Competitively priced Tax for expats in Portugal: Canadians, Americans and NRIs

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Portugal in 60 words

Portugal has run special regimes for new residents whose terms have changed more than once, so the regime a client entered under. Expats are taxed in Portugal on facts rather than intentions: where you live, where your family is, and which treaty, if any, is in force for your year.

Who we act for here

Canadians, Americans and NRIs retiring to Portugal, remote workers on residence permits, and property investors.

Regional filing pattern

European payroll does most of the collecting, which means the annual return is often a reconciliation. The catch for a credit claim is separating the income tax on the payslip from the contributions beside it.

The question that decides it

Portugal has run special regimes for new residents whose terms have changed more than once, so the regime a client entered under — and whether it still applies to them — is established from their own registration rather than from current published summaries.

Do you still file at home?

The question is really "did the home country let go", and only one of the three ever does automatically. Canada does, once the ties end. India does, subject to the day counts. The United States does not, while the citizenship or the green card is held.

Portugal has run special regimes for new residents whose terms have changed more than once, so the regime a client entered under — and whether it still applies to them — is established from their own registration rather than from current published summaries.

The team reviewing a file together at a desk

What Portugal tax for expats costs here

What moves the fee on a Portugal expat file is how much has to be established rather than read off a summary: which new-resident regime you registered under, whether it still applies to your year, and how many years remain to be brought current at home. That scoping happens before the price is agreed in writing.

Individual tax filing

From $349

fixed, quoted before work starts

Returns for people whose tax position did not stay in one country, including the years residence itself is in question.
See the fee schedule

Foreign asset & information reporting

From $349

fixed, quoted before work starts

The information returns that carry the heaviest penalties — foreign accounts, foreign property, foreign affiliates — prepared from one asset list.
See the fee schedule

Non-resident & departure filings

From $349

fixed, quoted before work starts

For anyone taxed by a country they do not live in — rent, pensions and investment income reaching across a border after the move.
See the fee schedule

Catch-up & voluntary disclosure

From $349

fixed, quoted before work starts

For a filing history that stopped — the penalty position assessed first, then the years filed in the order that protects it.
See the fee schedule

Corporate cross-border filing

From $999

fixed, quoted before work starts

Returns for companies with foreign subsidiaries, foreign income or foreign shareholders, and the schedules each of those triggers.
See the fee schedule

Payroll & mobility setup

From $999

fixed, quoted before work starts

Payroll set up for a workforce split across countries, including the relief that stops the same salary being withheld on twice.
See the fee schedule

Transfer pricing documentation

From $2,500

fixed, quoted before work starts

Documentation for transactions between related companies: the method, the comparables and the file an authority asks to see.
See the fee schedule

Estate & trust filing

From $799

fixed, quoted before work starts

Estates and trusts with assets or beneficiaries in more than one country, with both sides prepared together.
See the fee schedule

All published fees on one page — the whole fee schedule in one place, with no from-to bands to decode.

Residency and the tie-breaker

Dual residence is common and it is resolved by sequence, not by argument. If a treaty applies, it asks first where the permanent home is; then where the centre of vital interests lies; then where the habitual abode is; then nationality. Most cases are settled by the first or second test, so that is where the documents should be concentrated.

Before any article is relied on, we check what is actually in force between Portugal and your home country for the year in question — protocols included, and the multilateral instrument's modifications with them. The published text and the operative text are not always the same document.

Income by type: who taxes what

Income typeGeneral treatment
Fees for professional servicesTaxed where the services are performed, subject to any independent-services or business-profits article and to local withholding on gross fees.
Pensions and retirement incomeDecided by the specific pension article, which is the least uniform provision in the treaty network.
Crypto disposals while resident thereUsually taxed where you are resident at the moment of disposal, which makes the date you became resident the whole question.
Income from a locally registered company you controlMay be attributed to you before distribution under your home country's controlled-company rules, whatever the local treatment.
Insurance and annuity payoutsOften outside both the pension article and the other-income article, which is precisely why the treatment has to be checked rather than assumed.
Employment equity (options, units)Sourced across the period between grant and vest, so two countries can tax slices of one gain.
Government service incomeUsually reserved to the paying state under a dedicated treaty article, regardless of where the person lives.

