The FBAR is used to report foreign bank and financial accounts. The term 'financial accounts' is very broad and involves all different types of foreign accounts — including retirement plans.
You may have to file multiple forms to report the details of your foreign pension, such as: Form 3520: Required if you have any transactions with a foreign trust. Form 3520-A: Required to be filed by the company that manages your foreign pension. Form 8621: Required if PFIC rules apply.
Some of the more common forms that taxpayers may have to file to report their foreign retirement plan include: FBAR (FinCEN Form 114); Form 8938 (FATCA);
FATCA reporting. Under FATCA, you may need to report your foreign pension on Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, if the total value of your foreign financial assets exceeds certain thresholds. These thresholds vary based on your filing status and whether you live in the US or abroad.
Report on line 11500 of your return, in Canadian dollars, the total amount of your foreign pension income received in the tax year. Attach a note to your paper return identifying the type of pension you received and the country it came from. You may be able to claim up to $2,000 on line 31400.
How to file my foreign earned income? Log into your account. Select Wages and income>other income. Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099>start. Scroll to the bottom of the page to Other Reportable Income. Other taxable income, answer yes. Then give a brief description of the income and the amount listed.
ERISA also does not cover plans maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of nonresident aliens or unfunded excess benefit plans.
Qualified plans include 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, profit-sharing plans, and Keogh (HR-10) plans. Nonqualified plans include deferred-compensation plans, executive bonus plans, and split-dollar life insurance plans.
ERISA also does not cover plans maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of nonresident aliens or unfunded excess benefit plans.
ERISA exempts only two types of employers: Employee benefit plans maintained by governmental employers are exempt from ERISA's requirements. This exemption includes plans maintained by the federal, state or local (for example, a city, county or township) governments. Church plans are also exempt from ERISA.