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Economic Indicators

Making tuition tax credits fairer

Post-secondary tax credits cost the federal and provincial governments billions of dollars each year, but are not distributed equitably and may have no proven effect in boosting enrolment, says the C.D. Howe Institute.

By Staff |November 13, 2013

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Tax News

Help students save money

Consider this: Your clients are 27 years old and married. The wife wants to go back to school to get her MBA. She has not used her RESP room because her parents didn’t create one for her, and she attended her undergrad on a full scholarship. So she’s got questions.

By Caroline Hanna |November 5, 2013

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Tax News

Maximize benefits of RESPs and RDSPs

People aren’t taking full advantage of registered accounts.

By Dean DiSpalatro |October 29, 2013

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Industry

Majority don’t have RESPs

More than three-quarters (76%) of Canadian parents with children over 18 years old did not set up an RESP to help cover the costs of their child’s post-secondary education, according to a study by BMO Financial Group.

By Staff |October 24, 2013

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