The local nuance

Portugal has run special regimes for new residents whose terms have changed more than once, so the regime a client entered under — and whether it still applies to them — is established from their own registration rather than from current published summaries. This is the item we check first on a Portugal file, because getting it wrong invalidates the arithmetic that follows.

If your position runs mostly in one direction, the US ↔ Portugal cross-border tax page carries both filing calendars side by side, the treaty article by article, and the withholding table.

Worked through with figures

Put numbers against it and the shape of the answer is obvious.

Credit relief on one stream of income

Take C$115,000 of income taxed in both countries. Assume the other country charged 21% on it and the home country would charge 31% on the same amount.

ItemAmount
Income taxed in both countriesC$115,000
Tax paid abroad (assumed 21%)C$24,150
Home tax on the same income (assumed 31%)C$35,650
Credit available (lesser of the two)C$24,150
Home tax still payableC$11,500

The credit absorbs C$24,150 and leaves C$11,500 payable at home, because the home rate on this income is the higher of the two. The balance is real cash and it is due on the home timetable, which is why instalments get raised in the first meeting. Change any one of those inputs and the answer moves, which is why we run it on your own figures rather than on an illustration.

Example figures throughout, selected to make the rule visible, with rates and thresholds assumed for the demonstration. Your actual filing uses figures confirmed with the issuing authority for your tax year.

Three mistakes we see most

  1. Assuming the local adviser has covered the home-country consequence, and the home adviser has covered the local one, when neither has looked at the interaction.
  2. Leaving a company or account abroad dormant and unreported on the basis that it does nothing, when the reporting obligation attaches to ownership rather than to activity.
  3. Missing the arrival-value documentation, so the cost base that would have sheltered pre-arrival growth cannot be evidenced years later.
  • Nothing is filed until you have read it.
  • Fixed fees agreed before any work starts, so the number in the quote is the number on the invoice.
  • Documents move through one secure portal, and you can meet us in person at any of our offices.

If you already have an adviser, we will tell you what they should be asking rather than replacing them.

Reviewed for accuracy for the 2025 and 2026 filing seasons by Udit Gupta, Cross-Border Tax Expert, Legal Quotient Consultants. Written as general guidance, not as a recommendation for your situation. Talk it through with us before acting on it.

Where taxes for expats comes into this file

People reach this page searching for taxes for expats. It is covered here as it applies to tax for expats in Portugal: Canadians, Americans and NRIs — who it applies to, what has to be filed, and what it costs, at a fixed fee agreed before the work starts.

Canadians, Americans and NRIs retiring to Portugal, remote workers on residence permits, and property investors.

From first contact to filed return

  1. Tell us the dates and we will tell you the position

    Arrival, departure, the years in between — the residence question turns on those before anything else.

  2. Fixed fee, defined scope, in writing

    Both agreed before work starts, so the engagement cannot grow into a larger bill.

  3. Prepared together, not passed between firms

    You are not the go-between for two sets of advisers working from two sets of assumptions.

  4. Reviewed, approved, filed

    A named practitioner checks it, you approve it, and then it goes.

What you are actually buying with Portugal tax for expats

Factor Legal Quotient Hourly billing model
Pricing A fixed fee, agreed in writing before work starts Hourly, billed as incurred
Experience 15+ years of cross-border work, 18,000+ clients Varies by file
Both sides of the border Prepared together by one team, so relief is claimed exactly once One country at a time, reconciled later
Who reviews it A named practitioner, published on the page Whoever the queue reaches
Where the work happens Our offices in India, the USA, Canada and the UAE Whichever single office you can travel to

Key terms behind this page, defined

Day-count record
A contemporaneous record of presence by country. Almost every cross-border employment position depends on one, and almost nobody can produce one after the year has ended.
Adjusted cost base
The tax cost of property, from which a gain or loss is computed. It resets on arrival in a country and is deemed on emigration.
Thin capitalisation
Rules capping the deductible interest of a company funded disproportionately by related-party debt, tested by capital structure rather than by rate.
FC-GPR
The Indian reporting of shares issued to a foreign investor, due within days of the transaction and compounding if late.

