AEA014: Immigration and Tax Solutions for Canadians On Business Travel to the United States

<p><em>Today's podcast is a live webinar presented by Evelyn Ackah, Immigration Lawyer, and Laura McLeman, CPA, CA, CPA (Illinois), of Citizen Abroad Tax Advisors.</em></p> <h3>Cross Border Business: Practical Immigration and Tax Solutions</h3> <p>The main aspects of NAFTA that apply to individuals, professionals and companies</p> <p><strong>Using NAFTA</strong></p> <ul> <li>The preferred tool to facilitate cross-border movements between Canada and the United States is the North American Free Trade Agreement - NAFTA</li> <li>Used for temporary entry - not permanent</li> <li>NAFTA was established in 1994 to support economic and trade relationships between the United States, Canada and Mexico</li> <li>As part of NAFTA, three main nonimmigrant categories were created:<br /> 1) Business Visitors (B-1 Visa)<br /> 2) Professionals (TN Visa)<br /> 3) Intra-company transferees (L-1 Visa)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Benefits of HR and Leadership Training on Cross-Border Business Issues</strong></p> <ul> <li>Create awareness of the rules for business leaders and HR</li> <li>Allows business to address the issue and make informed business decisions regarding risk vs actual cost</li> <li>Increases the compliance of employees who are taxable</li> <li>Informing employees of their responsibility</li> <li>Puts the risks on employee and reduces the employer’s risk if employees ignore and attempt to push the consequences to management</li> <li>Protects the Employer from significant tax, interest and/or penalties</li> <li>Address the issue instead of ignoring the issue</li> </ul> <div>Follow @AckahLaw on social media, or subscribe to our newsletter <a href= "https://www.ackahlaw.com/resources/sign-up-for-our-newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ackahlaw.com/resources/sign-up-for-our-newsletter&source=gmail&ust=1591819155542000&usg=AFQjCNFE0kMaITX-dS0AgzUtAf0bG2qtSw">https://www.<wbr />ackahlaw.com/resources/sign-<wbr />up-for-our-newsletter</a> for the latest Canada and