hi everyone sean humphreys here welcome,to,all things retirement in this,installment we're going to talk about,rsps and registered retirement income,funds and withholding taxes,at death there's a very surprising quirk,in the income tax code that if you're,not aware of it or if your executor is,not aware of it,can cause your family some major major,headaches from a tax standpoint,so this is a very helpful video on taxes,as it relates to,death when you have an rsp account or,riff account,now if you're new to this channel make,sure you hit the subscribe button we're,posting content all the time,quite literally on all things retirement,the lead up to retirement the transition,to,and being retired so you don't miss any,of the content,hit the subscribe button now many of you,know of course that there is withholding,tax on your registered accounts so your,rsp accounts and your rif accounts as an,example,and if you go in you make a redemption,from those accounts typically there's a,schedule that,requires a minimum withholding tax,depending on the amount,so under five thousand dollars there's a,ten percent requirement for withholding,tax,go directly to cra before your financial,institution releases the money to you,between five and fifteen thousand,there's twenty percent,withholding tax required and above,fifteen there's thirty percent,withholding tax,now when it comes to redemptions and tax,consequences on death,generally speaking if you have a spouse,a partner,then when you die your rsp accounts and,rif accounts can roll over,tax deferred to the surviving spouse so,there's no tax due at that point,upon the death of your surviving spouse,if they haven't gotten married and,there's no partner,then at that point those assets are,deemed to be taxable,upon death now this is where we can get,into some complications,now one of the benefits of an rsp,account or riff account,is you can list a beneficiary on those,plans now one of the major,benefits of listing a beneficiary is the,fact that when you die,the rsp capital or the rift capital can,go directly to those beneficiaries and,not have to be,going through your state and subject to,probate so it's quick,it's convenient administratively it's,not very difficult at all,and doesn't like i said take very much,time it's a huge benefit to the family,and so many people will list,beneficiaries directly on their rsp or,rift contracts to take advantage of that,here's the problem one of the quirks of,the income tax code,is that there's no requirement that when,the financial institution releases that,capital,that they remit tax to cra before,releasing the money to the beneficiaries,so let me paint a picture for you you've,got a couple of beneficiaries let's say,they're in their thirties,maybe siblings and there's a four,hundred thousand dollar or,let's say three hundred thousand dollar,riff or rsp account that gets paid,directly to them,upon death now there's been no tax,requirement that at that point to be,remitted to cra so the,two beneficiaries get 150 000 each,and they go on with their life now a few,months later the executor is filing the,year of death tax returns,and realizes that there is tax to be,paid,on those rifts for that rrsp account but,the money's been already paid out to the,beneficiaries,now we have a potential problem so again,there is no requirement for the,financial institution to hold back taxes,those beneficiaries now have had that,capital for months,and maybe some of that money went to a,holiday maybe renovations in a house,i mean it's already been spent,potentially so you've got a bit of an,issue,the executor goes back to the,beneficiaries and says listen,we're doing the year of death tax,returns we've got a tax bill due,can we get some of that money back to,pay the taxes,well you know the potential problems,that you can encounter,in that kind of conversation right it,may not go quite the way the executor,had hoped now in an ideal scenario maybe,there's other assets still in the estate,that could be used to pay those taxes,but if there is no assets or very few,assets,or insufficient assets to pay the tax,bill then we potentially have a problem,so how do you work around that well the,first thing is you need to make sure,when you plan your estate,that you think through the potential,issues depending on which direction you,go in terms of a state distribution,the second thing is that you can be,proactive in other words before the,executor,goes through the paperwork to get those,monies to the beneficiaries,with those designations you can make,arrangements with your financial,institution to remit,tax so the executive will do an,approximation and that money will go to,cra,for tax purposes and then the net amount,will go to the beneficiaries,months later when the executor is filing,the euro debt tax return,hopefully they've held back sufficient,taxes,to look after that tax bill at that,point maybe as a refund this convention,come back to the beneficiaries,maybe there's a little bit of money that,has to be paid in addition to what was,remitted but you're not in that,very sticky situation where there's a,large tax bill and now people are,looking for money,to deal with it okay so that's just one,little landmine,that can come up when it comes to estate,settlement and planning,hope you enjoy the video and again if,you want to be alerted to future content,make sure you hit the subscribe button,and then the links for this video you'll,find a link to our website if you have,questions any topics you'd like us to,pursue for future videos make sure you,go to our website,send us an email through the website,suggesting topics we also have links to,our retirement coaching service and,other helpful resources,so be sure to check that out anyway,wishing you all the best in your,retirement,and wealth planning you take care bye,you
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