FATCA and Canada – 2014

 

December 2014

16: FATCA will cost the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) $15.7-$15.8 Million (or $5.7-5.8). Q: Who funds the CRA? A: ALL Canadian Taxpayers

16: *CATCA* or What could the Government of Canada do differently than *rolling over to the threat of US sanctions to their banks* and saying “Not ALL Canadians are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

16: FATCA will cost the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) $15.7-$15.8 Million (or $5.7-5.8). Q: Who funds the CRA? A: ALL Canadian Taxpayers

10: Happy Birthday Isaac Brock Society!

05: F.H. Buckley: Canada’s system of government is proving far superior to America’s

04: Dear Finance Minister Joe Oliver — in response to your latest form letter…

03: My Scotia iTrade (not) FATCA letter

November 2014

20: Revisiting the Question: “What will YOUR foreign financial institution ask you?” and “What will they do if you do not provide YOUR Certificate of Loss of Nationality?”

12: Attempt to contact Commander Chris Hadfield (with U.S.-defined U.S. Personhood by “Snowbird Rules”)

10: Oh! Canada

06: War of 1812 Heroes Commemorated

04: My November 4, 2014 Conversation with Toronto Consul-General of US: New renunciation appointments (all “LOW-PRIORITY”) extended to September 2015

October 2014

30: Our Tricia Moon on Canada AM

27: Cheryl’s claim for relinquishment based on INA 1952 350: The case of a dual citizen at birth

25: Any Developments from Credit Unions in Canada?

23: Interesting article by @RoyBerg1 on the Oct. 2014 IRS treatment of #RRSP and #RRIF

23: Canadian FATCA IGA lawsuit: November 1, 2014 legal bill will be paid on time! / Poursuite canadienne contre la FATCA et le gouvernement canadien : nos frais légaux du 1er novembre 2014 seront payés à temps !

22: $82,897 more needed to make the February 1 2015 payment for Canadian FATCA IGA lawsuit/ Il nous reste 82 897 $ à ramasser pour notre poursuite judiciaire: Does the Vatican support our lawsuit?

20: Canada wins a Round in Trade Battle with US

16: What will — and what should — Canadians do when the IRS comes calling?

16: Should we have the same privacy rights as do traffickers of contraband tobacco?

07: Bulletin: IRS relaxes reporting requirements for RRSPs and RRIFs

06: U.S. dollar FX Rates give and take – falling Canadian dollar a benefit for #Americansabroad renouncing

01: From The Desk of John Richardson – Co-Chair ADCS-ADSC.ca

September 2014

24: If this is accurate…

23: From the Supreme Court of Canada, Should provincial law apply to banks OR does Canada’s Constitution give the federal government exclusive power to regulate banks?

22: Please @PMHarper say it isn’t so – Canada is not really a world leader in #FATCA?

21: John Richardson interviewed by Dave Popowich on CHQR’s “More Than Money”

19: Is TD Bank overzealously ferreting out US persons?

10: Robert Wood: “Canadians Attack U.S. Expat Rules, Decrying ‘Accidental Americans’ ”

08: “Ameri-Canadians” and the complexities of identity

05: Le site internet de ADCS-ADSC en français est maintenant en ligne ! ADCS-ADSC has a French website!

03: John Richardson interviewed by Dave Taylor on CHQR Calgary News Talk 770

August 2014

28: Concern from a Wild Rose Constituent re: FATCA/IGA

26: Obama-allied CNBC praises Canadian TFSA’s – too bad they’re unavailable to US Persons in Canada

21:   U.S. Consulate Appointments: Toronto is booked up — no problem; you can go somewhere else, ADDING TO YOUR EXPENSE for the whole U.S. expatriation experience

19: No More Renunciation Appointments Available in Toronto for 2014

19: Solving U.S. Citizenship Problems – Montreal Québec – September 23, 2014

16: Are You a Canada-U.S. Dual Citizen? @cbcallinaday is Following a New Law That Affects You (26

15: The IRS agents in our midst

14: Cards of support from grateful Canadians

14: Ginny and Gwen are Canadians: It’s not funny to make American jokes about them

14: Why don’t you just renounce?

13: Have the Tories already admitted the plaintiffs’ case in the lawsuit by Alliance for the Defence of the Sovereignty of Canada?

12: Statement of Claim to the Canadian Attorney General of Canada

10: Why did Canada not have a ‘drop-dead’ date in their IGA signed with the US for real reciprocity from the US as does, for just one of the smarter countries, South Africa?

