Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agoHow hard is it for an American citizen to become a Canadian citizen? Or get dual citizenship?message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down16
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareHow hard is it for an American citizen to become a Canadian citizen? Or get dual citizenship?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareJay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI could be confusing it with a different country other than between Canada and the US. Some countries made it illegal to have a dual citizenship, but Canada still allows it.
minus-squarebedwyr@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoHow does that work with taxes, don’t dual US citizens have to pay US fed tax on pay earned abroad?
minus-squareYaBoyMax@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoThere’s a foreign tax credit up to a certain amount, so for most people you wouldn’t end up owing anything to the US govt if working abroad.
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoI live in the US and will need to pay the IRS till the day I die or recind my US citizenship
I’m US-CA dual
I could be confusing it with a different country other than between Canada and the US. Some countries made it illegal to have a dual citizenship, but Canada still allows it.
How does that work with taxes, don’t dual US citizens have to pay US fed tax on pay earned abroad?
There’s a foreign tax credit up to a certain amount, so for most people you wouldn’t end up owing anything to the US govt if working abroad.
I live in the US and will need to pay the IRS till the day I die or recind my US citizenship