3 Immigration and Emigration Tax Issues

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[Verse 1]
Pack your bags, cross the border line
One hundred eighty-three days define
Your wallet feels the sudden shift
Fair market value's Christmas gift
The taxman greets you at the gate
Your assets just appreciated

[Chorus]
Coming, going, taxes flowing
One-two-eight point one's the code
FMV when you arrive
Deemed disposal when you drive
Away from maple leaf and crown
Foreign credits spin around

[Verse 2]
Departure lounge becomes your judge
Every share gets a final nudge
Capital gains bloom like spring flowers
Even though you haven't sold for hours
The phantom sale haunts your last day
As emigration tax comes to play

[Chorus]
Coming, going, taxes flowing
One-two-eight point one's the code
FMV when you arrive
Deemed disposal when you drive
Away from maple leaf and crown
Foreign credits spin around

[Bridge]
Treaty shopping, double taxation
Two countries claim the same relation
T-eleven-thirty-five appears
When foreign wealth exceeds frontiers
One hundred thousand triggers filing
Cross-border fortunes reconciling

[Verse 3]
Tie-breaker rules decide your fate
Which jurisdiction seals your rate
Principal purpose test applies
Cut through the treaty compromise
Foreign tax credits ease the pain
When two tax systems stake their claim

[Final Chorus]
Coming, going, taxes flowing
Residence rules the shifting road
Treaties guard against the double bite
While forms and credits set things right
Immigration, emigration
Tax complexity across the nation

[Outro]
Fair market value, deemed disposal
Cross-border tax proposal

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