Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Team,
I have small position on GM down 35%, would like to sell for tax loss. What would you suggest to replace GM ?
Thanks as Always,
Tak

Q: Hi Team,
Would you be comfortable selling ATZ for a capital loss and re-buying in 30 days? I'm down 10% on it. Do you think it will go high enough in 30 days to offset my tax benefit?
Thanks

Q: I seek your help in clarifying how one calculates capital gains in the following circumstances:
1- Say you have shares in a Canadian company whose shares are inter-listed, and you hold shares on both the Canadian and the US side. Assume the shares have differing costs. You sell PART of the said shares that you hold on the US side. Do you estimate the average cost in C$ of ALL your shares for purposes of “adjusted cost base” ? I have assumed yes.

2- This is a different question, and not necessarily related to 1 above.
Say you have shares a Canadian company, say CNQ. Say you bought CNQ in your accounts at two different and unrelated brokerages, for example iTRADE and at RBC-DI. Your CNQ shares are now held at each of these online brokers. Assume the CNQ shares referred to here are held in taxable accounts. You may also have CNQ in tax-deferred accounts, but I have assumed transactions in tax-deferred accounts are not relevant to this question.

Thus, you bought CNQ shares at different times and at different costs. You may also have bought CNQ on both the US$ side and the C$ side. When you sell part of your shares held in your TAXABLE account at iTRADE , is your adjusted cost base the average of ALL your purchases on CNQ in ALL your taxable accounts i.e. both iTRADE and RBC-DI ?

Q: is there any information about flow through shares. Where can I get information regarding tax benefits. Does 5i think they could be useful to investors or are they to risky. Is there an ETF . Thanks 5i

Q: Hi group p

Please explain in simple terms what Harvesting tax loses and proxy mean when selling stocks at a loss

Second question please give me your top 3 picks (in preferential order) c/w short explanation for following sectors ....Consumer staples, Energy ,
Materials, Real estate, Health care, Commodities, Financials

Thank you for your help





staples,

Q: Hello, I have some mutual funds in my account at InvestorLine. Are the amounts shown as « Paid by third parties » « Commission de suivi » tax-deductible as financial expenses? Thanks

Q: I read your answer to a question regarding tax loss selling where you said that you were "endorsing tax-loss harvesting right now". I've taken some profits and have the following stocks that are down and can utilize: AMZN, VISA, DIS, TFII and GSY - can you recommend which ones I should sell and if you would be okay buying them back after the 30 days?

Q: Hello guys
I am interested to do some tax loss selling for these stocks given steep drops over a year or so. Could you please weigh in on strategy and if you agree could you please propose some alternatives?
Thanks

Q: Hello 5i Team,
I own ZIM in my TSFA and RRSP. I expected they would withhold tax in TSFA; however I was surprised they did in my RRSP. The $17 dividend was very nice, but the 25% withholding tax was not so much. My buddy mentioned I need to fill out some form my RRSP. I don't know. Perhaps, it's because they are Israeli domiciled?

Thank you,
Brent

Q: I'm a new subscriber to your services this year and much appreciate your independent thought on investments. What is a good fully diversified ETF that is capital gains oriented over dividends? I've focused on dividend paying stocks over past 30 years, and while I'm enjoying working - want to avoid paying more than 1/2 my dividends income to gov. When I stop working I would convert back to dividend based investments to provide my income. Thank you.

Q: Hello 5I,
I was wondering if I sell the US stock AMD and then buy the Canadian CDR version of AMD stock will I get to claim the loss? They are technically different stocks ?

Thanks

Q: More of a comment, post if you feel relevant to others. I received a Tax Residency Form from my Financial Institution; asking me to declare whether I am a resident of the United States or other Countries for tax purposes. Not happy, I contacted my FI and was told this originated via IRS to CRA. I questioned why received when I have never been anything other than Canadian, they said possibly due to US stocks even though these are only held in registered accounts

Q: Hi,

I have a line of credit that I borrowed for investing.But prior to that I used it once for personal use.After the funds borrowed were paid, a month later I used it all for investing in a non registered acct.

My question is, can I claim a tax deduction on the interest expense on that money borrowed.I read articles that you can only deduct only if the account was only used for investment purposes.

I know you are not tax experts but your valued opinion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Q: I noticed the question about "phantom" distributions. I was very surprised to see that the capital gains distributions at the end of the year which are rolled back into NAV show up as taxable but without the Return of Capital adjustment that is needed. So a RoC distribution that requires the ACB to be decreased is shown on T3s but when a phantom RoC distribution that requires the ACB to be increased to the benefit of unit holders is not shown on the T3. How many people are going to pay twice the amount of tax as they should on these distributions?

Q: Hi, Would ZWC’s payout be considered eligible dividends? What about the other BMO covered call etf? Thanks.

Q: When I reviewed my T3s I found one that CRA had but which I had not received through my discount broker. According to the CRA copy of the T3 I received a capital gain on a fund (Ninepoint Energy). I had not sold any. When I searched 'Activities' for this fund on my broker's website I found the matching amount but it was listed as dividends. Does that just mean that it was a distribution of capital gains ($x/unit held) in the form of a dividend, but not an eligible div?

If this hadn't appeared on the CRA site I would not have known to claim it - I didn't received this form with the any others which the broker did send to me. (Common?)

Thanks,

Q: Hi, Is it permitted to buy these adr (nio,baba,bp) in a tfsa or rrsp?
Thank you

Q: Hi, I presently hold the above funds in a corporate account.
Is the tax treatment of these funds in a corporate account the same as a non registered acct?
In what type of acct is it best to hold them?

Q: as a Canadian investor is it better to buy bep.un in a tax free account or a regular account for tax purposes?

Q: We have a 10oz gold bullion that was given to us as a wedding present four decades ago. How can we sell it to get the best price? We can try jewelry shops. Go to the banks. Advertise through news/social media. Any other places you can suggest? If we do sell, will there be capital gains or income to report? Thanks a bullion!