Published: March 17, 2020
Last Updated: April 13, 2020
You are generally entitled to receive a tax credit on your Canadian Income tax return for the amount of foreign withholding tax paid on amounts received from other countries. In effect CRA recognizes the foreign tax that you have paid as a reduction of your Canadian income tax liability.
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