First Time Home Buyers
RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan
- The Home Buyers' Plan (HBP) is a program that allows first time buyers to withdraw up to $35,000 of RRSP savings (Max-$70,000 for a couple) to help finance the down payment on a home.
- The great benefit of a HBP is that the withdrawal is not taxable as long as you repay it within a 15-year period
- Have to apply ahead of time to withdraw the funds from the RRSP
Tax-Free First Home Savings Account
- The newly introduced Tax-Free First Home Savings Account (FHSA) is a registered plan to help you save towards your first home by allowing you to contribute up to $40,000 over the lifetime of the plan.
- Like an RRSP, contributions would be tax-deductible. And like a TFSA, withdrawals to purchase your first home would be non-taxable.
- The main advantage of a FHSA is that unlike the RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan, the funds do not need to be paid back.