Q: please confirm that Owning VFV in an RRSP there withholding tax is not applied? If it is do you have a suggestion on an S&P eft that would be exempt this hold back
5i Research Answer:
VFV is a Canadian domiciled fund that only owns units in a US ETF. Thus, there are Level 1 holding taxes applied to all accounts and it is not witholding tax exempt. See page 2 of Vanguard's note here. The simplest solution is to own a US ETF, and VOO is the equivalent. HXS is a total return fund (no distributions) and would also work as a substitute.
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