The published fees closest to Portugal tax for expats

The second thing that sets the price in Portugal is how many income sources cross the border: a pension paid from home, rent from a Portuguese flat, or investment income taxed in both places, each needing its own treaty position and credit working. One salary and one country is a smaller piece of work.

Foreign asset & information reporting

$349fixed, before work starts

Covers: Foreign holdings mapped once — accounts, real property, shareholdings — then reported to each authority in the form it requires.

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Individual tax filing

$349fixed, before work starts

Covers: Personal returns for individuals, expats and non-residents — foreign income, foreign property and treaty relief handled in one engagement.

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Non-resident & departure filings

$349fixed, before work starts

Covers: For anyone taxed by a country they do not live in — rent, pensions and investment income reaching across a border after the move.

See this fee page

Why choose Legal Quotient for Portugal tax for expats

Cross-border is the whole practice

International and cross-border tax is all we do — not a sideline next to domestic work. The edge cases on this page are our ordinary Tuesday.

Late and missed years are ordinary work

An unfiled history is not a reason to wait longer. We assess what is still open and what relief the delay attracts before the first return goes in.

Residence is tested, not assumed

Where you are resident for treaty purposes is a question with a method. We work through it and write down the answer, with the facts it rests on.

You deal with the person who did the work

The practitioner who prepared and reviewed your file is the one who answers the question about it.

The firm’s founder at his desk in the Delhi office

Portugal tax for expats — the four phases

Step 1

First conversation

A call to the 24-hour helpline to find out whether this is a filing or a project

Step 2

Written quote

A fixed fee for a written scope — re-quoted if the scope changes, never invoiced silently

Step 3

Preparation and sign-off

Preparation against the evidence, with the positions documented as we go

Step 4

Submission

Your approval, then the filing — in that order

Two of the firm’s advisers at a desk in the Delhi office

How the work runs — quote first, then the work

  • Step 1: Upload the file as it stands – A secure link arrives after the first call. Incomplete is fine; that is what the review is for.
  • Step 2: The number is settled up front – Priced from your own documents and confirmed in writing before any preparation begins.
  • Step 3: Both returns on one desk – One engagement covers every country the file touches, reconciled line against line.
  • Step 4: Your approval, then the filing – The return is yours to check first. We file once you say so.

Quoted up front, in writing.

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Where to go next

Browse sideways: the pages below answer the neighbouring questions.

Services these clients use most

Form 1118 — foreign tax credit (corporate) The full guide to form 1118 corporate foreign tax credit, with the fee fixed before any work starts.
Lower or nil TDS certificate for NRIs (Form 13, s.197) Its own page: lower or nil TDS certificate for NRIs (form 13, s.197) — mechanism, deadlines and published fees.
Indian reassessment notices (s.148) Everything on Indian reassessment notice 148, at the same depth as this page.
GIFT City & IFSC structures Gift city & IFSC structures — the guide, the FAQ and the fixed fee.
IRS streamlined domestic offshore The full guide to IRS streamlined domestic offshore, with the fee fixed before any work starts.
Corresponding adjustment via MAP Its own page: corresponding adjustment via map — mechanism, deadlines and published fees.
UK VAT registration Everything on UK vat registration, at the same depth as this page.
Form 3CEAE — CbCR designation (India) Form 3ceae India — the guide, the FAQ and the fixed fee.
Guarantee fee pricing The full guide to guarantee fee pricing, with the fee fixed before any work starts.

Who we bring this work to

Family holding companies cross-border tax The full guide to family holding companies cross border tax, with the fee fixed before any work starts.
Tax for teachers abroad Its own page: teachers abroad tax — mechanism, deadlines and published fees.
Tax for lawyers & in-house counsel Everything on lawyers & in-house counsel tax, at the same depth as this page.
Nurses working abroad — relief you're probably missing Nurses working abroad relief you're probably missing — the guide, the FAQ and the fixed fee.
Architecture practices cross-border tax The full guide to architecture practices cross border tax, with the fee fixed before any work starts.
Twitch & live streamers — what we charge Its own page: twitch & live streamers what we charge — mechanism, deadlines and published fees.
Tax for non-resident landlords Everything on non-resident landlords tax, at the same depth as this page.
Nurses working abroad — your filing calendar Nurses working abroad your filing calendar — the guide, the FAQ and the fixed fee.
Tax for seafarers & mariners The full guide to seafarers & mariners tax, with the fee fixed before any work starts.

