{"id":28162,"date":"2025-08-14T03:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/?p=28162"},"modified":"2025-08-14T03:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:09:35","slug":"the-tax-free-savings-account-tfsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/the-tax-free-savings-account-tfsa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28162\" class=\"elementor elementor-28162\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e2510c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e2510c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b78973d\" data-id=\"b78973d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4366004 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4366004\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What is a TFSA<br \/>The TFSA program began in 2009. It is a way for individuals who are 18 and older and who have a valid social insurance number (SIN) to set money aside tax-free throughout their lifetime. Contributions to a TFSA are not deductible for income tax purposes. Any amount contributed as well as any income earned in the account (for example, investment income and capital gains) is generally tax-free, even when it is withdrawn. Administrative or other fees in relation to TFSA and any interest or money borrowed to contribute to a TFSA are not tax deductible. <\/p><p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/individuals\/topics\/tax-free-savings-account.html\">here<\/a> to learn more<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">Information source from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a568e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a568e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/individuals\/topics\/tax-free-savings-account.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a TFSAThe TFSA program began in 2009. It is a way for individuals who are 18 and older and who have a valid social insurance number (SIN) to set money aside tax-free throughout their lifetime. Contributions to a TFSA are not deductible for income tax purposes. Any amount contributed as well as any &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/the-tax-free-savings-account-tfsa\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,56,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cra-infomation","category-tax-tips","category-whats-new"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-6863191-6863191-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tax Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/author\/tax-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"What is a TFSAThe TFSA program began in 2009. 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