10: For a change of pace — and, Would Stuart McLean consider a show about “Accidental Americans”?

07: CBC News article on Harper strategy of legal confrontation: important comment opportunity

01: IRS claims that only 20,000 people are affected by U.S. Form 8891 for Canadian RRSPs

July 2014

30: Barrie McKenna, “PwC suggests a check to see if you are an ‘accidental American’”

27: Canadian(?) Banks Tally Their USA Tax Compliance Tab

24: Vancouver Sun: Metro Vancouver Woman Joins Movement to Drop US Citizenship

23: A reply from the Liberal Party, but still not from Justin Trudeau…

21: P.C. M.P. Pierre Poilievre sees ‘no equivalency’ between USA and Eritrea

19: Canadian Banks want to merge: I say hell NO!!!

18: Canadians, their Privacy Rights and the Conservative Government

16: The Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty has made it onto Wikipedia!

14:  The slippery slope of Bill C-24: “…disclosure of information to verify the citizenship status or identity of any person” to enforce any Canadian law “or law of another country”

13: CBC Radio Ottawa “All In A Day” July 4th interview with Allison Christians and Kathleen

09: Stunning hypocrisy: Canada threatens closure of Eritrean consulate over diaspora tax

07: New Streamlined Program – Part 1 – the Canadian Snowbird Dilemma (Moodys GartnerTax)

06: Flying the American flag upside down to celebrate July 4th in London, ON

06: Canadian retirement plans of “U.S. persons” subject to double taxation

04: IRS Claims Statutory Authority for FATCA Agreements Where no Such Authority Exists

04: National Post: U.S. driving #americansabroad to renounce

04:  IRS Claims Statutory Authority for FATCA Agreements Where No Such Authority Exists

04:  National Post:  US Driving Americans Abroad to Renounce

04: FATCA exposed on Independent Nation: John Richardson, Tricia Moon and Peter Dunn discuss the loss of democracy and sovereignty in Canada (0)

03: @PMHarper gives @BarackObama #FATCA – the “Gift that keeps on giving”: Stephen Kish and Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty in Toronto Star (6)

03: John Richardson on Global National TV: FATCA Arrives in Canada

02:   Looking back, the day after the demise of Sovereign Canada — “This is not the Canada I grew up in.”

01: Globe & Mail – Group Plans Constitutional Challenge

June 2014

26:  Two tier Canadian citizenship alleged to violate Charter

26:  Please Provide in This Post Approaches Big Canadian Banks Will Use to Establish U.S. Personhood of Account Holders on July 2 2014: Remember— Information provided in casual conversations with account manager is now accepted bank practice in Canada

24: My Letter to the Editor at Beach Metro News

24: Patrick Cain, Global News, among Canadian journalists covering the *US Person in Canada* as second-class citizen, compliments of the stealth of Conservatives in omnibus Bill C-31 (4)

23: Margaret Wente awakens from her three year slumber (7)

23: Globe Editorial (8)

20: Implementation of the US FATCA IGA set for Canadian Governor General’s Royal Assent

19: Canada’s position: Eritrea bad, America good

17: Expatriate Americans Break Up With Uncle Sam to Escape Tax Rules

13: House of Commons Votes to Help U.S. IRS Seize Bank Records of Canadians as Bill C-31 Passes – FATCA is Now the Law in Canada!

13:    More Canadian media advertising for the #IRS and #FATCA

11: Treat all Canadian citizens equally under the law: Globe and Mail

09: Blaze Has a New Article in Tax News – FATCA “Sea Change”

09: Brock Warrior down: Don Whiteley

08: Barrie McKenna reports on IRS “Ray of Hope”

06: BREAKING NEWS: FATCA IGA Vote On C-31 Omnibus Bill Expected In House of Commons Monday June 9

06: Canadians are invited to share their priorities for the 2015 Federal Budget

05: Elizabeth May Continues FATCA Fight in House of Commons

05: Lets have a Canada Day, “Letter to the Editor” Blitz!

04: Why is Stephen Harper paying for Canadian companies to move to the United States

03: “6. Will my financial institution be asking me if I was born in the U.S.?” (from the CRA website ( FAQs – FATCA)

01: Canadians and International Friends! It’s now time to support our legal challenge!

May 2014

26: Toronto Star FATCA Story

25: From MapleSandbox.ca: “Anyone getting the FATCA Call?”

