An interpretation bulletin may be of use to you. https://myreinspace.com/threads/converting-rental-back-into-primary-residence.39684/ Paragraph 2.50 can be interesting because you can elect to retain your principal residency for 4 years for your Vancouver property. I"m assuming that your...

There is a book you may find interesting with respect to buying real estate in the United States. Buying Real Estate in the US: The Concise Guide ISBN = 978-1-77040-068-9 It would allow you to consider various methods to purchase real estate See Chapter 2. There might be other ways than...

There is a guide from CRA that may provide some information with respect to your purchase of a investment (new residential property). Here I assume that you are purchasing a property which is not a commercial property. If this is the case, please have a look at...

I would eliminate Freshbooks as it does not provide you with a balance sheet. You need a balance sheet in your cloud accounting software. Xero allows you to categorize your expenses by project so this would be one to consider. There is a monthly fee but everything is in the cloud...

This past November, 2016, I listened to a webinar on US taxes for nonresident aliens. The presenter did talk of the election under 871(d) of the US tax code and stated that this election should be made. His take on it was that there are two types of income FDAP (Fixed, determinable, annual...