Living Outside Canada Q1 2022

[dachinno]

Hello,

I have a PR and have been living and working in Canada from 2019. For personal reasons I will have to go back to my home country for a few months beginning January 1st, 2022 and work from there for the same company, where they have a local branch. I will be paying taxes to my home country since I will be an employee of my company’s local branch. Do I need to pay income tax to Canada and my province as well?

[linhph178]

It depends. You'll need to determine if you have significant residential ties with Canada, because if you do, you are considered to be a factual resident of Canada for tax purpose and your income is taxed as if you never left Canada.

Significant ties with Canada includes:

• a home in Canada
• a spouse or common-law partner in Canada
• dependants in Canada

For more information, please check out this page from the website Government of Canada: Factual Residents - Temporarily outside of Canada

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