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Does a Business Trip count as Residency?
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Klaus Posts: 75
Posted On: 8/28/2014
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Hi all,
looks like today I'm the one asking a question... I read that I can accumulate residency days if I am Employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business.
Now, I'm a freelancer, so I'm not exactly employed, but does that count anyways? I run my business in Canada, I have a GST number and I pay my taxes in Canada, so I would think that absences count as residency as long as they are business related, but following the wording that I need to be employed by a Canadian business, I would not qualify (unless you call it self-employed, then I do qualify).
Can someone clarify this?
Thanks,
Klaus
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MelM Posts: 226
Posted On: 8/28/2014
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No - your business trip outside of Canada won't count towards residency. It actually doesn't matter if you're freelance or employed by a Canadian company - the trips wouldn't count either way. The only way time spent outside of Canada will count is if you are working for a Canadian company and that company relocates you PERMANENTLY to a role outside of Canada. In your case you are only leaving Canada temporarily.
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Klaus Posts: 75
Posted On: 8/29/2014
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Thanks for this info, MeIm. I wasn't aware that this regulation doesn't apply to short-term absences.
Klaus
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