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Q: Hello, I bought AEM at $99. I am thinking of selling it and buy it back after the 30-day tax window.
A) Is the merger with Kirkland Gold fully completed now?
B) Do you think much can happen in the next 30 days with AEM stock price?
C) Let's say I sell AEM on June 6th, can I buy it back on July 6th or is it preferable to wait a bit longer?
Thank you,
Read Answer Asked by Gervais on June 02, 2022
Q: Hello team,

Given the situation in the market, I would like to sell some stuff to recover the taxes I paid on capital gains back in 2020. But before doing that, I have a tax question: How do I recover the taxes paid on net capital gains in previous years? Let's say that I had made a capital gain of 100K in 2020 of which I had to pay taxes on 50K. Now, assuming my income hasn't changed, if I declare 50K in capital losses this year, do I get back all tax paid on my 2020 capital gains?

I know you are not tax experts but I hope you can give me a quick and general answer.

Thanks for your guidance! :)
Read Answer Asked by Saeed on May 30, 2022
Q: Those 3 are well underwater but I like all 3 for their long term potential. I need some tax loss and I'm thinking to sell one or all and buy back in 30 days. I wonder if you could think of proxy titles to replace for the next 30 days or just leave the money on the sidelines. Would you sell all or not? DOO is the closest to breaking even is 12% down. The others are down in the 30% range and are very volatile. I need an opinion to help me decide. Thank you.

Yves
Read Answer Asked by Yves on May 27, 2022
Q: Hi,
David recently asked about a USD Income Portfolio. If he’s a Canadian resident, would you include USD payers from Canadian domiciled companies like AQN, BAM.A, MG, QSR, NTR, AEM, and others so that the dividend tax credit adds torque to the income net net?
I’ve been contemplating that as a strategy so want to make sure I’m not overthinking it. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Carlo on May 25, 2022
Q: I plan to sell these stocks for a tax loss and then buy them back after 30 days. Could you suggest a proxy stock that I could buy as a replacement for the 30 days
Read Answer Asked by Ian on May 24, 2022
Q: I am currently down over $35K in SPY and would like to crystalize capital losses as I feel we are nearing the bottom. I understand that selling SPY and buying VOO would be deemed as an artificial loss by CRA, so I am wondering whether you can recommend another, less obvious replacement with high degree of correlation to SPY? Ideally, a USD-traded one. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Michael on May 24, 2022
Q: I seek your help in clarifying how one calculates capital gains in the following circumstances:
1- Say you have shares in a Canadian company whose shares are inter-listed, and you hold shares on both the Canadian and the US side. Assume the shares have differing costs. You sell PART of the said shares that you hold on the US side. Do you estimate the average cost in C$ of ALL your shares for purposes of “adjusted cost base” ? I have assumed yes.

2- This is a different question, and not necessarily related to 1 above.
Say you have shares a Canadian company, say CNQ. Say you bought CNQ in your accounts at two different and unrelated brokerages, for example iTRADE and at RBC-DI. Your CNQ shares are now held at each of these online brokers. Assume the CNQ shares referred to here are held in taxable accounts. You may also have CNQ in tax-deferred accounts, but I have assumed transactions in tax-deferred accounts are not relevant to this question.

Thus, you bought CNQ shares at different times and at different costs. You may also have bought CNQ on both the US$ side and the C$ side. When you sell part of your shares held in your TAXABLE account at iTRADE , is your adjusted cost base the average of ALL your purchases on CNQ in ALL your taxable accounts i.e. both iTRADE and RBC-DI ?

Read Answer Asked by Adam on May 18, 2022
Q: is there any information about flow through shares. Where can I get information regarding tax benefits. Does 5i think they could be useful to investors or are they to risky. Is there an ETF . Thanks 5i
Read Answer Asked by Guy on May 17, 2022
Q: Hi group p

Please explain in simple terms what Harvesting tax loses and proxy mean when selling stocks at a loss

Second question please give me your top 3 picks (in preferential order) c/w short explanation for following sectors ....Consumer staples, Energy ,
Materials, Real estate, Health care, Commodities, Financials

Thank you for your help





staples,
Read Answer Asked by Terence on May 17, 2022
Q: Hello, I have some mutual funds in my account at InvestorLine. Are the amounts shown as « Paid by third parties » « Commission de suivi » tax-deductible as financial expenses? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Denise on May 17, 2022
Q: I read your answer to a question regarding tax loss selling where you said that you were "endorsing tax-loss harvesting right now". I've taken some profits and have the following stocks that are down and can utilize: AMZN, VISA, DIS, TFII and GSY - can you recommend which ones I should sell and if you would be okay buying them back after the 30 days?
Read Answer Asked by JOHN on May 17, 2022
Q: Hello guys
I am interested to do some tax loss selling for these stocks given steep drops over a year or so. Could you please weigh in on strategy and if you agree could you please propose some alternatives?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Peter on May 13, 2022
Q: I'm a new subscriber to your services this year and much appreciate your independent thought on investments. What is a good fully diversified ETF that is capital gains oriented over dividends? I've focused on dividend paying stocks over past 30 years, and while I'm enjoying working - want to avoid paying more than 1/2 my dividends income to gov. When I stop working I would convert back to dividend based investments to provide my income. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Glenn on May 11, 2022
Q: More of a comment, post if you feel relevant to others. I received a Tax Residency Form from my Financial Institution; asking me to declare whether I am a resident of the United States or other Countries for tax purposes. Not happy, I contacted my FI and was told this originated via IRS to CRA. I questioned why received when I have never been anything other than Canadian, they said possibly due to US stocks even though these are only held in registered accounts
Read Answer Asked by Harry on May 09, 2022