{"id":3437,"date":"2025-01-29T13:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T18:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/insights\/using-a-tfsa-to-help-you-reach-your-financial-goals\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T18:33:29","slug":"using-a-tfsa-to-help-you-reach-your-financial-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/insights\/using-a-tfsa-to-help-you-reach-your-financial-goals","title":{"rendered":"Using a TFSA to help you reach your financial goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since its introduction in 2009, the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) has continued to grow in popularity as a registered savings plan option, with recent Government of Canada data showing that over half of eligible Canadians have one.1<\/sup> At the same time, however, not all TFSA holders regularly contribute to their TFSAs or maximize the range of potential benefits it offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a flexible savings vehicle that provides tax-free income and growth, anytime withdrawals and the ability to carry forward contribution room, a TFSA can be effective for a wide range of short-term and long-term financial goals. For saving and investing throughout your lifetime and providing a source of income in retirement, a TFSA can be used as a complement within your overall financial plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s an overview of six potential strategies or aspects to give thought to in maximizing the use of your TFSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimizing investments within your TFSA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While the name itself highlights the TFSA as a \u201csavings account,\u201d the tax-free aspect specifically relates to the income or growth of investments held within the account. With that in mind, it\u2019s important to look at how you invest your contributions. If you were to simply hold funds in your TFSA and not invest them, you would miss out on the tax benefits associated with growth and income inside the account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a TFSA, any income (including capital gains) earned is exempt from tax, and TFSAs can hold a wide variety of investments, including guaranteed investment certificates (GICs), bonds, stocks and mutual funds. And, while there may be a tendency to think of a TFSA more as a shorter-term savings vehicle, depending on your needs and circumstances, shifting the focus to use it more for longer-term saving may broaden the range of options that can positively impact growth potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, in times of market volatility, it may be a good opportunity to revisit your investment types or how you\u2019re diversified. You may want to consider investing in fixed-income securities inside of your TFSA. Because fixed income isn\u2019t taxed efficiently in a non-registered account, it may be beneficial to hold these types of investments in your TFSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating an emergency fund<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Having funds set aside in case of an emergency, unexpected life event or significant change in your circumstances is an important part of financial planning. With the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of this has been heightened even more. For some, the TFSA may be an effective option for creating an emergency fund, because it\u2019s possible to withdraw assets (both your original contributions and growth\/income) at any time, whenever you need them, tax-free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To help in determining what may be appropriate to set aside, RBC offers an Emergency Fund Calculator, which can be accessed by visiting The Savings Spot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

As a general rule of thumb, it\u2019s recommended to have three to six months\u2019 salary set aside in an emergency fund. You may want to give some thought to this amount and what makes sense for your personal circumstances and if you have children, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do use your TFSA to create or hold an emergency fund, keep in mind that because these funds may be needed urgently, you may want to consider investing in more secure, less volatile interest-earning securities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being mindful of your contribution room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With TFSAs, there are pre-determined annual contribution limits. For Canadian residents, your contribution room starts to accumulate when you become age 18 (or starting in 2009, whichever occurred last), even if you haven\u2019t opened a TFSA or filed an income tax return to earn contribution room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/em><\/strong> In certain provinces and territories, the age of majority is 19. In these jurisdictions, a person who\u2019s 18 will accumulate TFSA contribution room for the year, but won\u2019t be able to open the TFSA until they reach the age of majority.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there\u2019s a situation where you haven\u2019t used or don\u2019t use your contribution room in a particular year, that unused room can be carried forward to any future year. In other words, if you have accumulation room and you haven\u2019t always contributed the maximum amount to your TFSA, in times when you have funds available and it makes sense in conjunction with your other savings approaches or plans, it may be possible to take advantage of your accumulated contribution room for increased growth potential. A withdrawal made in a given year is added to contribution room the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, unlike a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), there\u2019s also no set age limit on your ability to contribute and there\u2019s no lifetime limit on the amount you can contribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you make any contribution to your TFSA, keep in mind that your contribution room will decrease, even if it\u2019s a re-contribution of funds you withdrew in previous years. And if you\u2019ve reached your maximum contribution limit for the year, that room won\u2019t be restored until the following calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategizing with income splitting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If your family is in a situation where one spouse or parent is a high-income earner, you may be able to benefit from income splitting opportunities using the TFSA, either by gifting funds to your spouse or to your adult child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say you\u2019re the higher-income spouse and you provide funds to your lower-income spouse to contribute to their TFSA. In this scenario, the attribution rules won\u2019t apply, so any income or capital gains earned on those funds while they are held in the TFSA won\u2019t be attributed back to you (as long as the contribution doesn\u2019t result in, or add to, an over-contribution).