Set up a spousal RRSP The usual strategy is to set up a spousal
RRSP account in the name of the lower - earning spouse, and have the higher earner make the contributions.
Q: My wife has two
RRSP accounts in her name.
Not exact matches
As a side effect, the HBP will allow me to move some money to my wife's
name (take it out for HBP, then she puts it back
in so there is only one
RRSP account).
If that's the case, Ardrey says it's better to have as much of the spousal
RRSP in the other spouse's
name: so the lower - income spouse draws income more from the spousal
RRSP and the higher - income spouse from the non-registered
account.
Try setting up a spousal
RRSP account and make contributions to it
in the
name of your lower - earning partner.
Setting up a spousal
RRSP account and making contributions to it
in the
name of your lower - earning partner is a powerful tax - saving tool.
Cash and stocks are generally required to be included
in the calculation of a taxable estate for probate purposes, Spike, unless they were held
in a TFSA or
RRSP / RRIF
account with a
named beneficiary.
Perhaps you have group retirement
accounts or Canadian and U.S. dollar registered
accounts, but if it's just a case of having two
RRSPs in your
name or multiple RESPs, for example, I'd start by combining like
accounts.
You could make contributions to a spousal
RRSP account in your wife's
name, Simon.