| It's
all just around the corner - the future |
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To help understand how time and relationships impact your future financial needs
and obligations, we've provided this little chart to help you gain a realistic
view of the possible and probable. In the illustration, you'll notice the relationship
and comparative age difference of each member of the group as they get older.
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| Canada's
Top 10 Tax Tips |
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What better time than the lazy, hazy days of summer to get your tax affairs in
order. Here are Jamie Golombek's top 10 sizzling summer tax strategies.
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Who
will your family turn to when you die?
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It's a little known fact: that for some, the third most expensive purchase most
Canadians will make, after their houses and their cars, is their funeral. The
average cost of a funeral, plus cremation or burial, is estimated to be between
$5,000 and $10,000. There are a number of options you can choose from to plan
in advance for your funeral.
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| Product
Bulletin: Registered Education Savings Plans – Update/Highlights |
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 We've
probided a summary bulletin of the effect of the changes contained in Bill C-52
that affect RESPs, compiled originally by Concentra Financial.
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More link to view the complete article. |
| Product
Bulletin: Registered Retirement Plans – Update/RSP/RIF Highlights |
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 Bill
C-52, An Act to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament
received Royal Assent June 22, 2007 and is now in force. The following information
highlights the changes contained in Bill C-52 that affect RRSPs and RRIFs. The
Information Circular #10/07 dated June 28, 2007, was provided by Concentra Financial.
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"LIFS
are not government money!"
CARP campaigns to unlock Locked-In Funds (LIF) in Ontario 100 per cent. |
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 CARP,
the Ontario Society (Coalition) of Senior Citizens’ Organizations and the
Ontario Coalition of Independent LIF Holders have joined forces in a campaign
to persuade the Ontario Government to unlocked Locked-In Funds (LIFs) 100 per
cent. In the 2007 Ontario Budget the Government proposed to unlock them 25 per
cent. Fiscal Agents is in full support of this campaign and encourages its clients
and web site visitors to join in the petition.
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Today's
Market Rates |
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Taken from the FiscalAgents.com
Money Centre, as of 6/29/07
| Term
Deposits |
4.55%
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Annually,
120-179
Days, $25,000 |
| GICs |
5.00%
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| Annually,
5 Year, $5,000 |
| Maximum
Rate |
5.00%
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| Annually,
5 Year, $10,000 |
| RRIFs |
5.00%
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| Annually,
5 Years, $50,000 |
| RRSPs |
5.00%
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| Annually,
5 Year, $5000 |
| Savings
a/c |
3.85%
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Click the link below to view our best-offered rate table.
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Mutual
Fund Statistics:
May
2007 |
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| Assets
under management: |
| $711.9
billion |
| Net
sales (excl.reinv.distr.): |
| $3.5
billion |
| Fund-on-Funds
Assets under management: |
| $106.3
billion |
| Fund-on-Funds
Net Sales (excl.reinv.distr.): |
| $2.1
billion |
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