Demystifying Your Investment Options: How AI Legalese Decoder Can Help You Choose Between TFSA, FHSA, or RRSP for Your Home Buying Journey
- May 19, 2024
- Posted by: legaleseblogger
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# Financial Planning Advice for a Single 29M with 110K Salary in Ontario
I am a single 29M with a salary of 110K in Ontario (before taxes) seeking advice on how to prioritize my TFSA/FHSA/RRSP accounts. My main goal in the near future is buying a house in 1-2 years in Ontario. Currently, I have not opened a FHSA and RRSP account yet, but I am planning to open a FHSA soon.
## Allocation of Funds
Currently, I have around 70K in my bank’s checking account. I am torn between allocating this money to my FHSA or TFSA. As someone with no debt and minimal contributions to my TFSA, I am wondering where I should allocate my funds.
## Employer RRSP Matching
My employer provides RRSP matching, where they do not contribute to the RRSP plan but will match up to 50% of my member required contributions, up to a maximum of 3,000, into the RRSP. This raises the question of whether it would be beneficial for me to contribute to my RRSP.
## Opening FHSA and Investment Choices
Given my goal of buying a home, would it make sense to open an FHSA soon and contribute 8K to it? Additionally, as a newcomer to investing, I would appreciate guidance on what investments to choose for my FHSA.
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FHSA and TFSA for sure.
For RRSP, you have to find out from your employer RRSP plan is you are able to withdraw for HBP.
>Would it make sense to open the FHSA soon and contribute 8K to it given my goal of buying a home ?
If eligible, obviously.
>what investments should I choose for FHSA ?
Since it’s short term, you shouldn’t have market investments, just a HISA product since it’s short term !HISATrigger
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Fhsa
I was wondering the same thing. If I have more than the 8k max to invest in FHSA + TFSA, what do I do with the remaining amount if I want to put it towards a house / down payment?
1) FHSA. A way to think of it in investing terms is that at your income your have a marginal tax of ~30% so if your plan is to buy a home with the money simply moving it from your checking to a FHSA is like making an investment with a 30% return (since you would otherwise have paid that in income tax). And that is just moving the money, you can still actually invest the money on top of that.
2) RRSP to take advantage of the home buying plan (HBP), but this requires a bit more thought and some might say TFSA first. The HBP can be up to $60k tax deferred but has a few considerations.
Like with the FHSA you won’t pay income tax on the contributions, and won’t pay income tax on the withdrawal if you buy a home. A key difference is that you have to contribute everything back to your RRSP later on, starting 5 years after you buy the home. The repayment is not tax deducted.
This takes some explaining, but the HBP is like loaning yourself money you already have and money you don’t have. Any contribution you make to the RRSP is tax deferred, again potentially ~30% you would otherwise pay in income tax this year. A withdrawal under the HBP is not taxed, but the required repayments are NOT tax deferred the way RRSP contributions are. So you will not pay income tax on the contributions, and not pay income tax on the withdrawal to buy a home, and at this point you are 30% ahead. Then 5 years later you will be required to start paying it all back to your own rrsp from your after tax income. You could at that point in your life have gotten a better job in a higher tax bracket, let’s say 40% marginal tax. You’d be then repaying your own RRSP contributions that previously let you defer 30% income tax using money you could now otherwise be using to contribute to your RRSP and defer 40% income tax. If we are really counting things there is the loss of investment income as well (the growth of 60k had it been in the RRSP the whole time) but I would personally disregard that in this context.
I would still suggest RRSPs to leverage the HBP, but in the context of using the money to buy a home there is a world of difference between tax free (FHSA) and tax deferred (RRSP).
HISA then FSHA then RRSP and TFSA on the same time. in this order.
* You should have an emerangy fund (like 6month worth of spending in HISA). the interest will be taxed, this is for emergancy. so keep like few thousands (like 12K if you spend 2K/month) of your 70K for emergancy. dont invest all of it. some HISA pay up to 4% per year.
* FHSA you can put up to 8k every year (max 40k) can be open for 15 Years. i would maxed every year. The earlier you open it the better. you dont have to repay the HPB once you used it (unlike RRSP). No tax in that money. example if 40K increased to 55K after 4 years because your investmnt was doing well, you put the whole 55K toward HBP (no taxes, no paying back). Great right. plus every 8k contributed will reduce your tax in next year 2025 and you will receive huge refund in April/May after you file taxes (same of any contribution to RRSP).
* RRSP throught empolyer: if you have matching program from your empolyer through RRSP you should take it. it is free money. Based on the table your employer doesnt.
* RRSP (on your own) you can withdraw up to 60K to HBP (change in 2024) without any Tax. But you will have to repay it back in next 15 years after you buy house. when i say pay it back (it is still your money, just you have put it back in RRSP). Make sure to know how much limit you can contribute.
* so 60K + 40k (propbaly more if your FHSA grow)= minimum 100k with no taxes.
* Spousal RRSP, if you end up marrying/having commn-in law partner before bying House, you can add that to HBP.
* TFSA: investing in TFSA usually is the first on list, for newer investor except for those who wish to buy house/apparemtent. any money grow in TFSA is off taxes. the gain is not taxed. Make sure to know how much limit you can contribute. I recommand always starting with TFSA. the difference is you can withdraw that money for personal reason like buying car/vaction etc unlike RRSP/FHSA you must NOT touch that money once put in there for other reason (unless you want to pay taxes) beside retirement or HPB. thats why ppl dont like RRSP.
All those accounts are investing account. dont put the money to gain interset like saving account, you must invest in the market (ETF/stock) except the HISA.
Bro you have long way to learn, Join Blossom app. it is canadian app for investor. Download Yahoo finance and start learning about stock market/ETF if you want DIY account and get financially literate. otherwise go to bank and talk to advisor for managed account (they will be min 2% fees for advisor).
****NOT FINANCIAL ADVISE, DO your own research***********
1. FHSA. May still be able to contribute for last year too.
2. Once maxed, TFSA.
3. If no more TFSA room can contribute to RRSP.