I had the pleasure of being contacted by self-published author Gail Bebee who recently launched the book 'No Hype Investing: The Straight Goods On Investing Your Money'. We sat down for a coffee …

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If you made a charitable donation to a registered Canadian charity (or other qualified donee) in the 2007 calendar year, you may claim it on your 2007 tax return OR you may defer claiming the donation …

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The CRA allows you to pool together the charitable donations you and your spouse make and claim them on one tax return if you so desire. This is desirable since it would increase the tax savings for …

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You might have figured out by now that the Government incentivizes behaviour with tax treatment. In other words, if they want to encourage something they will reduce taxes associated with that …

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I think that in the DIY investor world, the propensity to convert an RRSP to a RRIF is strong. The same is probably true for those who use an advisor as well. In fact, approximately 75% of RRSPs are …

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I'm trying to think of some various strategies for using the TFSA:1. If you have a non-registered account with corporate class mutual funds and they have a t-class available for ROC distributions, you …

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