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We provide transparent pricing with zero surprise bills. Review your final returns, compilations, and GST filings with us before they are filed, on a fee agreed in writing first. Ask us about affordable U.S. Tax Returns Services: call the 24-hour helpline on +1 (416) 619-0068, or request a written fixed quote today.

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U.S. Tax Returns

Starting from $449

1040 / 1040-NR | State returns | FBAR

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  • Full compliance preparation and validation before anything is filed
  • Fixed fee agreed in writing before work begins
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  • 18,000+ clients served across 4 global offices

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U.S. Tax Returns — published fixed fees

US return from abroad (1040 + 2555/1116)
From $449in US dollars, fixed before work starts

Covers: The US individual return prepared from abroad, with the exclusion and the foreign tax credit computed together rather than one or the other, plus the account and asset reports that travel with it.

What moves it up: The number of foreign accounts and foreign funds. A salary and one bank account is a straightforward return; six accounts and a portfolio of local mutual funds brings election work and additional reporting.

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T1135 foreign property filing
From $349in US dollars, fixed before work starts

Covers: The Canadian foreign property statement built on cost amount, in Canadian dollars, across everything the test reaches — including holdings people assume are excluded.

What moves it up: Missing acquisition records. The statement is tested on cost, so a holding bought fifteen years ago in another currency has to be reconstructed before it can be reported.

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Expert U.S. Tax Returns Tax Filing & Planning

Providing tailored U.S. Tax Returns tax filing and planning to reduce liabilities, maximize refunds, and ensure CRA compliance.

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U.S. Tax Returns filing quoted as a fixed fee before work begins, with no hidden extras — the number you are quoted is the number you are billed.

CRA Compliance & Cross Border Tax

From information returns to corporate audits, protect your U.S. Tax Returns business with CRA compliance and expert cross border tax strategies.

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Documents, questions and signatures move through one secure portal, so a U.S. Tax Returns file runs the same from Toronto, Dubai or Delhi.

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"A Unique U.S. Tax Returns Approach – Fixed Fee First, Reviewed Before Filing!"

  • Step 1: Share your information – we scope the work on the first call.
  • Step 2: Fixed fee quoted in writing before any work starts.
  • Step 3: We prepare your financials & tax return.
  • Step 4: Review & sign the deliverable before anything is filed.
  • Step 5: We file your return & share final documents.
  • Step 6: The fee was agreed before we started – nothing changes at the end.

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U.S. Tax Returns Tax Filing Fixed Pricing

Corporate Tax Filing
$999/One-time filing fee

T2 corporate tax filing, balance sheets, income statements compilation, corporate tax optimization, and direct CRA representation.

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Partnership Tax Filing
$800/Partnership return

T5013 partnership information returns, K-1 partner schedule allocations, structural planning, and tax minimization advisory.

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Transfer Pricing Documentation
$2,500/Documentation file

Functional analysis, benchmarking study, local file and master file, prepared so the pricing policy stands up to an examination on either side of the border.

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Trust-Estate Tax Filing
$799/Trust return

T3 trust tax return filing, testamentary trust setups, estate distribution allocations, and strategic inheritance planning.

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US Return Preparation
$449/Return, from

Form 1040 from abroad with the exclusion or the credit, FinCEN 114 and Form 8938 where the tests are met, and the Canadian return reconciled against it.

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Catch-Up Filing Package
$349/Year brought current

Unfiled years brought current in the order that works, the disclosure route chosen on the facts, and the earliest year prepared first because it sets the rest.

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Personal Tax Filing
$349/Return starting fee

T1 tax returns compilation for students, salaried employees, and self-employed. Covers T4/T5 matching, RRSP credits, and medical deductions.

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GST/HST Sales Tax Filing
$400/Filing cycle

Sales tax ledger reconciliation, Input Tax Credits (ITCs) verification, Netfile electronic submission to CRA, and provincial compliance checks.