23: Controversial US Tax Law Affects Many American Expats and How It May Compromise Canadian Sovereignty, This Sunday on Contact

21: Dear Conservative MP: Can ALL Canadians travel to Cuba (or any other country) on their Canadian passport – even if they are deemed to be a ‘US Person’?

18: More re invasions of Canadians’ privacy, as reported in the Calgary Herald

16:  Don Cayo: Uncle Sam Makes Canadians An Offer We Can’t Refuse- DOH!!!!

13: Bravo, Lynne. Here’s Lynne’s Opening Statement to the Finance Committee (cross-posted from MapleSandbox.ca)

12: Standing Committee on Finance Meeting #35 – Wed., May 14, 2014

12: NDP Petition: “Protect Canadians from FATCA” (cross-posted from MapleSandbox)

12: NDP calling on Harper government: Remove FATCA from omnibus budget bill

11: PMSH: “You Won’t Recognize Canada When I’m Through With It”

08: Notice of Meeting of Standing Committee on Finance #34 Tuesday May 13

08: Cross post: Canadians, give your FATCA briefs to Finance Committee

07: Canadian Bankers Association appears before Senate National Finance Committee on FATCA

07: Maple Sandbox Invited to Finance Committee on #FATCA #IGA in #C31

05: Get FATCA Out of Budget Bill, NDP Urges

04: Brockers comment at Forbes: even the Canadian Challenge is discussed…

02: Harper Govt Stuffing More Garbage Legislation

02: Dear MPs: Foreign governments (like Canada’s) sign IGAs…there’s one born every minute.”

02: Toronto May 2 Citizenship Based Taxation Forum live comments

01: House Finance Committee Q&A today on Canada-US IGA

01: NDP: Conservatives must remove FATCA from budget bill

April 2014

29: Quotes for ADCS/ADSC WEBSITE need from our international friends

29: Our new ADCS-ADSC Logo

29: Marc Garneau asks whether a treaty has been properly tabled, its implementation plan Bill C-31…

28: Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty (ADCS)/L’Alliance pour la défense de la souveraineté canadienne (ADSC) is established in Canada/est créée au Canada

25: Kevin Shoom testifies before Senate National Finance Committee on Tuesday on FATCA. Bankers come Wednesday

22: Another IMPORTANT submission on Omnibus Bill C-31 (which allows implementation in Canada of the FATCA IGA) – Senate Committee on National Finance

22: Encouraging the Fraser Institute to give priority to studying implementation of the U.S. imposed FATCA IGA allowed by almost-completed Canadian legislation in Omnibus Bill C-31

We Intend to Commence Litigation Challenging Canadian FATCA-IGA Implementation Legislation on Behalf of All Persons in Canada and Those Impacted by FATCA in the Rest of the World

Will All Banks Ptovide a Comfortable Experience When You Get a Call, “We’d like to set up a meeting with you”

Legal Opinion on Canadian Constitutionality of FATCA IGA Legislation Received Saturday April 12, 2014

Former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Passes Away

How the US Pulled Off the Great Canadian Privacy Giveaway

Charlie Angus, Official Opposition Critic on Ethics Speaks Out Against FATCA in Parliament

Canadian Charter Challenge Fund is Officially Closed

PM Harper:  If you won’t stand up for Canada, give other MPs a chance to vote against FATCA

Canada’s Parliament MPs Asking the Right Questions About FATCA

March 2014

Breaking News:  Tories Hide FATCA Law in Budget Act

Most Canadian Credit Unions a Safe Place?

Questions For My MP

Flaherty Resigns!

Jon McComb on World Today Interviews Vincent Gogolek from the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association on FATCA

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/14/b-c-freedom-of-information-and-privacy-association-speaks-out-against-fatca-iga/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/13/warning-for-us-person-families-why-an-rdsp-will-not-have-the-same-benefit-for-your-family-member-with-a-disability-as-it-will-be-for-any-other-canadian-no-matter-their-national-origin/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/13/free-vote-party-vote-or-no-vote-at-all-for-canadian-mps-on-the-us-fatca-iga/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/11/traumatized-by-the-irs-and-us-reaching-into-canada-revisited/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/11/would-an-independent-quebec-sign-an-iga/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/10/latest-in-richardsonkish-series-another-march-10-2014-submission-to-department-of-finance-canada/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/10/26973/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/10/canada-will-have-to-apologize-to-eritrea/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/10/canadas-conservative-government-party-line-not-all-canadians-shall-have-the-same-rights-we-serve-only-the-banks/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/10/canadians-take-first-legal-step-to-prevent-harper-government-from-implementing-u-s-fatca-law/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/08/you-can-send-in-your-comments-on-the-legal-opinion-and-we-will-forward-these-to-the-constitutional-lawyer/

