Best Wishes for 2009!!!
We at PLAN would like to wish you and your families all the best for 2009. Looking back… 2008 was year of many accoplishments for us. We are pleased that our many years of work have paid off: – the...
Will there be a retroactive Grant and Bond for 2008? BMO still the only national Bank to offer RDSPs in 2008!
To find out about the RDSP, whether you qualify, and where you can sign up, visit www.rdsp.com . Now that it looks like the Bank of Montreal will become the first national bank in Canada to offer the RDSP, and will...
The Importance of Filing Two Tax Returns
To find out about the RDSP, whether you qualify, and where you can sign up, visit www.rdsp.com . As we follow the ongoing saga of the RDSP, I find it useful to provide some important tips for preparing to set up...
And Now there are Two!
To find out about the RDSP, whether you qualify, and where you can sign up, visit www.rdsp.com . Guest post by Al Etmanski, President and Co-Founder of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) And Now there are Two! Only when difference has...
Launch of the RDSP and the new RDSP.com
The Registered Disability Savings Plan is now an official Canadian Registered Plan and can be issued by Financial institutions across Canada. The RDSP promises to be a life-changing future planning tool for hundreds of thousands of Canadians with a...
The New RDSP: From Poverty to Equity
Al Etmanski, Co-Founder and President of PLAN recently blogged on the potential and power of the RDSP to leverage people out of poverty. Here is a sample from his post: “Fighting poverty by encouraging savings is now being championed...
The RDSP Calculator has arrived!!!
PLAN is proud to announce the launch of the new online RDSP Calculator (Version 1.0). Now available, this calculator helps you project the estimated future value of an RDSP, and will help determine how it can enhance the quality...
Yukon Exempts the RDSP
Yukon is the first Territory in Canada to exempt the RDSP . They recently published a new version of the Yukon Social Assistance Regulations. In these regulations they have exempted the RDSP as an asset and indicated that it...
Audacity and the RDSP
“If you speak the truth you are unstoppable. If you step out you will galvanize a country. Regardless of your name, gender, skin color or topic, if you step up you put a powerful face to a universal expression...
Provincial Ministers responsible for Disability Income Assistance – Contacts List
Many people have been asking us who they should contact in their provinces if they have more questions on the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). If you are unsure of your provincial government’s plans for the Registered Disability Savings...