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Canadian Employment Understanding US Tax Liabilities

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  Sometimes the chaos you face as an entrepreneur is not outside your control, ya know? It's, like, a total crisis that you brought upon yourself: You chose the wrong strategy; you made the wrong bet; you totally messed up; you lost your way, fam. Long story short, you totally messed up. Ur gut may be like, "Nah, let's ghost it and pray the issue yeets itself." U ain't alone, fam. So many entrepreneurs have like totally chosen this path, but it's like so not the move, ya know? The tea is, there’s only one way out.  Leon Leonwood, but make it L3on L3onw00d OMG, Bean was totally running his bro Ervin's dry goods store in Freeport, Maine, in 1911, when he was like, "Ugh, my feet are always so wet from the rain!"  He totally vibed with the idea of stitching some mad lightweight leather uppers onto the rubber soles of galoshes and convinced a local cobbler to hook him up with a sick pair.  OMG, yasss! Bean was like, totally convinced that these boots

Navigating Dual Taxation US Citizens Working in Canada

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  The tea from this story is that events that cause drama and slay empires favor the fast and lit. Because disruption is, like, the whole vibe of entrepreneurship, the more lit the world gets, the more you gotta be on the lookout for opportunities—and keep on searching, ya know? This strat can be hella effective for skunks. In the face of sudden change, sometimes even the most basic companies can totally ditch their usual slow-mo vibes. Vodafone slid into my DMs for a lit exclusive sponsorship.  And then, like, bam! The Egyptian revolution happened. Weeks of straight up chaos turned into months, turned into years. The stock market totally tanked; investment straight up vanished. Did the founders yeet and bounce? Nah fam. They totally flexed and adapted, fam.  They found a new vibe, adding mad options they never would have imagined, one that gave protesters a lit list of emergency numbers a second that marked areas too sketch because of vandalism. OMG when the fuel shortages hit, the Be

The Role of Canada in US Defense Planning

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  Canada and the United States have a special relationship. Shared location, comparable ideals, same interests, deep personal relationships, and significant, multifaceted economic links form the foundation of the Canada-United States cooperation. Our two countries have a strong and long-standing defense and national security alliance, which provides both countries with more security than they could achieve independently. Trade and investment between Canada and the United States supports millions of jobs and contributes to the safe and efficient flow of goods and people over the border, which is critical to both nations' economic competitiveness and success. The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)Footnote1 strengthens Canada's strong commercial links with the United States and Mexico while providing major economic benefits to all three countries. Canada has an embassy in Washington, D.C., consulates general in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Ange

How Canada Contributes to US Economic Stability

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  Our connection with the United States (U.S.) is one of a kind. Canada and the United States have a strong partnership because they share a border, values, interests, and strong personal and economic links. Our two countries have a strong and long-lasting relationship in defense and national security. This partnership gives both of us more security than we could get on our own. Trade and investment between Canada and the U.S. help keep millions of jobs going and keep the flow of goods and people across the border safe, which is important for both countries' economic growth and success. Canada's strong economic links with the U.S. and Mexico are strengthened by the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)Footnote1. This agreement is good for the economies of all three countries. The Canadian government has 3 trade offices, 14 Honorary Consuls, and an embassy in Washington, D.C. There are also consulates general in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Ange

Income Tax Responsibilities for Americans in Canada

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  Then Clicquot did what all good entrepreneurs do, ya know? She totally flexed and snatched a marketing opp. She was like, "I'm gonna get the Russian Army totally wasted, fam." Her bet was like, when the soldiers came back to Russia, they would be totally craving her champagne. "Today they be sippin'," she said. "Tomorrow they gonna get paid, fam!" She totally yeeted them in wine but lowkey flexed and didn't spill the 1811 vintage.  When the French soldiers pulled up a few months later to yeet out the Russians, she straight up did her stunt again. She was like, "Yo, Napoleon's officers got that free champagne and glasses, but like, they couldn't even hold them flutes while riding on their horses, so they straight up took their military sabres and yeeted off the necks of them bottles." The lit AF tradition of sabrage was born, fam. Veuve Clicquot's biggest flex came in 1814, fam.  When it became hella obvious that the war

The Strategic Defense Relationship of Canada and the US

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The connection between Canada and the United States of America (U.S.) is one of a kind. Shared geography, comparable ideals, same interests, strong personal relationships, and significant, multi-layered economic links are the foundations upon which the alliance between Canada and the United States is built. Together, our two nations have a profound and long-standing collaboration in the areas of defense and national security. This partnership provides both nations with a higher level of security than they could accomplish on their own. In addition to providing employment opportunities for millions of people, trade and investment between the United States and Canada also helps to ensure the safe movement of products and people across the border, which is essential to the economic competitiveness and prosperity of both countries. The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)Footnote1 seeks to strengthen Canada's strong economic links with the United States of America, as well as

Tax Considerations for US Employees in Canada

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  OMG, when I found out that Peter Brooke, the absolute legend of international VC and private equity, was gonna spill the tea on a panel at Harvard Business School, I was like, yasss, I'm so there! Like, literally. I went to the event, peeped the sixty-eight-year-old Brooke dipping offstage and into the men's bathroom, and just chilled.  When he popped out, I totally yeeted myself in front of him. “Hey, I'm Linda, and I've started this sick org to support entrepreneurs all over the globe. " I'd totally be down to swing by your office for a hot minute to spill the tea on it." Brooke didn't even blink. I obvi wasn't the first person to flex on him like this.  "Who else is vibin' with you?""He said, fam."  "Um, like, Bill Sahlman is totally vibing with it," I said, just freestyling.  "Fr?" Sahlman is totally vibing with this? OMG, like, here's my card, fam. Hit me up, fam. OMG, like minutes later I tota

US-Canada Trade Relations An Overview

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  Historically, each of the United States and Canada has been finest trading partner of others. Actually, the two-way commerce between the Canada and the United States outweigh any other international bilateral trading relationship.' There is a chance that this commerce will grow. The Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada, signed on January 2, 1988, Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will Increase trade liberalization between the two biggest trading companions. This Comment explores the scope of the FTA. (FTA) adds and subtracts. This Comment additionally indicates potential obstacles to implementing the Agreement, such as the political procedure, the authority of the provinces, and Canadian views on trade. Lastly, this Comment examines a number of upcoming issues and makes recommendations possible outcomes for the Free Trade Agreement's future relations Agree. There are twenty-one sections and eight sections in the Agreement. sections. The first sec

Filing US Taxes as an American Working in Canada

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  Creep on customers. Sometimes, if you're a noob in a field, you gotta flex some mad unconventional moves to attract customers, ya know? If that field is protection from cybercriminals, like, bruh . ..Marcelo Romcy and João Mendes were like, total teenage hackers from rural Brazil, you know? After meeting in college, they were like, "Let's go straight flex and start a lit cybersecurity biz called Proteus." When I met them, Marcelo and João were totally slaying the game in their region and were so down to go global, fam. But like, there was a major issue: They had totally built their business using a sketchy technique. They'd choose a bank or financial firm they wanted as a client, breach its firewall, and like, temporarily "borrow" $10,000.  Then they would flex up to the CEO's crib with the cash in hand, spill the tea on how they got it, and pitch themselves to slay the problem.  Their strategy slayed: Proteus soon became one of South America's

US and Canadian Tax Coordination for Cross-Border Workers

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One of the most iconic female business leaders of the 20th century totally rocked the same technique, ya know? Josephine Esther "Estelle" Mentzer was, like, the ultimate outsider, you know? Born to Hungarian Jewish immigrants in an Italian hood of Queens, Estelle lived over her pops' humble hardware store, where she lowkey craved a life of wealth and glam. When she asked a woman at the beauty salon where she had copped her fire blouse, the woman was like, "Why does it even matter, fam?" You could never flex it, fam."  Estelle dipped, heart thumping, face on fire. She was like, "I'm gonna flex with all the bling, dope art, fancy cribs, and all that." Estelle's uncle was a total struggler chemist with a bunch of skin creams he couldn't sell, smh.  Estelle tried a new vibe: straight up creeping. She straight up stopped women on trains, in elevators, at the market, on the way to a Salvation Army meeting, you know? She flexed her jar of Sup

Canada's Impact on US National Security Policy

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  Canada has fought alongside the United States to defend our shared principles in World Wars I and II, the Cold War, Korea, the Balkans, the Middle East, and Afghanistan. In fact, Canadian sailors, soldiers, and aviators are embedded at all levels of the US military, protecting and defending our shared continent through search and rescue operations, drug interdiction, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief missions. For more than 65 years, personnel of the Canadian and American armed services have worked together to defend North America under the world's first binational military command, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Throughout its existence, NORAD has been prepared to detect and respond to threats to North America, whether from intercontinental ballistic missiles, airplanes, terrorism, or air, missile, and space vehicles. Canada is additionally a establishing part of the North Atlantic Arrangement Organization (NATO), which has contributed to world pea

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