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/03/08/brock-advertisement-in-riding-of-kerry-lynn-findlay-minister-of-national-revenue/

A Letter from John Weston, MP, Regarding the IGA:  We Need to Educate Him

Canadian Charter Challenge Fund:  Step One Complete

Fantastic News:  The Canadian Charter Challenge Fund Has Reached its Goal

Elizabeth May Challenges IGA Constituionality During Question Period

 John McComb CKNW Peter Dunn Interview

Jim Jatras in the Toronto Star:  Enforce Canadian Law, not FATCA

An Historic Day:  Help Canada Stand Up to the American Bully:  Donate Now to the Canadian Charter Challenge Fund

February 2014

Allison Christians on New Canadian-US IGA

Important Canadian IGA NOtes from Canada Revenue Agency

Red Flags

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5 February 2014.   Canada-US IGA signed

Government Websites:

Dept of FInance Legislative Proposals and Explanatoiry Notes Relating to the Canada-US Enhanced Tax Information Exchange agreement

http://www.fin.gc.ca/drleg-apl/2014/can-us-eu-0214-eng.asp

http://www.fin.gc.ca/drleg-apl/2014/can-us-eu-0214-fra.asp

Canada Revenue Agency information on “Enhanced Financial Account Information Reporting” re FATCA IGA

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/nnrsdnts/nhncdrprtng/menu-eng.html

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/nnrsdnts/nhncdrprtng/menu-fra.html

On the Isaac Brock Site:

The Canada-US FATCA Intergovermental Agreement

D-Day today?

Media Articles:

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/02/05/canada_reaches_deal_with_us_meant_to_reduce_irs_intrusion.html

http://globalnews.ca/news/1130967/canada-u-s-sign-controversial-fatca-tax-deal/

http://blogs.wsj.com/canadarealtime/2014/02/05/canada-wins-compromise-on-u-s-tax-dodge-law/

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140205-710192.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ottawa-to-give-irs-information-on-americans-in-canada/article16710461/

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-05/canada-signs-tax-information-pact-with-u-dot-s-dot-to-comply-with-fatca

Ministry of Finance Statement:  http://www.fin.gc.ca/n14/14-018-eng.asp

Canada-US FATCA IGA:  http://www.fin.gc.ca/treaties-conventions/pdf/FATCA-eng.pdf

CBC.  FATCA Deal Takes Some Heat Off Canadian Banks

CBC.  Canadian Banks to be Compelled to Share Client’s Info with US

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/05/us-usa-fatca-idUSBREA141U820140205

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/02/05/canada-signs-agreement-to-dull-impact-of-u-s-crackdown-on-tax-cheats/

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/02/05/canada-signs-agreement-to-dull-impact-of-u-s-crackdown-on-tax-cheats/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/05/us-usa-fatca-idUSBREA141U820140205

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/02/05/canada-signs-agreement-to-dull-impact-of-u-s-crackdown-on-tax-cheats/

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February 2014 (continued)

03: Canada’s Complicity in the U.S. Surveillance State – Theo Caldwell, National Post

02: Canadian investment firm claims it is an “IRS withholding agent” (

02: Allison Christians was right, Mr. Mahany: The annual cost of filing U.S. taxes can be “astronomical.” CORRECT!

 

January 2014

Justin Trudeau says Duals Fall Under USA Authority!

Thank You, Elizabeth May —  Justin Trudeau, Listen Up

CBC, The World at 6, James FitzMorris.  FATCA and US Reciprocity Hypocrisy

Is Ottawa Stalling on FATCA Tax Crackdown Because US Isn’t Ready?

Urgent:  Q121 — Ted Hsu Questions to Parliament Has Insufficient Answers

The Stereotype of the Wealthy US Expat

More CBC News – Spineless Canadian Bankers Think FATCA Like Winter

US FATCA Overreach Featured on CBC’s The National

Allison Christians CBC Interview on FATCA and US Citizenship-Based Taxation (Note:  Ms. Christians is Chairman of the Tax Law Department, McGill University Faculty of Law)

US Tax by Default:  Matt Galloway, CBC Radio, Toronto

CBC News:  FATCA and Unsuspecting Canadians

Kim Moody Says Canada Must Comply with FATCA

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