Retire Happy will help you learn all you need to know about retirement issues such as RRSP, CPP, OAS, TFSA, RRIF, tax rates and tax optimization.

Ed Rempel, CPA, CMA, CFP has helped thousands of Canadians become financially secure. He is a fee-for-service financial planner at Unconventional Wisdom & Advice Inc. and popular blogger at ...

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Here's how CPP benefits are calculated when someone is eligible for both a CPP retirement pension and a CPP survivor benefit.

We list over 40 duties of an executor of estate. This list is still far from exhaustive but shows how important it is to choose a good executor.

The Canadian Pension Plan, or CPP, can be a great strength for planning for your future. Understand what the new enhanced CPP is and how it can benefit you.

The most attractive advantage in charitable gifting with life insurance is that it allows one to make a much larger gift to a charity.

If you are still part of a defined benefit pension plan that is indexed or even partially indexed, be very happy with the type of pension you have.

The Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) is one of the “supplementary” benefits payable under the Old Age Security (OAS) Act. Other such supplementary benefits include the Allowance and the Allowance ...

Old Age Security is the cornerstone of Canada's retirement income system but you must watch out for the OAS clawback or find yourself repaying the OAS pension.

There is no reason to be concerned about keeping your income low in your 64th year in order to avoid the OAS clawback.

To calculate your CPP retirement pension, the first thing you should do is go online and obtain your most recent CPP Statement of Contributions (SOC).