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this approach, both you and your spouse can earn tax-free investment income and growth, irrespective of which spouse provided the funds. In other words, you may be able to boost the amount of your combined investments that can grow tax-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you gift funds to a child who\u2019s 18 or over, they can use these funds to contribute to their own TFSA. (It\u2019s important to remember that in some provinces or territories, you must be 19 or older to open a TFSA.) This type of gifting may be a good income-splitting strategy to consider when you\u2019ve maxed out your own TFSA contribution room and have excess non-registered funds. Again here, the attribution rules won\u2019t apply to income and capital gains earned on the gifted funds, so they can grow tax-free in your child\u2019s hands to be used in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep in mind, however, that once you make the gift, you\u2019ll give up control over those funds, how they\u2019re invested (you can\u2019t make a gift contingent on the recipient putting the funds into a TFSA), when and how much is withdrawn, and how the funds are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saving and generating income in retirement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some may not realize there are many potential benefits a TFSA offers for retirees. If you\u2019ve retired but have excess cash flow, a TFSA may be a good option to continue building your savings. And because of the flexibility this savings vehicle offers, you can withdraw funds when you need them and re-contribute them without the tax consequences in the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re retired and no longer have earned income that will generate new RRSP contribution room, a TFSA provides a savings opportunity in that regard as well. And because there aren\u2019t age limits, even after the end of the year you turn age 71 \u2014 when you can\u2019t contribute to your RRSP anymore \u2014 you\u2019ll be able to preserve some tax-free growth and income. You also won\u2019t need to convert your TFSA to an income vehicle like you have to with an RRSP based on your age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, a TFSA may be used as another source of tax-efficient retirement income if you think you may be in the same or a higher marginal tax bracket in retirement. Unlike withdrawals from an RRSP or Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF), which are fully taxed at your marginal tax rate, withdrawals from a TFSA are not taxable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complementing your existing registered savings plans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have an RRSP or Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP), depending on your circumstances and life stage, a TFSA may help augment your savings in combination with your other registered plans. For example, if you make a contribution to your RRSP and receive a tax refund, you may want to consider using that refund to contribute to your TFSA. By doing so, those funds will be set aside in a tax-sheltered way, helping you save for whatever financial goals you may have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to saving for a child\u2019s education, TFSAs can be used to accumulate funds in addition to an RESP, providing tax-sheltered education savings. By using your own TFSA for this purpose, you can also start investing long before your child is able to open their own account, and when the funds are ultimately needed, you can withdraw them tax-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TFSA quick facts<\/h2>
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Designed for short- and long-term savings goals, the TFSA is the only registered account that\u2019s never taxed.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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It should not be used as a regular banking account due to contribution limits.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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There is no tax deduction on contributions made.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Depending on the types of investments you hold within the account, you may need to time your withdrawals accordingly.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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If you contribute more than your contribution room, you\u2019ll be subject to a tax of 1 percent on the highest excess amount in the month for each month you\u2019re in an over-contributed position.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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It\u2019s possible to have more than one TFSA at a time, as long as your total annual contributions don\u2019t exceed your limit.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Only one holder of a TFSA can make contributions to their own TFSA.<\/p><\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

References<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Government of Canada. Tax-Free Savings Account Statistics. Accessed September 2020. https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/programs\/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra\/income-statistics-gst-hst-statistics\/tax-free-savings-account-statistics\/tax-free-savings-account-statistics-2017-tax-year.html<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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