The goal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is to prevent millions of U.S. taxpayers, and the global financial institutions that serve them, from evading U.S. tax on income and assets held outside the U.S.
Given the greater number of NHL teams in the U.S. versus Canada, it’s common for Canadian professional hockey players to live and play down south.
Recently, several advisors and clients have asked us about the so-called snowbird visa being proposed in the U.S. A cross-border financial-planning firm has been strongly encouraging Canadian snowbirds to contact U.S. senators, congresspeople and sponsors of this bill to push the proposed legislation forward.
Given the number of Canadians who vacation in the U.S. each year, as well as those who move between borders for employment or other reasons, it’s important for financial advisors to be aware of the regulatory and income tax issues faced by clients who regularly spend time south of the border.