Taxes
RRSP Over Contribution Limit And Carry Forward Rules
Your current year’s RRSP contribution limit is 18% of your previous year’s earned income, to a maximum of $31,560 (2024) plus any unused contribution room carried forward from previous years. There’s some confusion around the RRSP over contribution limit and RRSP carry forward rules. This post explains both of these rules. RRSP Over Contribution Limit…
Read More8 Overlooked Ways To Save Tax In Retirement
This is a guest post by Mark McGrath, CFP®, CIM®, CLU®. Mark is based in Squamish, BC. Over the past decade, he’s worked with over 500 Canadian physicians and their families to achieve clarity, confidence, and comfort with their finances. Follow him on Twitter for more incredibly useful financial planning tips. More than 1 in 5…
Read MoreTax Deductions and Tax Credits: What’s The Difference?
Canadian taxpayers have until May 1st, 2023 to file their 2022 taxes (April 30th falls on a Sunday). However, as the calendar turns over to a new year many Canadians want to know how best to maximize their tax refund or minimize what they owe the government. Related: How a “first 60 days’ assessment saves…
Read MoreCRA My Account: How To Check Your Tax Information Online
If you’ve ever tried to contact the CRA by phone and received a busy signal, or sat on hold interminably waiting for a service rep, as I did recently trying to change my address, you’ll be happy to know about CRA My Account for Individuals. Online services offered by the banks and other financial institutions…
Read MoreThe Beginner’s Guide To RRSPs
More than sixty years after the federal government introduced the Registered Retirement Savings Plan as a vehicle to save for the future, RRSPs still remain one of the cornerstones of retirement planning for Canadians. In fact, as employer pension plans become increasingly rare, the ability to save inside an RRSP over the course of a…
Read MoreRRSP Loans: Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Get One
February is RRSP season, which for many Canadians means an annual trip to the bank to make an RRSP contribution before the deadline (March 1, 2023). It might be tempting to take out a loan if you don’t have the cash available to make a contribution – the rationale being that in one shot you’ll…
Read MoreTax Software For Your Unique Tax Situation This Year
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of TurboTax Canada. All opinions are my own. In my financial planning practice, I’ve seen the good, bad, and complicated ways that the pandemic has impacted the financial lives of Canadians. One client works in air transportation and had been sidelined collecting CERB and CRB…
Read MoreThe Next Tax Bracket Myth
Let’s bust a myth about working overtime. Some employees incorrectly believe that when earnings from overtime, a bonus, or salary increase pushes them into another tax bracket they’ll actually take home less on their paycheque than before. Some employees even refuse to work overtime because they believe they’ll pay more taxes and earn less money…
Read MoreTurboTax Full Service Self Employed Review
This year is going to be one of the strangest and (potentially) most complicated years for tax filing. Jobs were lost and hours cut during the pandemic. The federal government responded by introducing the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), among a host of other measures to protect workers…
Read MoreWhat Are You Doing With That Tax Refund?
**This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Alterna Bank. All opinions are my own. Canadians are usually an optimistic bunch come tax season, with the majority of tax filers expecting to get a refund. In fact, many of us count on a tax refund to pay off debt, cover the cost…
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