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Our Expert U.S. Tax Returns Accounting Firm & Accounting Team

Udit Gupta, International tax, cross-border tax and transfer pricing: USA, Canada, India and UAE at LQ Consultants
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CA (India), CA (Malaysia)

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Director · India International Tax, Cross-Border Tax & Transfer Pricing

CA (India)

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Director · UAE & India International Tax, Cross-Border Tax & Transfer Pricing

FCA (India)

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Anmol Mittal, USA and Canada international tax, cross-border tax and transfer pricing at LQ Consultants
Director · USA & Canada International Tax, Cross-Border Tax & Transfer Pricing

CPA (Canada), CPA (USA), CA (India)

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Director · CFO Services, Canada & India

CPA (Canada), CA (India)

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U.S. Tax Returns Frequently Asked Questions

How much does U.S. Tax Returns cost in Canada?

U.S. Tax Returns starts at $From- $449. The quote is locked at the outset and does not change mid-engagement, and you review the deliverable with us before it is filed. Compare every plan on our transparent pricing page.

What documents do I need for U.S. Tax Returns?

At minimum: prior-year returns and notices of assessment, your bank and credit-card statements for the fiscal period, payroll records if you have employees, and GST/HST filings. We send a checklist tailored to your situation after the first call to our 24-hour helpline.

How long does U.S. Tax Returns take?

Most engagements are completed within 3 to 5 business days once your documents are complete. Catch-up work covering multiple years takes longer, and we tell you the realistic timeline before you commit rather than after.

What happens if the CRA reviews or audits my filing?

We respond on your behalf at no extra charge for any return we prepared. Every figure we file is supported by documentation retained in your file, which is what turns a CRA review from a crisis into correspondence. See how our CRA audit support works.

Can you handle late or missed filings?

Yes. The late-filing penalty is 5% of the balance owing plus 1% of that balance for each full month the return is late, to a maximum of 12 months (CRA, 2025 tax year). Interest is what compounds, daily, on top. We prioritise catch-up work and, where eligible, file under the CRA's Voluntary Disclosures Program to reduce penalties.

Do you work with businesses outside major cities?

Yes. We work with clients wherever they live, from our offices in India, the USA, Canada and the UAE, and your location does not change the price or the service. Browse our coverage by country and region to find yours.

Which industries do you specialise in for U.S. Tax Returns?

We work across construction, healthcare, e-commerce, professional services, restaurants, real estate, transportation, technology and non-profits, each with its own deduction profile and the points tax authorities scrutinise. See all industries we serve.

What makes U.S. Tax Returns different from filing it myself?

Software applies the rules you told it about. It does not ask whether a treaty caps the withholding on that payment, whether the foreign credit was claimed in the right country, whether an information return was due on an account that earned nothing, or whether your related-party pricing is documented. Those are the questions that move the number on a cross-border file.

How do I find out what my filing will cost?

Call the 24-hour helpline, +1 (416) 619-0068. We establish which filings your position actually needs, then send a fixed fee in writing before any work starts — the number does not move once it is agreed.

Are there any hidden fees or setup charges?

No. All our pricing is fixed and transparent. Any additional charges (e.g., for transaction volumes beyond the package limits) are discussed and agreed upon upfront.

Will I have a dedicated accountant?

Yes. A certified tax accountant will be assigned to manage your account and will be available for direct support via email and phone.

Do I pay tax when I inherit property abroad?

The inheritance itself is often not income to you, but three other things can create tax: the estate may owe tax where the deceased or the property was situated, some countries tax the recipient directly, and the gain from the date you inherit to the date you sell is yours. Reporting obligations can also attach to holding the asset. See inheriting property abroad.

What is double taxation?

Double taxation means the same income being taxed by two authorities. It comes in two forms: juridical, where two countries each tax one person on one amount, and economic, where two different people are taxed on the same underlying profit — a company on its earnings and a shareholder on the dividend paid out of them. Relief comes from a treaty, a foreign tax credit, or an exemption, and which one applies depends on the income type. How to avoid double taxation sets out the routes.

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Case study 1

A green card holder filing both returns for the first time

A long settled Canadian resident learned that holding a green card carried a US filing obligation of its own. The work began by fixing the residency position on each side and the order the two returns had to be prepared in, so that the Canadian tax paid was credited against the US computation correctly rather than the other way round. Employment income, registered plan holdings and a small portfolio were each mapped to their US treatment. The engagement produced a filed US return, the foreign account report alongside it, and a written note of the positions taken and what will repeat every year.

