The CBC Confirms that: "Dual Cdn-U.S. citizens qualify for Trump's stimulus" https://t.co/NmoDJAxaN4 — U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) May 9, 2020 Well, as confirmation of how confusing this all is, the article reports that:
March 18, 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of FATCA? What are you doing to celebrate? Coming off a successful article yesterday, CBC Reporter Elizabeth Thompson is keeping FATCA in the news. FATCA is real news and not fake news. CRA should tell people when their banking records are shared with U.S., say critics | CBC
Prologue – Today as reported by Elizabeth Thompson at CBC Stakes getting higher for Canadian residents with U.S. citizenship and could include fines or bank accounts being closed. https://t.co/icLTbKUrjU #cdnpoli #FATCA #tax — Elizabeth Thompson (@LizT1) March 3, 2020 Introduction – About the background to this 1. Article 2 of the Canada U.S. FATCA IGA
Update from BB / Bubblebustin Those in Canada who are potentially affected by the Transition/Repatriation Tax (or not but care about Canada’s sovereignty) need to contact their government representatives and Ministers. As suggested by our MP’s office, start with: Your Member of Parliament, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, chrystia.freeland@parl.gc.ca, chrystia.freeland@international.gc.ca House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario
Transfer of Records from CRA to IRS Doubled to 315,000 Posted on January 29, 2017 by Lynne Swanson Elizabeth Thompson of CBC is reporting the number of FATCA records transferred from CRA to IRS doubled from 2016 from 2015. Banking records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a
CRA and IRS hand-in-hand John Richardson, with the Alliance for The Defence of Canadian Sovereignty, discusses the impact of the controversial 2014 FATCA IGA tax deal on U.S. citizens living in Canada. John is interviewed by CBC’s Dianne Buckner. Video (CBC The Exchange site) Video (IBS YouTube site)
UPDATE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20,2016 A listener responds to CBC’s call for people to tell their stories; Veronique Shinder: http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/All%2Bin%2Ba%2BDay/ID/2682331846/” Original broadcast:John Richardson on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 http://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/80/883/ottallinaday_20160119_20484_uploaded.mp3 http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2682218188 Please tune into to hear Alan Neal, host of “All in a Day” interview (CBC radio) with John Richardson this
Are you a Canada-U.S. dual citizen? @cbcallinaday is following a new law that affects you: http://t.co/Gt1lfV3LuC — Susan Burgess (@susanmburgess) August 15, 2014 ***** Friday August 15, 2014 The facts on FATCA As of Canada Day, Canadian banks are required to start getting into compliance with a U.S. law called FATCA, the Foreign Account Tax
There is an otherwise (see below) excellent article on CBC News webpage today, discussing how the Harper government seems bent on a confrontation with Canada’s legal system by deliberately bringing forward legislation that Justice lawyers advise have only even a 1% chance or slightly higher of surviving a constitutional or Charter challenge. Harper government strategy
The excellent interview by All In A Day’s host Alan Neal with Allison Christians and Kathleen:
