Firstly, you must start by determining your status when filing your tax return. As you mentioned you spend the better part of the year in other countries to earn income,( remember to always claim your income earned in CDN$), therefore, review the documents attached to help you determine how to file your taxes and claim your foreign income :
Residency status when preparing a return in TurboTax
How do I report foreign income, pension, and other foreign amounts?
Also because you are self-employed (PR) you may need to know how to fill out a T2125 while you were in Canada earning income that does not give you a Tslip to claim:
Please note below is a guideline "how to", not every question will reflect your personal situation, so if not then simply move on to the next steps.
Online access to
T2125 Form – HOW to get to and fill out step by step
While you are filing out all your profile questions, and you
are not sure if your answer is YES or NO. Simply click on YES and it will open
up more information on what you may have to declare. If not, then simply answer
NO and move on to the next question.
Section - Income & work related expenses
Did you work? YES
Did you have expenses related to your
employment? YES/NO
I had employment expenses – CHECK if needed
Did you have self-employment income or expenses? Note:
Professional income, commission income, farming income,
fishing income, and other are all kinds of self-employment income.
YES
I have business expenses to claim that are related to
earning self employment income. – CHECK (if needed)
Don’t forget to “Enter the province or territory where your
business was located. Only enter a province or territory if you had a permanent
business set up there.” (If needed)
Did you have other income that you have not yet told us
about? Examples include scholastic, foreign, disability, alimony, child
support, death benefits, and working income tax benefit payments. YES
I received other income not included anywhere else –
CHECK (If needed)
Income Tab – “Self employment” drop down -
Your Self-employment Profile for 2017
This opens the T2125 form that must be filled out correctly
to ensure smooth transmission to NETFILE. (Note that if you are a non-resident you will have to print and mail in your return to the CRA) Please make sure that the top part of
the form “Identification” section is filled out correctly.
Business Name, province, postal code, Industry Code ect...read each
section carefully to ensure you are not missing anything needed.
This forms holds all the
information needed to declare any independent worker’s income earned, time and expenses while
performing a duty. Click “Continue” through every section of the form.
I hope this helps.
