[coconut666]

貌似不可以吧。探親的老人不是visitor嗎?怎麼可以報稅和退稅呢?有了解內情的喊一嗓子唄!

[素裡華人]

是啊

[九層塔]

素裡華人 寫道:

是啊

您這是啊是啥意思,表示這屬實還是......?

[xtfatbird]

如果老人一年內在這裡住滿183天,而且有收入的話,原則上需要報稅。
移民局規定Visitor不能打工,但是並沒有限制你是否可以有本地收入,灰色地帶,自己掌握!

[iTAX]

One fundamental question about personal taxes is what is taxable?
In canada, an individual's residency status determines the answer to that question. Basically, resident of Canada is taxable on WORLD WIDE income, while non-resident is only taxable on Canadian source of income.

When an individual does not have significant residential ties (i.e., home, spouse or dependants, personal property, etc.) with canada, but stays in Canada for 183 days or more in the taxation year, the individual will be treated as "deemed resident".

However, if the person is considered a resident of another country under a tax treaty between the country and Canada, the person would be considered "deemed non-resident". China is one of the countries that Canada has a tax treaty with.

One of the incentives for low income or nil income individual to file a tax return, though there would be no tax payable, is tax benefits, including GST/HST credit. Please note that to be eligible for GST/HST credit, the individual must be "resident in Canada" for income tax purposes.

[coconut666]

來這裡探親的老人能有什麼收入呢?不合法吧?

我大概瀏覽了一下CRA的網站,上面的eligibility question中有一個是你的父母是否only visiting you. 那麼我理解來探親的老人申請簽證時最要緊的一點不就是證明自己只是visiting嗎?如果是這樣,那麼所有的探親簽證的老人應該就不合格。

可是,除了visiting之外,還能證明老人在這裡幹什麼呢?工作是肯定不行的。帶孩子行嗎?因為來這兒的老人基本上都是免費的babysitter角色吧。

總之,我覺得cra對這點上的概念很模糊,說不定連他們自己都說不清楚。

[myjames]

iTAX 寫道:

One fundamental question about personal taxes is what is taxable? In canada, an individual's residency status determines the answer to that question. Basically, resident of Canada is taxable on WORLD WIDE income, while non-resident is only taxable on Canadian source of income. When an individual does not have significant residential ties (i.e., home, spouse or dependants, personal property, etc.) with canada, but stays in Canada for 183 days or more in the taxation year, the individual will be treated as "deemed resident". However, if the person is considered a resident of another country under a tax treaty between the country and Canada, the person would be considered "deemed non-resident". China is one of the countries that Canada has a tax treaty with. One of the incentives for low income or nil income individual to file a tax return, though there would be no tax payable, is tax benefits, including GST/HST credit. Please note that to be eligible for GST/HST credit, the individual must be "resident in Canada" for income tax purposes. So, now the question becomes, if deemed non-resident is eligible for GST/HST credit. Why do not you file a tax return and give it a try : )

有點不明白

那麼說來自中國的visitor應該是 deemed non-resident,而r GST/HST credit must be "resident in Canada" for income tax purposes.

[iTAX]

coconut666 寫道:

來這裡探親的老人能有什麼收入呢?不合法吧? 我大概瀏覽了一下CRA的網站,上面的eligibility question中有一個是你的父母是否only visiting you. 那麼我理解來探親的老人申請簽證時最要緊的一點不就是證明自己只是visiting嗎?如果是這樣,那麼所有的探親簽證的老人應該就不合格。 可是,除了visiting之外,還能證明老人在這裡幹什麼呢?工作是肯定不行的。帶孩子行嗎?因為來這兒的老人基本上都是免費的babysitter角色吧。 總之,我覺得cra對這點上的概念很模糊,說不定連他們自己都說不清楚。

Actually you could pay your parents for babysitting. The income they earned is taxable, and the childcare expense you incurred is deductible.

[iTAX]

myjames 寫道:

iTAX 寫道: One fundamental question about personal taxes is what is taxable? In canada, an individual's residency status determines the answer to that question. Basically, resident of Canada is taxable on WORLD WIDE income, while non-resident is only taxable on Canadian source of income. When an individual does not have significant residential ties (i.e., home, spouse or dependants, personal property, etc.) with canada, but stays in Canada for 183 days or more in the taxation year, the individual will be treated as "deemed resident". However, if the person is considered a resident of another country under a tax treaty between the country and Canada, the person would be considered "deemed non-resident". China is one of the countries that Canada has a tax treaty with. One of the incentives for low income or nil income individual to file a tax return, though there would be no tax payable, is tax benefits, including GST/HST credit. Please note that to be eligible for GST/HST credit, the individual must be "resident in Canada" for income tax purposes. So, now the question becomes, if deemed non-resident is eligible for GST/HST credit. Why do not you file a tax return and give it a try : ) 有點不明白 那麼說來自中國的visitor應該是 deemed non-resident,而r GST/HST credit must be "resident in Canada" for income tax purposes.

I think you are right in the sense that deemed non-resident would be under the category of non-resident, therefore not eligible for GST/HST credit.

However, for the individuals only have Canadian source of income, the tax treaty would become a disadvantage since they are taxed on their income anyways. They live in Canada for a period of time and pay GST/HST on their purchases. It would be arguable whether they should be entitled to the GST/HST credit...

[九層塔]

只不過如果父母看了孩子，拿了薪水，就和簽證的理由不符合，下次簽證會否影響就不得而知了