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After 3 years of being a poor social worker (the work I loved, the pay I didn't), I decided it was time to go back to school and get my Master's! After weighing my options (school far away from home, or school in a different country that is only an 8-hour drive from home) I decided to try my luck in British Columbia, Canada.

For a year I lived in Surrey, BC while attending Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. However, as the final component of my work toward my Masters degree in Criminology I have moved back to the states to complete an internship at an Independent Living Program for youth leaving the foster care system.

Here is the story of my adventures as a graduate student in a "foreign" country as well as my current work back in the states.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Tax Time!

So after figuring out my U.S. tax returns (hallelujah for tuition credits!) and I had to figure out Canada's tax returns, too... I really didn't sign up for all this added hassle when I decided to go to school "internationally"!

Thankfully, Canada has their own free version of Turbo Tax for students, too, so once I found that it wasn't incredibly difficult.

Here's what I found odd though... I didn't have ANY taxes taken out of my paychecks since I've been up here... yet, I still got a $200 refund... and, on top of that, because I'm "low income" I get non-taxed quarterly payments directly deposited into my bank account to help offset the costs of local sales taxes... this is something we need to look into for back home!
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