Note that only spouses or Common - law partners can be
named Successor Holders.
«For example, it is superior to be a successor holder for TFSA for a spouse, and our best advice is that a spouse be
named a successor holder rather than a beneficiary of the TFSA,» says Caskey.
Only spouses or Common Law partners can be
named a successor holder.
Note that if
you name both a successor holder and beneficiary on a TFSA, the successor holder will override the beneficiary.
Tip — Name a beneficiary, even if you have already
named a successor holder.
Name a successor holder who becomes the accountholder.
Not exact matches
Still, sources said, his
name has been floated as a potential
successor to his boss, U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder, a position that some close to him said he would relish.
The main thing is to ensure you and your partner do the paperwork and
name each other a
Successor Holder for your respective TFSAs.
In fact, you can
name both a
successor holder and a beneficiary — for example, a man could
name his wife as a
successor holder and his child as beneficiary, meaning his wife would get the money after his death.
If you have a spouse, make sure you
name each other the «
successor holders» of your TFSAs.
Note that only a spouse can be your
successor holder: if you want a child or other heir to receive your assets, they must be
named as the beneficiary.
You can
name one another as «
successor holder», so that, when one of you passes away, the survivor simply becomes the new owner of the plan.
Update — My wife phoned ING, and we do not have any
successor holder or beneficiary
named on our accounts.
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Naming A Beneficiary Or
Successor Holder
You can
name different
successor holders or beneficiaries to each account.
As noted earlier, the optimum thing if you are a spouse or Common - law partner (CLP) is to
name each other as
Successor Holders to the partner's TFSA, while both are still alive.
If you want your TFSA to go to your spouse and you live in a province that allows
successor holders, Edmund, it's important to
name your spouse as the
successor holder, not just the beneficiary.
If your brother did not
name her as the beneficiary or
successor holder for his TFSA, the account would be payable to his estate.