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If all of your earnings are from treaty zero-rated withholding such as royalties from US publishers:

• You should claim a zero rate by providing W-8BEN to all (say, publisher) payers to prevent withholding from occurring at the get-go.

• Meanwhile to get back the money they withheld by claiming it back as refund by filing a tax return.

• Check that...

Did you receive a 1099-B from a US investment and report the capital gain on both your 1040 and T1 Canadian tax return? Brokers report only the "out of pocket" cost on the face of a 1099-B, but in its statements provide adjusted basis as supplemental information. Save yourself from paying tax not owed by reading the brokers supplemental information provid...