Can Canadians Use Etrade

Opening a discount brokerage in US from Canada?

I’m a Canadian and living in Canada now. Instead of using discount brokers in Canada (such as Etrade Canada and TD Waterhouse). Can you open an account with US brokers? (such as Scottrade). US brokers seem to have wider range of products and cheaper fees than Canada. If possible, what about the tax issue?

It’s against Canadian law to do it, but US brokers used to allow Canadians to open accounts since there was nothing that the Canadian authorities could do to them. However, most US brokers realized that if they ever wanted to expand into Canada (like E-Trade and Ameritrade did), they had better abide by Canadian law or they would not be licensed to operate in Canada.

If you try to do it by claiming a US address, you open up a whole other can of worms since you could then be on the hook to pay taxes in the US.

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