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OAS Recovery Tax

Smart Tax Strategies for Retirees: Avoid the OAS Recovery Tax

It’s smart tax planning for retirees to arrange their income to avoid this clawback if possible. Some strategies to review are:  Income split with your spouse/CLP (Common Law Partner) Tax effective non-registered investments Review the start date of your RRIF Use the younger spouse/CLP’s age for RRIF payments Use TFSAs

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Income Splitting

Smart Tax Strategies for Retirees: Income Splitting

Income tax is one of the largest expenses any retiree has. A smart tax strategy to reduce a family’s overall tax burden is to split the income. This means to shift income from a spouse or common law partner (CLP) who is in a higher tax bracket to one who

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RESP for kids

Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP)

My kids are 18 and 20, does setting up a new Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) still make sense? Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® A new client asked if it still made sense to set up a new RESP for his

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naming your executor

Who should you name as Executor?

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® A common question I received as an advisor is whom should we name as executor in our Wills? The true answer is that it depends on your situation. It usually ends up based on how complicated

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A couple ready to plan their retirement is asking the question how their financial advisor gets paid.
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How Do Financial Advisors Get Paid?

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® It is important to understand how a financial advisor is compensated ...
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Our Monthly 3-2-1- Newsletter for May by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP®
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Three of our best Insights for May

Our Monthly 3-2-1- Newsletter  RESOURCE: What are the Retirement Income Investment Options As you transition from your working years to retirement or optional work years, ...
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The R6 Retirement Playbook for a smarter way to retire with confidence
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The R6 Retirement Playbook™ A Smarter Way to Retire with Confidence

Retirement today isn’t what it used to be. People are living longer, everything gets more expensive, markets are unpredictable, and tax rules keep changing. That’s ...
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Seniors enjoying their Retirement Options
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RRSP Maturity Options: What You Need to Know

You don’t have to wait until you’re 71 to convert your RRSP. You can do it anytime before then, depending on what works best for ...
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Caricature depicting A Barbell Approach to CPP That Just Might Work for You Too
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He Starts Now. She Waits. CPP and Retirement

A Barbell Approach to CPP That Just Might Work for You Too Ross and Rachel are a couple I’ve been working with for years. Rachel ...
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Why retirees need a bear market plan explained by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP®
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Why Every Retiree Needs a Bear Market Plan

Let’s be honest—market declines aren’t maybe in retirement. They are when. A typical retirement lasts 30 years, and during that time, there could be five ...
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