Of course one big difference this year is that
the TFSA high interest account interest rate is 1.05 % unlike the 3 % offered last year.
Not exact matches
It offers no - fee banking products, including chequing
accounts,
high interest savings
accounts,
TFSAs, GICs, RSPs, mutual funds and mortgages.
These HISAs typically pay much
higher interest rate than money market funds and are ideal for the cash balance in your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Tax - Free Savings
Account (
TFSA) and investment
accounts.
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HIGH INTEREST SAVINGS
ACCOUNT TO DEPOSIT MONEY FOR A
TFSA AND TO BUY GIC»S
Since the funds must be readily accessible, the
TFSA would either be a
high interest savings
account or hold cashable GICs, which rules out self - directed or investment TFSA accounts (see earlier post on Which Tax - Free Savings Acc
account or hold cashable GICs, which rules out self - directed or investment
TFSA accounts (see earlier post on Which Tax - Free Savings
AccountAccount?).
PC Financial is offering a free
TFSA with the same
interest rate as their
high interest savings
account if you maintain a balance of $ 1000... 3.75 % at the moment.
The
TFSA from Canadian Tire Financial Services is also attractive with a 1.5 %
high interest savings
account and cashable GICs.
I realize that this is a «
High Interest Savings» forum, so likely no one will care about my opinion, but the
TFSA contribution limit is a «gift», and should not be wasted on GICs, nor (except in special circumstances) on savings
accounts.
Once you're in the black, you may want to park some money in a
high -
interest Tax - Free Savings
Account (
TFSA) to cover unforeseen emergency expenses, like rent if you lose your job suddenly.
Be sure to choose the
TFSA version of the
high interest savings
account if you still have contribution room to maximize the benefit.
Interest from savings
accounts, bonds and GICs is taxed at a
higher rate than dividends or capital gains, so you benefit more by keeping them in a
TFSA.
While financial institutions run campaigns encouraging people to open a
TFSA high -
interest savings
account, that's not your only option.
And finally on to the point that I think Kim was actually asking about — should he invest in stocks vs
high -
interest savings
account in a
TFSA account for tax reasons?
General question - not
tfsa related - Anyone know what I will be taxed on
High Interest Savings
Account?
ciena said General question - not
tfsa related - Anyone know what I will be taxed on
High Interest Savings
Account?
Choose to reinvest your compound
interest back into your TFSA GIC, or pay it annually to your TFSA High - Interest Savings
interest back into your
TFSA GIC, or pay it annually to your
TFSA High -
Interest Savings
Interest Savings
Account.
Carmasem, if you really just want a regular
high interest savings
account until you figure things out I would recommend you take ING up on their offer to double your
interest until year end and then automatically switch your
account to a
TFSA as soon as the new year comes around.
Apparently most investors are using their
TFSAs for safe instruments such as GICs and
high interest savings
account, even though they are eligible for equities, such as stocks and bonds.
The other thing I would suggest is to consider the tax implications of each investment and then balance them across multiple
accounts; ie, the stuff that generates
interest and that is taxed at the
highest rates (Bonds, GICs, REITs) goes in your
TFSAs, International stuff goes into your RRSPs so there's no withholding of foreign dividends, and stuff that generates Canadian dividends goes in your taxable
account to get the Canadian gross up tax dividend.
It will be
interesting to see if banks and and other financial institutions design
high interest TFSA accounts to encourage people to park their cash with them.
Canadian dividends are generally taxed more favourably in a non-registered (non-
TFSA)
account, but if her income is low enough or her medical expenses are
high enough to negate any tax payable on
interest income, you may try to grow any stock exposure in her
TFSA.
RRSP $ 34,080 ($ 200), [$ 1000] LIRA $ 12,660 ($ 0), [$ 400]
TFSA $ 26,600 ($ 0), [$ 270] Pension $ 75,360 ($ 1050), [$ 1130] Wife's RRSP $ 39,200 ($ 0), [$ 760] Wife's Investment
Account $ 85 -LRB-- $ 0), -LSB-- $ 25] Wife's
TFSA $ 27,860 ($ 0), [+ $ 980] My Investment
Account $ 70 ($ 0), -LSB-- $ 30]
High Interest Savings
Account $ 100 -LRB-- $ 1100), [$ 0]
TFSA — $ 32K that was sitting in a «
high interest» saving
account.
For example, I keep our household's emergency savings in a
TFSA high -
interest savings
account.
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accounts Bill payments if no automatic payment set up Move extra cash to
high interest savings
accounts Invest Banks - buy or re-invest excess cash into term deposits RRSP Buy 1 / 60th of total as a 5 year GIC ladder
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These HISAs typically pay much
higher interest rate than money market funds and are ideal for the cash balance in your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Tax - Free Savings
Account (
TFSA) and investment
accounts.
For example, take $ 80,000 and open up two Zag Bank
high interest savings
TFSAs, which pays 2.50 % on your investment, and put half of the money into each
account.
Ally happens to offer one of the
highest interest rates on a savings
account: 2.0 % on
TFSA and regular savings
accounts but, alas, no RRSP
accounts.
Their
high interest accounts pay the same rate, and although their GICs are a little less than Ally, their
TFSA pays 3.00 % which is 1 %
higher than them.
Bonnie's
TFSA We made the full contribution to this
account (ING
High interest savings) in January but subsequently withdrew the full amount to put against our mortgage.
One of the things that I thought was missing, however, was a discussion about how to split the allocation across the different types of
accounts that are available to Canadian investors (e.g. RRSP,
TFSA, RESP, non-registered
account,
high -
interest savings
accounts, etc).
Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, index funds, ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds), GICs,
high interest savings
account are all eligible for
TFSAs.
So many investors literally use them as a «savings»
account, but when you have debt with a
higher interest rate than your savings are earning,
TFSAs are a losing proposition.