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Are you nearing retirement and concerned about how much of your hard-earned savings will go towards taxes? The bad news is that you will almost certainly be paying income taxes throughout your retirement. In fact, it may be one of your largest household bills. The great news is that, with a bit of smart planning, you can manage that tax bill downward based on how and when you make withdrawals from your retirement accounts. In this video, I am going to walk you through an example of how you can strategically time the withdrawals from your investment accounts to lower your tax bill.

The Minister of Finance tabled the 2023 Federal Budget this week in the House of Commons. The budget introduced a wide range of programs and changes that will affect Canadians. In this video, I want to focus on the changes that will specifically impact Canadian retirees and soon-to be retirees. We will talk about what the changes are, their impact, and planning opportunities to make sure that you are able to take advantage of any opportunities that they present.

Are you approaching retirement, or in retirement, and wondering - when is it a good time for me to add my kids as joint owners on my investment accounts? Perhaps you want to smooth the process of getting those assets to your children later on, or you want to avoid the estate process, or possibly avoid taxes. While these may be noble intentions - adding adult children to investment accounts may carry consequences that you want to avoid.