no i did not email them but me k hubbi email kare gae unhe cz status change howe 2weeks hogae abhi tak kch nhi aya me k pass tu hum unko kch din mai email kar k status maloom kare gae k kia horha may b koi new bat bata dai wo email mai l koi letter bheja hai k nhi cz bht se logo k letter bhi tu missing horhe na tbhiRed Jeans said:
Red Jeans said:
I'm in the same boot I got married in Feb, 2011. yesterday I file my taxes and my accountant ask me about my status I told him I’m married now and he mention in my 2011 Tax paper he said doesn’t matter where your wife leaves. We have to info revenue Canada. And he ask me her date of birth , full name.lonelyinca said:
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Thanks bro!Danny4450 said:A lot of you are talking about filing taxes and if you should let Revenue Canada know about your marriage or not.
My opinion on this issue:
Do it as soon as possible. Add your foreign spouse on your tax return. They will ask you to state your spouses total income for 2011 in Canadian dollars and submit a copy of your marriage certificate. So you should send a copy of translation of your Nikkah nama and a copy of your original Nikkah nama. Its better if you have transferred some money to your spouse in Pakistan. This way you can prove that your spouse is dependent on you.
Huge Benefit:
If you include your spouse in your tax return, you will get a lot more return if your spouse isn't working abroad or working but has very little income in CAD. Talk to your accountant and work out the scenarios. Last year I included my spouse in my tax return and I got back a big chunk of the Fed & Provincial tax portion back.
Thank me later
By adding a dependent to you tax return i.e. your spouse, your indepedent income will then change to "family Income" and thus you will get a break on your taxes. You don't need to show anything from your spouse if your spouse doesn't work in Pakistan. If you transferred some money to your spouse, its even better to prove that you support your spouse and he/she is dependent on you. Whatever his/her income is for the year 2011 in CAD you will then add it to your family income. In almost all the cases, the refund gets bigger. My wife doesn't work in Pakistan, If i was to file the tax by myself and didn't add her I wasn't getting anything back but by adding her as my dependent spouse, i got back a huge portion of FED and Prov tax that I paid during the yearlonelyinca said:
I am in the exact same situation as you. They replied to my email on March 12th that they sent my wife a letter on Feb 18th but we didn't receive the letter yet. Its almost a month now since they sent the letter. They didn't say if they sent the letter by regular mail or TCS. You should wait for a week and see if you get anything in the mail. If you don't get anything, then email them and ask them to send it again by TCS and you will pay the charges.Chaand said:
I got married in 2010 and when i filled my taxes for 2011, I had to state that I am married and write a letter to them explaining the date of marriage, where you go married and where your wife is. i.e a non resident. It's not wise to hide the fact your legal marital status has changed.lonelyinca said:
