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TFSA Transfers
KNOWLEDGE EXPECTED OF: Both CFP® Professionals and QAFPTM Professionals
- Identify potential reasons why an individual may choose to transfer capital property from one Tax-Free Savings Account to another Tax-Free Savings Account.
- Breakdown of the holder’s relationship
- Death of the holder
- Death of the holder’s current (or former) spouse
- Voluntary choice by the holder to transfer
- Explain the Canada Revenue Agency’s requirements related to tax-deferred transfers of capital property between Tax-Free Savings Accounts upon the breakdown of a relationship between spouses.1
- Define a qualifying transfer between Tax-Free Savings Accounts.
- Explain the impact of a non-qualifying transfer between Tax-Free Savings Accounts.2
- On the TFSA contribution room for the transferor
- On the TFSA contribution room for the transferee
- Tax (penalty), if any
- Estimate the tax impact of transferring capital property into a Tax-Free Savings Account.
- Explain how each of the factors may impact the suitability of transferring capital property into a Tax-Free Savings Account, such as:
- Withdrawal options
- Tax impact
- Evaluate how each of the factors may impact the suitability of transferring capital property into a Tax-Free Savings Account.
- Explain how each of the factors may impact the suitability of transferring capital property out of a Tax-Free Savings Account, such as:
- Cash flow needs
- Withdrawal options
- Evaluate how each of the factors may impact the suitability of transferring capital property out of a Tax-Free Savings Account.
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