculously dumb question.

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laouli Junior Member Posts: 894 Likes: 173	A little tax oops Aug 8, 2013 6:55:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by laouli on Aug 8, 2013 6:55:42 GMT -5 No there shouldnt be any penalty if there is nothing owed.. but if you dont file it they will do an estimation and then penalize you on that...
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sunshineluv Elder Posts: 13,423 Likes: 13,958	A little tax oops Aug 8, 2013 6:57:39 GMT -5 laouli likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sunshineluv on Aug 8, 2013 6:57:39 GMT -5 I wouldn't sweat it, they are glad to earn interest on your refund for a bit longer :-)
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