NikolaiB

(1) Hi, what CRA number is everyone calling? I call 1-800-959-8281, but there is no option to specifically speak about general tax advice. What I have been doing instead, is asking about a particular form, then they say they cannot help me, but put me through to someone who can. (2) @ Polarpeak - yeah, that is my understanding of this too. That the 1042-S income, which is a scholarship meant to support graduate studies, and is not taxable. The W2 income is taxable. Per watergirl, we can claim a tax credit on both W2 and 1042-S income. (3) One thing that I have not heard discussed yet is the 48 percent surtax that I am being charged. This seems odd, as I pay NY state resident taxes! So, my total tax bill comes out to be very high. (4) @ watergirl - thank you for the W2 and 1042-S advice! (5) The TL11a advice seems odd. We can claim tax credits on tuition that the university charged us and then paid for? Also, I hope I am not the only person who made a dumb mistake and did not file Canadian taxes. Now I am trying to sort it all out. It seems like its much better to do this right away and admit to the mistake. At the very least, it seems like the amount of tax that I would have owned is small. And, at least for one person here, CRA determined they were a non-resident b/c they had few ties to Canada.