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Beneficiaries: beware of what can go wrong if someone with a TFSA dies

Beneficiaries: beware of what can go wrong if someone with a TFSA dies

Jamie Golombek: A recent tax case illustrates the consequences of handling the deceased’s funds incorrectly https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/beneficiaries-go-wrong-someone-with-tfsa-dies #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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The capital gains mess may be over, but the effects of poor tax policies linger on

The capital gains mess may be over, but the effects of poor tax policies linger on

There are a number of reasons why the capital gains proposals were toxic https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/capital-gains-mess-over-effects-tax-policies-linger #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Government offers taxpayers relief with delay in capital gains tax hike

Government offers taxpayers relief with delay in capital gains tax hike

Ottawa allows tax filers to use current limits on capital gains until Jan. 1, 2026 https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/capital-gains-tax-delay #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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CRA challenged in court cases on capital gains tax increase

CRA challenged in court cases on capital gains tax increase

Jamie Golombek: Two cases question the tax agency’s authority to administer the increase without it having become law https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/cra-challenged-court-cases-capital-gains-tax-hike #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Now retired, how do we withdraw funds without running out of money?

Now retired, how do we withdraw funds without running out of money?

To provide their required income for life, Walter and Joanne would need about $1.8 million in investments, says adviser https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/family-finance/retired-withdraw-funds-without-running-out-of-money #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Smart Money Podcast: Rising Insurance Costs and Choosing the Best Savings Account for Your Money

Smart Money Podcast: Rising Insurance Costs and Choosing the Best Savings Account for Your Money

Caitlin Constantine writes for NerdWallet. Email: cconstantine@nerdwallet.com. Margarette Burnette writes for NerdWallet. Email: mburnette@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @Margarette. Sean Pyles writes for NerdWallet. Email: spyles@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @SeanPyles. Sara Rathner writes for NerdWallet. Email: srathner@nerdwallet.com. The article Smart Money Podcast: Rising Insurance Costs and Choosing the Best Savings Account for Your Money originally appeared on NerdWallet. https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/smart-money-podcast-rising-insurance-costs-and-choosing-the-best-savings-account-for-your-money #financialliteracy

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How can I cut my kids out of my will and leave it all to an animal shelter?

How can I cut my kids out of my will and leave it all to an animal shelter?

FP Answers: You can do what you want if you have the mental and legal capacity to create a valid will. But there are a few caveats. https://financialpost.com/fp-answers/kids-will-animal-shelter #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit

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More than half of Canadians are feeling ‘financially paralyzed,’ RBC poll says

More than half of Canadians are feeling ‘financially paralyzed,’ RBC poll says

High costs continue to erode financial flexibility https://financialpost.com/news/canadians-financially-paralyzed-rbc-poll #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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How to unlock tax-efficient RRSP strategies for business owners and their families

How to unlock tax-efficient RRSP strategies for business owners and their families

As the annual RRSP deadline nears, now’s the perfect time to evaluate these and other options https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/how-to-unlock-tax-efficient-rrsp-strategies #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Capital gains proposals prove a return to common-sense tax and economic policy can’t come soon enough

Capital gains proposals prove a return to common-sense tax and economic policy can’t come soon enough

Kim Moody: Our country’s taxation policies have been very destructive, in particular to entrepreneurs https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/capital-gains-proposals-tax-economic-policy #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Three scenarios of how the capital gains increase could affect taxpayers

Three scenarios of how the capital gains increase could affect taxpayers

Here’s who may be affected and the monetary trade-off of choosing not to follow the CRA’s guidance https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/how-capital-gains-increase-affect-canadian-taxpayers #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Financial resolutions for 2025 and how to keep to them

Financial resolutions for 2025 and how to keep to them

Keehn: It’s time to be brave, dig in and really look at your finances https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/financial-resolutions-2025-keep-to-them #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Are we going to be OK in retirement without healthy defined benefit pensions?

Are we going to be OK in retirement without healthy defined benefit pensions?

Couple with $2.4 million should be able to retire within two years, says Family Finance https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/family-finance/can-we-retire-without-defined-benefit-pensions #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Beware the risks and rewards in deciding to adopt the proposed capital gains tax rules

Beware the risks and rewards in deciding to adopt the proposed capital gains tax rules

It’s still possible the capital gains proposals might pass, but that possibility seems more remote with each passing day https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/kim-moody-risks-rewards-proposed-capital-gains-tax-rules #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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How to Make a Financial Plan in 10 Steps

How to Make a Financial Plan in 10 Steps

A financial plan is essentially a guide to spending and saving. With the right approach, a good financial plan can help ease your short-term and long-term concerns about money and also help you build wealth over time. Here are some steps you can take to create a financial plan that aligns with your needs, priorities

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Where to Turn When a Natural Disaster Upends Your Finances

Where to Turn When a Natural Disaster Upends Your Finances

Natural disasters can upend lives in an instant, but unwinding the financial damage can take many months. Still, those affected have many sources of help. Here’s how you can get help and be strategic with your resources as you begin to rebuild after a disaster. Deal with immediate needs first First things first: Contact the…

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FP Answers: How should Eleanor invest ,200 monthly so she can retire early?

FP Answers: How should Eleanor invest $2,200 monthly so she can retire early?

Now earning $110,000 and newly mortgage-free, she would need $45,000 annually in early retirement. Can she make it? https://financialpost.com/fp-answers/fp-answers-invest-2200-monthly-retire-early #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Trudeau resignation puts capital gains tax hike ‘on life support’, but CRA still messing up

Trudeau resignation puts capital gains tax hike ‘on life support’, but CRA still messing up

Kim Moody: An adaptive approach to the current circumstances would go a long way to eliminating misleading rhetoric https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/kim-moody-cra-messing-up-proposed-capital-gains-tax-rules #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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FP Answers: We don’t want to leave a big inheritance. What should our cash flow strategy be in retirement?

FP Answers: We don’t want to leave a big inheritance. What should our cash flow strategy be in retirement?

Instead of working from an income goal, try assessing expected expenses in a cash flow plan https://financialpost.com/fp-answers/fp-answers-we-dont-want-to-leave-a-big-inheritance-what-should-our-cash-flow-strategy-be-in-retirement-2 #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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Ottawa says it will extend charitable donation deadline because of postal strike

Ottawa says it will extend charitable donation deadline because of postal strike

Jamie Golombek: Allowing donations until Feb. 28 would offer some late tax-planning opportunities https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/charitable-donation-deadline-2024-tax-credit-may-be-extended #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp

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