Countries and corridors this work reaches

Retiring in Japan — pensions & withholding The full guide to retiring in Japan, with the fee fixed before any work starts.
Canada–United Kingdom tax corridor Its own page: Canada United Kingdom tax — mechanism, deadlines and published fees.
Moving back from Qatar — re-establishing residency Everything on moving back from Qatar, at the same depth as this page.
Moving back from Portugal — re-establishing residency Moving back from Portugal — the guide, the FAQ and the fixed fee.
Moving to Singapore — the tax year you leave The full guide to moving to Singapore, with the fee fixed before any work starts.
Buying or selling property in Japan Its own page: buying or selling property in Japan — mechanism, deadlines and published fees.
Canada–India tax corridor Everything on Canada India tax, at the same depth as this page.
Working remotely from United States Working remotely from United States — the guide, the FAQ and the fixed fee.
Moving to France — the tax year you leave The full guide to moving to France, with the fee fixed before any work starts.

The people on your file

Five named practitioners, each with the part of a cross-border file they carry. Every page on this site says who reviewed it, and the reviewer is one of these people rather than an unnamed team.

Udit Gupta

Udit Gupta

Cross-Border Tax Expert

CA (ICAI), In-Depth Tax Trained

Reviews and signs off the practice's cross-border positions, and carries final responsibility for the treaty analysis on every file that leaves the office.

Abhinav Gupta

Abhinav Gupta

Canada Tax / International Tax

Canada Tax, International Tax, Cross-Border Tax, Transfer Pricing

Canadian returns with foreign income, non-resident filings, and the transfer-pricing documentation that runs alongside intercompany work.

Raghav Gupta

Raghav Gupta

International Tax

International Tax, Transfer Pricing Specialist

Benchmarking, method selection and the local-file and master-file sets that support a group's pricing policy under examination.

Anmol Mittal

Anmol Mittal

Canada and US tax

CPA Canada, CPA USA, CA (ICAI)

Files that have to be right on both sides of the border at once — dual filings, streamlined catch-ups, and the foreign tax credit reconciliation between them.

Vinayak Indolia

Vinayak Indolia

CFO advisory

CPA, CA. Fractional CFO and Senior Advisory Specialist

Groups that need the tax position and the finance function to agree: structure reviews, intercompany policy, and the reporting a board can act on.

Meet the whole team

Cross-border tax case studies

Case study 1

The Year of Leaving India

The departure year carries a transition status with its own treatment of foreign income, and the position for the following years follows from how it is set. Getting the first year right saves arguing about the rest.

Read how this one runs
Case study 2

One Salary, Two Countries Claiming It

A US citizen resident in Canada, taxed in full on both sides because each return was prepared without the other in view. Deciding which country has the first right to the income, then claiming relief on the second return in the right order, is what stops the same dollar being taxed twice.

Read how this one runs
Case study 3

Getting Sale Proceeds Out of India

Repatriation runs on certification from an accountant and on the account the funds sit in, and the banking rules and the tax rules are separate gates. Both are cleared in sequence rather than together.

Read how this one runs
Case study 4

One Salesperson Abroad, and a Corporate Filing Obligation

A single employee with authority to conclude contracts can create a taxable presence for the whole company. The review tests what the person actually does against the treaty article, and where a presence exists, works out what profit is attributable to it.

Read how this one runs
Case study 5

Options Granted in India and Exercised Elsewhere

Where the grant, the vesting and the exercise happen in different countries, each may claim part of the same gain. Apportioning it across the period worked is what prevents the whole amount being taxed twice.

Read how this one runs
Case study 6

Indian Rent Collected While Resident Somewhere Else

Rent from Indian property is taxed in India and again where you live, with relief on one side only. The file gets the Indian deduction right first, then claims the credit on the home return against what was actually paid.

Read how this one runs
Case study 7

Residency Changed Mid-Year and Both Returns Assumed a Full One

A move part-way through a year produces two part-year positions, not two full ones. The engagement establishes the date residence actually changed, allocates income either side of it, and amends whichever return was filed on the wrong footing.

