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Which Canada Life accounts accept US citizens

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Canada Life has no pension you can open yourself, whatever your nationality.

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Nothing to open. Canada Life closed its personal pension, The Retirement Account, to new business with immediate effect in January 2024, and its remaining retirement products are sold only through independent financial advisers.

Closed to new business since January 2024 · adviser only

Source: Canada Life announcement on closing its personal pension to new business, 2026-08-17 Last checked Canada Life's own page

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SIPP US tax

The treaty generally lets a UK SIPP grow tax-deferred for US purposes, but the protection has limits. How the US treats contributions, growth and drawdown.

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US-UK tax treaty

The US-UK treaty stops most double taxation, but the saving clause lets the US tax its citizens almost as if it were not there. What survives the clause.

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Form 3520

A UK pension held in trust can be a foreign trust to the IRS. Rev. Proc. 2020-17 exempts qualifying retirement trusts from Forms 3520 and 3520-A, on conditions.