U.S. CITIZENS LIVING IN CANADA
U.S. citizens living in Canada have unique investment, tax and financial planning requirements that must be carefully addressed. At Cardinal Point, our team of cross-border professional advisors are prepared to deliver comprehensive services and solutions.
Our Comprehensive Cross-Border Solutions
- Coordinated investment management services for U.S. and Canadian accounts
- Advice on specific assets that should transfer to Canada or remain in the United States
- Canada-U.S. financial and retirement planning
- U.S. retirement account distribution strategies while residing in Canada
- Holistic advice on cross-border financial and estate planning
- Personal and corporate cross-border tax planning strategies
- “Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty” advice to avoid double taxation
- Guidance on retirement benefits, such as CPP, OAS, Social Security and Medicare
- Assistance with currency conversion strategies
- Canadian and U.S. stock option and company bonus plan advice
- Residential and commercial real estate advice
- Health, life, disability, long-term care, business and property insurance review
- Guidance on the unique economic and regulatory environment in Canada
- Canada and U.S. tax preparation including annual foreign account disclosure filings
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OUR RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Terry Ritchie featured in article, “Could cross-border partnerships be the key to serving ex-pat clients?”
In today’s increasingly mobile society, it’s not that unusual for people to give up residency in their nation of birth in order to work or retire in another country. In fact, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, there were an estimated 271,642,105 ex-pats around the world in 2019. But what does this globetrotting mean for the financial professionals who advise them?
The Politics of Investing
We all know politics is an uncomfortable topic for many people. In fact, a recent research paper from the University of Nebraska found that politics was making Americans physically sick. According to the study, nearly 40% of Americans reported that they were stressed out by politics, while 20% said they were losing sleep over politics. In recent conversations with clients, politics is certainly on many people’s mind and is hard to avoid.
Cardinal Point Wealth Management Featured in ETF.com
Terry Ritchie, Director of Cross-Border Wealth Services, and Matt Carvalho, CIO, recently sat down with Lara Crigger at ETF.com and discussed some of the tricky aspects of moving abroad. When your expenses are in a different currency from your income, currency hedges and dollar-cost-averaging are normal ways to deal with uncertainties in global markets. But […]