Explaining RRIF calculations

Date

February 25, 2020

Date

February 25, 2020

Date

February 25, 2020

Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) payments are calculated based on either your age or the age of your spouse or common-law partner. To maximize the tax-deferral opportunities of your RRIF, you should calculate your annual RRIF payments based on the age of the person who is younger. That’s because this will result in smaller mandatory withdrawals and extend the period of tax-deferral.

If you don’t need the money you receive from your mandatory RRIF payments, you might want to think about reinvesting that money into a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) or a non-registered investment account. As long as there is contribution room (TFSA accounts have maximum contribution limits), contributing to a TFSA account provides tax-free gains on the money you invest in it. Non-registered investment accounts can generate dividend income and capital gain, both of which are tax efficient.

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