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Could selling a vacation property affect government pensions? Sep 7th
Q. I was wondering what would happen if I sold my mobile home this year for $100,000. Currently, I receive Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement benefits totalling about $1,800 a month. Would the sale affect my pensions?
–Colleen
A. When you sell what is known as â.... More »
Can you have too much invested inside an RRSP? + MORE Dec 9th
While not quite up there with outliving your money, for many seniors the idea of dying with too large an RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan) or RRIF (Registered Retirement Income Fund) rankles. Handing over nearly half your nest egg to Ottawa after a lifetime of tax-deferred saving seems to ma.... More »
How to calculate the taxable amount for a cashed-in whole life insurance policy + MORE Apr 19th
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I cashed in my whole life insurance policy last year and received a T5 suggesting I have to pay tax on the full amount of my cash value. Is this correct? The cash surrender value was $27,000, I paid $28,000 in premiums, and they told me my pure cost of net insurance was $30,000, whate.... More »
Can Canadian seniors collect government benefits while still working? + MORE May 26th
Q. This fall, I will celebrate my 65th birthday, and plan to reduce my work hours to three days a week, from my current full-time hours now. I also plan to begin collecting my Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security benefits—but, at the same time, I want to avoid being taxed on my income if possi.... More »
After inheriting a RRIF account, how to know what you owe the taxman Mar 10th
Q: I’m wondering if there is a simple way to calculate the tax liability to named RRIF beneficiaries upon death of the account holder?Â
My wife’s mother passed away in October 2018. My wife was one of 3 named beneficiaries of a RRIF worth $265,000, and her share was $117,000 (44%). There are no.... More »
How life insurance can shave your capital gains tax
– moneysense.ca
Q: My husband and I bought life insurance in 2008. At that time, I was 44 and a non-smoker, and he was 46 but a former smoker. Each of us is insured for $250,000. The monthly premiums have been a total of $142.50 since we took out the policy—$58.90 for me, and $83.60 for him. In 2018, when my husband turns 56, his premiums will increase to $307.33 per month. This seems unreasonably high. My premiums don’t increase until I turn 64, at which point they increase to $387.60. I am the primary insured on the policy, and he is included as a spouse. We both have life insurance policies with our employers—mine is about equal to what this policy would pay and my husband’s is less, although he plans to either fully retire or semi-retire in 2018. Our home and cottage are both paid off and we have no debt. Our three children are in their 20s, out of the house and mostly self-sufficient, and we have saved about $450,000 for retirement so far. I have a DB pension plan and he has a DC plan…
A new type of retirement community is under development outside Hamilton. It will offer daily entertainment and sports, because the developer believes active, affluent baby boomers want more from retirement than past generations.
Sears pension ‘slap’ shows need to diversify savings
– thestar.com
Employer-sponsored pension plans force people to save for retirement. But what happens when a company isn’t healthy enough to fund them?
