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Q: Hello, in your response to Arzoo's question regarding international holdings better held in RRSP, you say that generally International companies in an RRSP will not have dividend withholding taxes. I have MDT in my RRSP, and there is a withholding taxes of 20%. I have phoned my online broker about this, and they told me that if a company's main address is outside of Canada / USA (Medtronic is based in Dublin, Ireland) then there will be a 20% taxes. And this even if the company trades on the NYSE. They told me that the RRSP tax treaty between Canada and the US applys only to US domiciliated companies. Do you agree with that? Thanks, Gervais




Read Answer Asked by Gervais on November 06, 2018
Q: Greetings,
I am specifically interested in finding out about NWH & BIP but as a general "rule of thumb", are international holdings better held in RRSP accounts irrespective of them being listed on TSX?

Read Answer Asked by Arzoo on November 05, 2018
Q: I have capital gains for the year and I am looking at selling the losers to help reduce the tax hit. I have a loss on TSGI and I am wondering if/when I should sell. I like the company and would want to replace the stock after the 30 day period. Given the next earnings report is Nov 7 is it better to sell before or after that date or is timing even worth considering?
Thanks
Mike
Read Answer Asked by michael on November 05, 2018
Q: Good morning 5i,
My question concerns tax loss selling. If half a position was sold, say, roughly a month ago, I would be able to purchase the stock again today. But, say if I decided to sell the other half of the position today, would I have to wait another thirty days before buying anything back? Or, could I buy the original half back, now.
thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on October 30, 2018
Q: Good morning
My wife and are both under age 65. Each have an RRSP and my wife has a spousal as well.
She has the higher income.
Should we withdraw from the Spousal RRSP can I claim it on my Taxes as I have the lower income?
Thank you
Mike


Read Answer Asked by Mike on October 29, 2018
Q: Hello .. I hold a foreign dividend etf in my cash account. Will the foreign tax paid increase my cost base or is it just the cost or diversification. Best regards gary
Read Answer Asked by Gary on October 29, 2018
Q: Given the current state of the Canadian market, I have filled both registered accounts with US/international equities. Provided a US/international equity doesn't pay a dividend, are there any negative tax consequences from holding these shares in a non-registered account? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on October 23, 2018
Q: I recently asked a question about tax loss selling in the US and Canada that obviously wasn’t clear enough.
I wanted to know how tax loss selling in the US for an American investor compares to Canada for a Canadian investor. How similar are the tax implications, rules etc.?
Thanks, Hugh
Read Answer Asked by Hugh on October 22, 2018
Q: Bought option Oct 19 $12 ENDP to close a cvered call sold in July for a loss on Oct 20. . Can we purchase option Dec 19 $ 17 ENDP on Oct 24 or does the 30 day rule apply for all options of the same company.
Thanks
Thomas
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on October 22, 2018
Q: Could you compare and contrast the benefits and regulatory considerations of tax loss selling in the US relative to Canada? Is the form and strategy similar or quite different and to what extent?
(This request is for broad brush information not detail)
Thank you, Hugh
Read Answer Asked by Hugh on October 22, 2018
Q: Hello 5I.
I have a question about warrants and the tax loss. Are the Greenspace warrants and the greenspace common stock consider the same entity for tax purposes? Meaning could I see one and purchase the other on the same day and get a loss or would it be forfeited?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Tyler on October 19, 2018
Q: Are these etf's better to be held in registered accounts for tax purposes. Since there will be ROC when sold, how difficult is it to calculate or are tax forms supplied with that info upon sale. I'd like yo add it to my non registered account to collect the nice dividends but worried about how to handle after a sale. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Luca on October 17, 2018
Q: Before proceed with a purchase would you confirm for me that a US stock or ETF may be purchased in a Canadian RRSP without having to file annual tax information or remittances to the USA. I know that a US stock or ETF purchased in a cash or TFSA is subject to annual filings. As a long time subscriber, thank you for your service.
Read Answer Asked by Doug on October 17, 2018
Q: I am considering holding VFV and XQQ in my personal unregistered accounts because they produce dividends. I could borrow money to invest in them and write off the interest. On the other hand, would it make sense to put HXS and HXQ in my passive corporation (no active income) as these two produce only capital gains and no distributions? Is there a big difference in dividends earned in a passive corp vs
personally? Also all of these will not count towards the T1135 limit. Any thoughts?
Read Answer Asked by Terry on October 15, 2018
Q: Hello 5I.
I just was wondering how best to handle tax loss selling season? Do I wait till late november early december to buy some "losers" or do you strike when it falls into my range. I am just tentative as I don't want to buy way to early if a stock is probably going to drop further (best guess).. Dollarama for example..
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Tyler on October 09, 2018
Q: Hi All at 5i! A quick question about tax loss selling. When would it be ideal to sell a stock at a loss to offset gains, considering that I want to buy the stock back. Would now be good? Or wait until Nov? Dec? Also, I own CBO at a loss at the moment. Considering that interest rates are going up, should I sell it now at a loss( to offset capital gains) and buy it back later? Cheers, Tamara
Read Answer Asked by Tamara on October 04, 2018
Q: Gentlemen,
About the 30 days waiting to re-buy question.
I own stock X on my margin account, I have a loss this stock.
If I will buy stock X on a registered account.
And after I will sell stock X on my margin account
The loss can be claimed in this situation or I have also wait 30 days before selling ?
Thanks
BR
Read Answer Asked by Djamel on October 03, 2018
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