Case study 2

Rental income from a US property taxed on gross rents

The owner of a US rental property had been suffering withholding on the gross rent with no deductions allowed against it. The work was to establish whether an election to be taxed on a net basis was available and worth making, then to reconstruct the property's expenses, its depreciation basis and the prior year figures so that a net computation could be supported. The engagement produced the election, a non-resident return reporting the property on a net basis, and a depreciation schedule the owner carries forward into later years and into an eventual sale.

Case study 3

Bringing a run of unfiled years current from abroad

A citizen abroad had stopped filing after moving and wanted the position regularised before a planned property purchase. The span at issue was established first, then the returns were prepared oldest year forward so that credits and carryforwards landed in the right order. The account reports were rebuilt from statements the client had to request from several institutions, which took longer than the returns did. The engagement produced a complete set of filed returns, the account reports to match, and a documented explanation of the circumstances to accompany the submission.

Case study 4

Canadian funds complicating an otherwise straightforward return

A salaried client with one employer expected a short return. The holdings were the difficulty: a portfolio of Canadian funds, each carrying its own reporting and election consequences on the US side. The work went fund by fund, establishing what information each manager could provide, what had to be computed from statements instead, and which elections were available and on what timing. The engagement produced the return with every fund position reported, the elections made where they helped, and a short note to the client's investment adviser on what future purchases would cost in compliance.

Case study 5

A part-year move with income arising in both countries

An employee transferred mid year and had wages, a vesting share award and interest income split across the move. The work turned on fixing the residency start and end dates on each side, sourcing the share income to the days worked in each country rather than to the date it was paid, and sequencing the two returns so that relief ran in one direction only. The engagement produced both returns filed consistently with each other, a sourcing schedule supporting the split, and a position on the award that will hold for the tranches still to vest.

Case study 6

A state that had never been told the client left

The federal position was in order, but a former home state still treated the client as resident and correspondence had begun to arrive. The work was evidentiary rather than computational: assembling what had been cut and when, and what had been kept, so that a departure date could be put on the record and supported. Returns were then prepared for the years in dispute on a part year basis. The engagement produced the filed state returns, a documented departure date, and a response to the state's enquiry drawn from the same file.

Case study 7

A Clean History Used to Remove a First Penalty

An administrative waiver can remove a first failure where the filing and payment record supports it, and it is spent once used. Whether to claim it now or keep it for a heavier year is a judgement made with the whole file in view.

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Case study 8

Coming Back to Canada After Years Abroad

Returning restarts Canadian residence and re-values what you own on the day you arrive. Foreign pensions, employer plans and accounts opened abroad each land differently, and the reporting thresholds are tested against the whole portfolio rather than each account.

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Core International & Cross-Border Tax Services

International Tax Planning & Advisory

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

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
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
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
Default withholding is 25% of gross: elective returns routinely turn over-withheld rent and pensions into refunds.
Transfer Pricing & BEPS
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
Wills drafted for one country routinely misfire in the other — deemed disposition here, estate tax there, credits in between.
Cross-Border Corporate Tax
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
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
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
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
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Technology & SaaS
  • Cross-border revenue sourcing & withholding
  • IP structuring with real substance
  • Equity for cross-border teams
  • U.S. expansion: entity & PE setup
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Importers, Exporters & Manufacturers
  • Transfer pricing documentation (s.247)
  • Customs value vs transfer price
  • Foreign affiliate reporting (T1134)
  • Country-by-country reporting
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Athletes, Artists & Entertainers
  • Reg 105 & U.S. CWA agreements
  • Multi-state & country calendars
  • Touring income allocation
  • Royalty & image-rights withholding
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Remote Workers & Digital Nomads

Working from anywhere doesn't mean taxed nowhere: residency defaults, employer payroll exposure and treaty relief decide where income actually lands.

Working from another country does not by itself end tax residence in the one you left, and it can start one where you are sitting. Day counts, ties, the employer's own exposure and the treaty tie-breaker all point at the same question, and the year you move is the year it has to be answered on paper.

  • Residency analysis before moving
  • Employer payroll exposure
  • Totalization & social security
  • Foreign tax credits
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Investment Funds & Holding Companies
  • Treaty access & PPT reviews
  • FAPI & surplus computations
  • Withholding-efficient routing
  • Governance & substance
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Our practitioners are alumni of leading accounting and tax institutions

Where our partners studied — CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program), AICPA, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

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