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What time period determines the long-term capital gains tax for foreign individuals in Canada?

Let's say I am either a resident of the US or Mexico. If I have a stock I have held for more than 12 months while abroad, and then sell it within the first week of my arrival in Canada, would it be ...
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Ontario Capital Gains,are profits also part of taxable income?

Say I Sell my investment property house for 500k and bought it for 250k. Leaving me 250k profit. I'd be taxed on 50% of that correct: 250/2 = 125k taxable. and 125k Profit. Now my 125k is taxed ...
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Canadian Citizen and Non Resident for tax purposes

I am a Canadian citizen was a non resident for tax purposes. If I sold stock shares in January 2016 and became officially a Canadian resident again in April 2016 (3 months after selling the stock), ...
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US citizen paying capital gain taxes in Canada on sale of property in US

My son, who is a US citizen living and working Canada. Just sold a piece of property which he inherited in the US. The capital gains was $160,000 and US Federal and State capital gains taxes came to ...
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Should I sell/transfer an investment and pay capital gains tax, if it means investing it most wisely?

I married someone with about 100k in an investment portfolio that I do not think aligns with our financial objectives. I want to transfer this to a new joint portfolio (new institution too), but doing ...
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Capital gains tax from selling Canadian property for Canadian non-resident

Case: Capital Gain Tax Implications for House in Toronto, ON Purchase value of House in 2000: $230,000 Potential Sale value in 2015: $650,000 Joint-owners: David & Rebecca, married and both are ...
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Can I use losses from sale of stock to offset capital gains from sale of property

If I make a capital gain from the sale of a house but make capital losses from the sale of stocks in my brokerage account (not tax sheltered), then can I use the losses against the gains to reduce my ...
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Offsetting capital losses against gains for stocks

Let us say I hold 4 stocks in a non tax sheltered account Stock A has capital gain of 10$. Stock B has capital loss of 20$. Stock C has gain of 10$ but it is intra day, hence counted as income, not ...
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