Doing freelance as OWP and Tax filing

Anonymous · ‎April 14, 2024

Hi,

I want to join a freelancer platform (Toptal, based in US) and have some questions about tax filing with them. Wonder if anyone has any experience. Thanks.

I think the general pay arrangement is: companies -> Toptal -> me. And I need to set up tax filing with Toptal.

Questions:

I am on OWP currently and applying for PR (expected time 1-1.5 years). Can I do freelance with this type of platform? I know I can contract but not sure if freelancing and contracting are the same.
Can I do freelance on top of a full time later with OWP?
The filing options Toptal has are US citizen/US resident for tax purposes, and non-us citizen/non-us resident for US tax purpose. Both seems only for US tax purposes. I live in Canada so I am not sure if there will be a problem following this kind of setup. Eg. I have to file with US as well and deal with US-canada tax treaty or cross-boarder tax lawyer.

Thank you.