YOUR CROSS-BORDER
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
We are dedicated to helping affluent families oversee their ongoing U.S., Canada and cross-border financial planning complexities.
YOUR CROSS-BORDER
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
We are dedicated to helping affluent families oversee their ongoing U.S., Canada and cross-border financial planning complexities.
Cardinal Point is an independent Canadian-U.S. wealth management company created to service the sophisticated needs of high net-worth families. Our financial advisors operate under the fiduciary standard and understand that your wealth, family, interests and values are all interconnected.
We are dedicated to providing investment management, financial, estate and tax planning solutions to residents of the U.S. and Canada, Americans moving to Canada, Canadians moving to the U.S. and Canadian and U.S. expats living abroad.
Cross-Border Wealth Services
Moving from Canada to the U.S.
Canadians living in the U.S.
Moving from the U.S. to Canada
U.S. citizens living in Canada
Canadian and U.S. Expats Living Abroad
For those Canadians and Americans moving or living abroad, careful cross-border financial planning considerations must be given to ensure tax and regulatory compliance in both your home and adopted countries.
FEATURED WHITE PAPERS
Manage Your Canada-U.S. Cross-Border Lifestyle
U.S. TAX RESIDENTS: HOW TO NAVIGATE PFIC INVESTMENT RULES
FEATURED MEDIA
Podcast: Canada/US Cross-Border Planning Revisited with Terry Ritchie
Cardinal Point’s VP and partner Terry Ritchie joined host Jason Periera on his podcast to discuss recent developments around financial planning issues for Americans living in Canada and Canadians investing in the US.
Ebook: Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption & Qualified Small Business Corporation
The Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption (LCGE) is available to all Canadian residents and Americans living in Canada as a tax deduction on the sale of a Qualified Small Business Corporation (QSBC).
Ebook: Cross Border Implications of Holding 529 Plan
Many Canadians move for career opportunities to the U.S., work and raise families, and then plan to relocate back to Canada. A qualified tuition and educational savings plan for children (a 529 plan) is exempt from taxation in the U.S., in most cases …
OUR RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Ebook: Canadian Deductibility of 401(K) Contributions and U.S. Deductibility of RRSP Contributions
New Ebook - Canadian Deductibility of 401(K) Contributions and U.S. Deductibility of RRSP Contributions A Canadian working in the U.S. may be offered a 401(k) plan with matching contributions by their employer. The plan will lower U.S. taxable income, but what effect will it have on Canadian taxable income? Are the matching contributions taxable in [...]
Residents of Canada: What are the Canadian and U.S. Tax Ramifications when being forced to liquidate a U.S. brokerage account Ebook
New Ebook - Residents of Canada: What are the Canadian and U.S. Tax Ramifications when being forced to liquidate a U.S. brokerage account New enforcement of existing U.S. nonresident client regulations regarding U.S. taxable brokerage accounts means that many of these accounts are being forced to close, loosely based on the location of the primary [...]
Clarifying the U.S. Minimum Distribution Rules
Regulations around Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) are quite complex and simultaneously extremely important. Failing to take an RMD will result in a 50% excise tax. There is a precise calculation to determine an RMD amount for a given year, and you can delay your first RMD. There are specific situations that permit extending the period in which you must take a distribution and rules that apply in the event of death. There are regulations around RMDs applicable to inherited accounts, and these have completely changed since passage of the SECURE Act in 2019. Opportunities exist to delay RMDs for a Designated Beneficiary not yet chosen. There are a multitude of tax implications around all of these issues, and Cardinal Point is eminently qualified to offer you tailored guidance in your planning strategies.