Read how this one runs
Case study 8

Tax Deducted When Buying From an NRI

Withholding on a sale by a non-resident is applied to the sale value rather than to the gain, so it routinely exceeds the tax due. A lower-deduction certificate obtained before completion avoids locking the difference up.

Read how this one runs

All case studies — every published engagement in one place.

Delivery, coverage and how we work

Every link below is a full page of its own — the same depth as this one, for its own subject.

Where the work is delivered

More coverage detail

Core International & Cross-Border Tax Services

International Tax Planning & Advisory

Strategy and compliance for income, assets and families spread across borders.

Treaty residency & tie-breaker
FATCA reporting (Form 8938)
Foreign tax credit (Form 1116)
Multi-country filing calendar
Real estate holding structures
International tax planning
Pre-immigration tax planning
Family office structures
One coordinating team: filings on every side of the border are sequenced so treaty relief and foreign tax credits are claimed once — and in the right country.

U.S. & Cross-Border Tax Returns

Form 1040 from abroad
US state non-resident returns
FBAR (FinCEN 114) filing
Form 5472 — foreign-owned US corp
FIRPTA withholding (Form 8288)
US estate tax exposure
IRS streamlined foreign offshore
PFIC reporting (Form 8621)
Dual filers: U.S. citizens in Canada and Canadians with U.S. income run two parallel systems — we prepare both, in the right order, every year.

Expat & Emigration Tax

Departure tax leaving Canada
T1161 properties on emigration
Residency planning
Step-up in cost base on arrival
Split-year residency
Employment income under a treaty
Social security totalization
Returning to Canada after years abroad
The move year is its own project: the elections and valuations filed that year decide the next decade of both countries’ returns.

Non-Resident Canadian Tax

Section 216 rental return
NR4 & NR6 withholding
Section 217 pension return
Section 116 clearance certificate
Regulation 105 waiver
Non-resident employment income
Taxable Canadian property
Part XIII withholding review
Default withholding is 25% of gross: elective returns routinely turn over-withheld rent and pensions into refunds.

Transfer Pricing & BEPS

s.247 contemporaneous documentation
Functional & risk analysis
Benchmarking study
Intercompany agreements
Country-by-country report
BEPS & Pillar Two
Permanent establishment risk
TP audit defence file
Documentation prepared with the return is the cheapest insurance in international tax; reconstructing it during an audit is the most expensive.

Cross-Border Estates & Trusts

Cross-border wills
US estate tax for non-resident aliens
Terminal return & clearance certificate
Non-resident trusts (s.94)
T1141 & T1142 trust reporting
Inheriting property abroad
Graduated rate estates
Post-mortem planning & pipeline
Wills drafted for one country routinely misfire in the other — deemed disposition here, estate tax there, credits in between.

Cross-Border Corporate Tax

Entity selection across borders
Business profits & PE
Intercompany loans & thin cap
Paying dividends to a foreign parent
Global mobility & day tracking
Debt vs equity funding
Branch or subsidiary
Cross-border M&A due diligence
Expansion raises the same four questions every time — entity, PE, repatriation, payroll. We answer them before the tax authorities do.

India Tax for NRIs & Returning Residents

NRI residency day tests
NRE, NRO & FCNR accounts
TDS on property (s.195)
Lower or nil TDS certificate
Repatriating sale proceeds
Capital gains on Indian shares
India–Canada DTAA
ITR-2 for NRIs
The deduction is taken on the sale price, not the gain — which is why an NRI property sale strands cash unless the certificate is applied for before closing.

Canadian Tax with a Foreign Element

T1135 foreign property
T1134 foreign affiliates
Departure tax
Newcomer's first return
Returning to Canada
Split-year residency
US citizens in Canada
Canada–US corridor
Residency is decided on facts, not on a form — and the year you arrive or leave is the one where the largest amounts turn on the smallest details.

UAE Tax for Expats & Their Home Country

Expat tax in the UAE
Moving to the UAE
Moving back from the UAE
UAE property purchases
Retiring in the UAE
Canada–UAE corridor
India–UAE DTAA
US–UAE corridor
A zero-tax country is only half the answer — the question that decides the bill is whether the country you came from still treats you as resident.

