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- 26 Feb 2008 23:49
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
the cold-shoulder this is getting from people here OK, here is a selection of quotes from the G&M , with my temperature measurement in brackets: “It's a far cry from what they were talking about with the capital gains,” said Jeff Rubin, chief economist and chief strategist at CIBC World Markets....[Freezing.] The new shelter for investors is “a very different animal,” said economist Douglas Porter of BMO Nesbitt Burns.[No temperature.] “The one surprise in this budget was the Tax-Free Savings Account,” said Nancy Hughes Anthony, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Bankers Association. “And from our point of view we think it's pretty positive,” Ms. Hughes Anthony said.[Hot, baby!] “We are disappointed as an industry th...
- 26 Feb 2008 23:31
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
- 26 Feb 2008 23:17
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
- 26 Feb 2008 22:42
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
Not in the least. But other things could have been done that were better.a lot of bitterness from the old guys on this board.
Many people here are exalting over something that isn't that big - and may well be changed before it gets that big.
If you had your wishes, there were - and are - better things. Something may well be better than nothing - but there are many things that could have been better than this. Raising the personal exemption, for example. Or eliminating the top bracket.
- 26 Feb 2008 22:13
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
Suppose you are a retiree - like me - and try to keep yourself in the bottom tax bracket by using capital gains and dividends along with more-heavily-taxed income. Next year, you place $5K in a TFSA (old name: TPSP) and put it in a GIC that pays 4.5%. You are an Alberta resident and have a marginal tax rate of 25%. Your tax savings are $5000*0.045*0.25=$56.25.lets not get too excited
Whoopie shit.
- 26 Feb 2008 21:51
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
TPSPs were debated at great length on a predecessor forum. The advantage vs. RRSPs is modest for most people. Steve's calculations show that.this a great thing!
People in high income brackets now and lower income brackets at retirement will be better off with RRSPs. They have the money to save in non-registered plans; these will offer modest - not great - benefits that will need a very long time to become significant - unless the rules are changed first. People in low income brackets could theoretically benefit more than with RRSPs but don't have the money to save.
Like I said - smoke and mirrors. Putting back the $1K interest deduction would have been simpler.
- 26 Feb 2008 21:28
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
- 26 Feb 2008 20:12
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
- 26 Feb 2008 19:38
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
There was extensive debate about the TPSP earlier.
- 26 Feb 2008 18:29
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Canada Federal Budget for 2008
- Replies: 288
- Views: 18535
- 26 Feb 2008 18:13
- Forum: Now Hear This!
- Topic: When Something Breaks ...
- Replies: 199
- Views: 26225
- 26 Feb 2008 13:29
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Cheap Computers - 2008
- Replies: 58
- Views: 154
Or, as I said, pull the battery.Thinkpad help wrote:- If you primarily use your computer with the ac adapter attached and only infrequently use battery power, battery deterioration may occur faster when the battery is constantly charged at 100%.
A lot of people use laptops as "portables" and leave them plugged in all the time. Pulling the battery is the best approach in that situation.
- 26 Feb 2008 13:15
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: You are the Federal Finance Minster ……
- Replies: 136
- Views: 10214
- 26 Feb 2008 12:33
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Cheap Computers - 2008
- Replies: 58
- Views: 154
No it isn't. Rechargable batteries left on permanent charge tend to lose their ability to hold charge (one possible reason is growth of dendrites from the cathode to the anode, which gives an internal short). The battery should either be allowed to go through charge/discharge cycles or removed.Heat is why Shakes suggests you not keep a recharged battery in an AC-powered notebook
My Inspiron 1100, which has DDR RAM, allows the SODIMMs to be different sizes.NO! NO! NO! Not with DDR2 RAM.
- 26 Feb 2008 10:36
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Cheap Computers - 2008
- Replies: 58
- Views: 154
- 25 Feb 2008 18:57
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Labour-sponsored venture capital funds
- Replies: 299
- Views: 83277
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet ... iness/home
Most targets settle in Crocus suit
Most targets settle in Crocus suit
[A] settlement in principle will see audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP pay $6-million, the provincial government and the Manitoba Securities Commission pay $2.75-million, directors and officers of the fund contribute $3.15-million, and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. pay $100,000.
- 25 Feb 2008 18:30
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Cheap Computers - 2008
- Replies: 58
- Views: 154
You also need to decide if you are going to use it as a laptop (i.e. on battery) or as a portable (plugged in). If the former, consider a larger battery and/or a second battery. If you intend to leave it plugged in, one battery will suffice - but don't leave it in the computer.
I use mine as a portable. Once I get to my hotel, I plug it in and pull the battery unless it is nearly discharged, in which case I recharge it and then pull it.
I use mine as a portable. Once I get to my hotel, I plug it in and pull the battery unless it is nearly discharged, in which case I recharge it and then pull it.
- 25 Feb 2008 18:13
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Cheap Computers - 2008
- Replies: 58
- Views: 154
- 25 Feb 2008 11:46
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Ufile
- Replies: 310
- Views: 38190
- 25 Feb 2008 10:34
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: Harper's capital gains promise fades from view
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4793
- 24 Feb 2008 23:08
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: Harper's capital gains promise fades from view
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4793
Tories expected to give investors a tax break
Options they expect Ottawa has been studying include:
--Allowing investors to put capital gains, or some capital gains, tax-free into their registered retirement savings plans.
--A tax prepaid savings account that works like an RRSP – in that contributions accumulate tax free, but there is no tax credit when funds are invested.
--A capital gains deferral account that gives investors a tax exemption on funds reinvested within a specified account, to a specified lifetime limit.
- 24 Feb 2008 20:26
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Ufile
- Replies: 310
- Views: 38190
- 24 Feb 2008 19:06
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Ufile
- Replies: 310
- Views: 38190
- 24 Feb 2008 18:59
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: You are the Federal Finance Minster ……
- Replies: 136
- Views: 10214
Does that count the bombe, which was an electromechanical computer?if there were 12 computers in the entire world in 1943, I would be surprised
- 24 Feb 2008 18:56
- Forum: Taxing Situations
- Topic: Ufile
- Replies: 310
- Views: 38190