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In a currency union, one currency is issued which is legal tender in the union's member countries. From the point of view of the currency union area, this currency is a domestic currency, and all other currencies are foreign currencies.

The currency that is used in someone's own country: The primary goal for monetary policy is keeping the value of the domestic currency stable. A stronger currency typically reduces the price of imports in domestic currency terms.

A local currency is the currency most commonly used within a country. This is usually the national currency. Thus, the U.S. dollar might be accepted in the United Kingdom, but the local currency there is the pound, since that is the national currency and the currency in which most transactions are settled.

A: Yes. You should report the most types of foreign income on your Canadian income tax return. Exceptions are some lottery winnings, most gifts and inheritances, child care payments, amounts received from life insurance policy, strike pay received from union, elementary and secondary school scholarship and bursaries.

How does CRA know about foreign income? Along with these tax treaties come information-sharing agreements. For example, the CRA in Canada and the IRS in the United States have an agreement where they share earning information for citizens from each other's countries.

You would enter the information on Schedule 1 (Form 1040) Additional Income and Adjustments to Income, Line 8 as an ordinary gain or (loss). To enter a description and an amount for Schedule 1 (Form 1040), Line 8: From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop), click Federal.

You must express the amounts you report on your U.S. tax return in U.S. dollars. If you receive all or part of your income or pay some or all of your expenses in foreign currency, you must translate the foreign currency into U.S. dollars.