Industries & Client Types We Serve Worldwide

Global E-commerce & Marketplaces
Technology & SaaS
Professional Services Firms
Cross-Border Real Estate
Importers, Exporters & Manufacturers
Athletes, Artists & Entertainers
Remote Workers & Digital Nomads
Investment Funds & Holding Companies

Global E-commerce & Marketplaces

  • Foreign VAT / GST / sales tax registrations
  • Marketplace withholding reviews
  • Inventory nexus & PE analysis
  • Multi-currency books reconciled
Explore E-commerce & Marketplaces

Technology & SaaS

  • Cross-border revenue sourcing & withholding
  • IP structuring with real substance
  • Equity for cross-border teams
  • U.S. expansion: entity & PE setup
Explore Technology & SaaS

Importers, Exporters & Manufacturers

  • Transfer pricing documentation (s.247)
  • Customs value vs transfer price
  • Foreign affiliate reporting (T1134)
  • Country-by-country reporting
Explore Trade & Manufacturing

Athletes, Artists & Entertainers

Performance income is taxed where earned — Regulation 105 in Canada, withholding agreements in the U.S. — with special treaty articles overriding the usual rules.

Performance income is taxed where the performance happens, and the deduction is usually taken at source on the gross fee before expenses. Recovering the difference is a filing exercise in the other country, and it only works if the tour, the residency and the withholding certificates were documented while the work was being done.

  • Reg 105 & U.S. CWA agreements
  • Multi-state & country calendars
  • Touring income allocation
  • Royalty & image-rights withholding
Explore Athletes & Entertainers

Remote Workers & Digital Nomads

  • Residency analysis before moving
  • Employer payroll exposure
  • Totalization & social security
  • Foreign tax credits
Explore Remote Workers

Investment Funds & Holding Companies

  • Treaty access & PPT reviews
  • FAPI & surplus computations
  • Withholding-efficient routing
  • Governance & substance
Explore Funds & Holdcos

Portugal — questions we are asked

Do I have to file at home while living in Portugal?

It depends on residence, not on address — except for US citizens and green-card holders, for whom the answer is yes regardless of where they live. We settle the residence question first, because every other answer follows from it.

Is there a treaty between my country and Portugal?

That is verified rather than assumed: we confirm which treaty text governs Portugal and your home country for the year in question, because a protocol can move a rate or an article between years. If there is no treaty, unilateral credit rules are what prevent double taxation.

I own property in Portugal. Where is the rent taxed?

Rent from immovable property is almost always taxable where the property is situated, frequently by withholding on the gross amount, with your home country taxing the same income and giving credit. A net-basis election, where one exists, is usually the difference between tax on profit and tax on turnover.

Does the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion apply to self-employment tax?

No — it does not reduce self-employment tax at all. The exclusion removes income from income tax only, so a US self-employed person abroad can exclude the profit for income-tax purposes and still owe self-employment tax on it. What can relieve that is a totalization agreement with the country where you actually work, which assigns you to one social-security system instead of both. See totalization agreements.

How do I file US taxes when I am married to a foreign spouse?

Three routes. File separately, listing your spouse as a non-resident alien — which needs either an identification number for them or the accepted notation where none exists. Elect to treat them as a resident and file jointly, gaining the joint brackets and accepting their worldwide income. Or file as head of household if you have a qualifying dependant, which some Americans abroad can do while married. The right answer turns on their income and their assets. See a US person with a non-resident spouse.

What is the treaty saving clause, and why does it matter to Americans abroad?

It is the provision that lets each country keep taxing its own residents and citizens as though the treaty did not exist. Because the United States taxes on citizenship, the saving clause is what stops an American in Canada or India using the treaty to remove US tax on ordinary income. A short list of articles is carved out of it — certain pensions, social security, government service, students — and those exceptions are where a treaty position for a US citizen usually lives. See our treaty work.

Tax terms explained

ODIControlled foreign affiliateInput tax creditResident alienCessation of residenceForm 10FOIDARDay-count recordSection 195 TDSSafe harbourCertificate of coverageFC-GPRDual citizenshipTreaty override Browse the full A–Z glossary

More on Portugal and this corridor

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Fee schedule

Departure (emigration) return — fixed-fee priceNewcomer first return — fixed-fee priceFBAR & Form 8938 disclosure — fixed-fee priceCanadian return with foreign income — fixed-fee price
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