Training

RRSP

 

Available at both Basic and Advanced levels.  The Basic session helps participants gain an understanding of terminology and legislation while building their confidence in dealing with members.  The Advanced session provides a review of legislation and covers those more in-depth subjects such as 3rd-party demands, relationship breakdowns and locked-in pension funds.

RRIF

 

Available at both Basic and Advanced levels.  The Basic session builds participants confidence in assisting members transferring their RRSPs to RRIF.  The Advanced session provides a review of legislation, year-end reporting, pension income credit and splitting as well as estate payouts and tax slips.

Locked-in Registered Plans

 

LIRA, LIRSP, RLSP, LIF, RLIF and MB RRIF          Let RP Success take the jargon out of all these locked-in registered funds acronyms.   With many pension jurisdictions changing their rules in the last few years, ensure your staff is up-to-date for the jurisdictions your credit union offers.

RRSP, RRIF and TFSA Estates

 

Review estate payout options, definitions and required T4RSPs, T4RIFs, T4As.

RESPs

 

Available at both Introduction and Advanced levels.  The Introduction session helps participants understand the more common scenarios for depositing and withdrawing funds.  The Advanced session goes beyond the basics by also discussing more complex scenarios, transfers, relationship breakdown and death.

Tax-Free Savings Accounts

 

This session ensures participants understand some of the more complex details of this new product available to members in 2009.

Disability Savings Plan

 

The new Registered Disability Savings Plan just came to market in late 2008.  This session helps participants understand the important features for qualifying individuals.

RRSP, RRIF, TFSA Year-end Reporting

 

Learn all the nuances of CRA's year-end reporting requirements

Consulting

Let RP Success assist in ensuring your registered plans are not a weak link on the credit union`s balance sheet. With years of expertise in the administrative policies and procedures of RRSP and RRIF including locked-in pension funds, RP Success can assist in identifying potential deficiencies in a credit union's registered plan portfolios. Whether it's a review of existing plan files, development of internal procedures and/or audit standards or evaluating plan policies, our experience can help your credit union ensure its registered plans are compliant with legislative and trustee requirements.

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Calculators are now updated

  • Click on Tools for Credit Unions to view all the available calculators.
  • Effective 10 am cst, Jan 3, 2012 - all calculators that required updating for 2012 have been posted.
  • NEW - T4RSP worksheet for estates that are closed after exempt period (payout occurred after Dec 31 of the year after death - i.e. dies 2010 and paid out 2012)

  • Spring 2012 Training

  • Visit our Calendar page in February for more information
  • Basic RRIF
  • Advanced RRIF
  • Locked-in Registered Plans
  • Introduction to RESP
  • Tax Free Savings Accounts
  • Watch for our RRSP, RRIF, TFSA Estate Payouts Webinar offering 
  • RP Success Blog

    TFSA - Death of the Holder

    From what I am hearing, one of the most misunderstood TFSA reporting requirements is when a holder dies and a spouse/common-law partner (clp) was named as successor holder.  Some FIs are simply closing the deceased’s TFSA and transferring the funds over to the surviving spouse’s/clp’s TFSA.  A BIG NO-NO!!  Read more . . .




    Did You Know...

    TFSA - Did You Know . . .

    The 2012 new TFSA room will again be $5,000.  Although many within the financial industry had interpreted the legislation to mean that the annual inflation rate was accumulative so had expected the 2012 new room to be $5,500, CRA announced December 2, 2011 that the 2012 new TFSA room would remain at $5,000.  Read more.

    RDSP - Did You Know . . .

    Effective January 2011 unused grant and bond entitlements from previous years (2008 and forward) may be claimed for in the future.             I.e. Fully qualified beneficiary opens a new Disability Savings Plan in 2011 may be entitled to a maximum grant of $10,500 ($4,500 contribution required) and $4,000 in a bond credit ($1,000 for each year of '08, '09, '10, '11)  Read More

    LIRA, LIF - Did You Know? ? ?

    Effective May 31, 2010 changes to the Manitoba Pension Benefits Act and Regulations came into effect.  Changes include: release due to non-residency; release due to shortened life must have annuitant terminally ill with a doctor certifying death likely within 2 years; spouse/CLP of original pension plan member can waiver his/her death benefit from the LIRA or LIF.  Want to learn more?    Watch our Calendar page for Spring 2012 sessions.          Read more . . . .

     

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