Leaving Canada Departure Tax

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Leaving Canada Departure Tax skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Leaving Canada Departure Tax is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Security · Sub-category: security-misc · Last updated: 2026-10-25

Departure tax when an individual stops being resident in Canada: the deemed disposition of shares (including private company and CCPC shares) and other property on emigration, what is excluded (Canadian real estate, RRSP, TFSA and other plans), Forms T1161, T1243 and T1244, deferring the tax with security, the final return for the year you leave, registered plans, and unwinding if you come back. Triggers: \"departure tax Canada\", \"leaving Canada taxes\", \"emigrating from Canada\", \"T1244 security\", \"deemed disposition on emigration\".

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From the source SKILL.md

Figures are for tax year 2026. This Guide is for an individual who stops being resident in Canada and owns shares (listed or private company shares), other investments or valuables with an unrealised gain. It covers the deemed disposition on emigration (the "departure tax"), the property that is left out of it, Forms T1161, T1243 and T1244, giving security to defer the tax, the final return for the year you leave, registered plans, and coming back. All amounts are in Canadian dollars (CAD). The CRA pages cited were read on 15 October 2026. Several of them still describe the 2025 return; where…

What this skill does

Leaving Canada Departure Tax is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Leaving Canada Departure Tax Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 211,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\leaving-canada-departure-tax\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Leaving Canada Departure Tax Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Leaving Canada Departure Tax skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Leaving Canada Departure Tax skill?

Use Leaving Canada Departure Tax when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the security misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Leaving Canada Departure Tax" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/security/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Leaving Canada Departure Tax skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Leaving Canada Departure Tax is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/openaccountants/openaccountants/blob/HEAD/agent-skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/SKILL.md
License: AGPL-3.0
Author: openaccountants
Website: https://www.openaccountants.com/connect

Cite this skill

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APA

openaccountants. (2026). Leaving Canada Departure Tax [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/

BibTeX

@misc{leaving-canada-departure-tax-2026,
  author    = {openaccountants},
  title     = {Leaving Canada Departure Tax [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/leaving-canada-departure-tax/}
}

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