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Tax Free Savings Account

Is an RRSP the Right Choice for You?

Cleo Hamel | Posted 04.27.2013 | Canada Business
Cleo Hamel

We all want to retire at some point, so saving money for the future is a good idea. And RRSPs are one of the best tax shelters available to Canadians. But RRSPs do not offer a great deal of flexibility if you need to withdraw the money early. Before you make an RRSP contribution, you should decide if it is the right choice for you.

WTF CRA?

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.31.2012 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Tens of thousands of Canadians have again broken the rules for a popular tax shelter, triggering yet another volley of warning letters from t...

Canadians Are Missing Out On This Tax Break

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.27.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Nearly half of Canadians are ready to put money away with their Tax-Free Savings Accounts, but a new survey finds that doesn't necessarily m...

Harper's Favourite Tax Break Benefits Old, Rich Males: Study

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 09.01.2012 | Canada Business

Tax-Free Savings Accounts were sold by the Conservative government as a way of helping all Canadians to save money, but new research suggests they dis...

The Secret Cost Of The TFSA

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.18.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - A popular savings program created by the federal Conservatives is exacerbating the fiscal pressure on public pension benefits — even as the...

Michael Bolen

Mind The Taxation Gap: How Trickle-Down Economics Are Reshaping Canada

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Bolen | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada Business

NDP leadership hopeful Brian Topp launched the latest salvo in the clash between rich and poor Monday. Declaring growing income inequality to be today...

TFSAs Allowing Rich To Get Payouts Meant For The Poor

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.23.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Wealthy Canadians are getting access to a retirement benefit that was intended for the elderly poor, suggests a new report on the country's r...

100,000 Canadians Warned They're Using Tax-Free Accounts Wrong

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.28.2011 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Contribution rules for a popular tax shelter continue to perplex ordinary Canadians, despite a year-long information blitz by the Canada Reve...