Travel Do you have questions or need help filing your Canadian or U.S. tax return? Do you have Canadian or U.S. rental property? Are you disclosing the proper information to CRA and the IRS? Do you cut your vacations short to file your taxes each year? YOUR CANADA/U.S.A. TAX PREPARATION SOLUTION ALDO SISTILLI CPA Professional Corporation 416.248.6411 203-140 La Rose Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M9P 1B2 4040 Steeles Avenue West, Unit 41 Woodbridge, Ontario L4L 4Y5 Email: aldo@sistilli.com Website: www.sistilli.com CATHERINE BINDER CPA, U.S. & Canada – Tax Solutions Plus 727.791.3561 2701 Sunset Point Rd Clearwater FL 33759 Westchase (Tri County Business Park) 12002 Race Track Road,Tampa FL 33626 Email: cathy@taxsolutionsplus.com Website: www.taxsolutionsplus.com Aldo Sistilli CPA Professional Corporation, based out of Toronto, Canada and Tax Solutions Plus based out of Clearwater, Florida USA, have teamed up to provide their clients with Canadian and U.S. tax services for personal, business, trusts and estates. You are now able to visit either office where staff will be able to assist you with processing your taxes in either country or both if required. City of the Aztecs Wildlife also thrives around Isla de Mexcaltitán, which we visited the following day. Legends claim that Mexcaltitán Island was Aztlan – “the place of the herons” – and the city where the Aztec people originated. Cormorants dried their wings inmangrove trees edging the lake. White herons perched like sentries on the top branches. As we crossed the lake by boat, we viewed man-made wooden traps where fishermen collected shrimp. During our walk from the dock, we met several villagers. Because Mexcaltitán’s population is only 800, it’s easy to meet the local people. The pace of life is slow, so they have time to talk, smile and welcome visitors. Everyone walks, because the island has no cars. Inside the Museo el Origen near San Pedro y San Pablo church in the town square, we saw aerial photos and a model of Mexcaltitán. From the central plaza, streets radiated out like bicycle wheel spokes, joining the road surrounding the village. Outside the museum, a girl bought a chocolate-topped guava ice cream cone from a vendor. After buying candies from a walkway stall, another girl shared them with three friends sitting by a doorway. Women decorated shrines to the Virgin Mary with candles and silk flowers. Mothers proudly showed us their babies. An elderly man wished us “Buenas tardes!” from a chair framed by red bougainvillea. Wooden traps where Mexcaltitán fishermen collect shrimp Girls sit in front of San Pedro y San Pablo church in Mexcaltitán’s town square Model of Mexcaltitán buildings and streets in Museo el Origen CSANews | WINTER 2016 | 29
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