I read this article, The Wrong Way to Think About Withholding Taxes | Canadian Couch Potato, on the CCP blog, and while it was quite helpful, I still don't know how withholding taxes themselves work. The article has made it clear that more important factors exist in making decisions like what...

Hi everyone, I have some US stocks (VTI and VXUS) in my non-registered account with RBC. I know that their dividends are subject to the 15% withholding tax. However, I file a US tax return and have a SSN. So, is there any way for me to avoid the tax? Perhaps by including those securities on...

Hello all, I was hoping to get some feedback. Here is my situation: I have $15,000 room in my TFSA and I have $15,000 USD cash lying around not doing me any good. Since the USD is nearly at par with the CAD, I don't want to exchange the USD to CAD to invest it. I would like to buy some...

I want to hold US stocks or bonds in my RRSP, preferably through an ETF. I could simply buy a US ETF on a US exchange in my self directed RRSP. There will be no US withholding taxes on the dividends or interest. The only downside is I have to pay retail spreads to exchange CAD for USD when I...

G'day all. I've been doing some research but can't seem to find anything definitive. Does anyone know how I can go about moving some US positions from my TFSA to my RRSP? When I first purchased them I was just getting into handling my own investments, and didn't realize that the RRSP is the...

I was wondering if its possible to get my employer to stop withholding tax so I can pay in a lump sum every quarter or on a yearly basis. I found this post by someone with the same motivations: http://canadianmoneyforum.com/showthread.php?t=7363 But there didn't seem to be a clear consensus...

Recently I noticed that non US resident withholding tax for some of the US based Partnerships that I am holding in non registered account was 35% which is significantly more than usual 15% for any US based corporation or US based trust. Has this always been a case or it is a new withholding...

Has any body claimed withholding taxe on US equities dividend received? I got account in Scotia i trade and dividend received from Mcdonald they deducted withholding Tax.