{"id":4250,"date":"2015-05-03T19:36:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T23:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspire-canada.com\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2017-02-19T12:24:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T17:24:27","slug":"how-to-become-a-millionaire-using-your-tfsas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspire-canada.com\/?p=4250","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Millionaire using your Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9201\" src=\"https:\/\/aspire-canada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shutterstock_543799786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the right plan your Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) can make you a millionaire. Yes you heard me right &#8211; a millionaire. I asked one financial guru\u00a0(name withheld to protect privacy) in Ottawa, Canada from one of the top six financial institutions how this could be done and his response was &#8211; EASY. We often think of TFSA&#8217;s as a financial planning tool for the rich and not the average among us. As a matter of fact, most critics scoffed at the recent announcements that could result in each person saving an increased amount in their TFSA&#8217;s. Budget 2015 propelled TFSA&#8217;s to a whole new level by almost doubling the amount that those 18 and older can contribute, to $10,000 per year. According to the financial post &#8211; apart from the immediate financial advantage of being able to save \u2014 and invest \u2014 money tax free, the budget has unleashed a long-term social revolution that enables almost everyone who wishes it to become a millionaire.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/aspire-canada.com\/millennials-top-5-career-mistakes\/\">Millennials today have it tough<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">. From worrying about getting into a good job after university to taking on their first mortgage &#8211; saving is probably last on their radar. But there&#8217;s good news &#8211; its quite possible to start saving and be on your way to earning millionaire status!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The beauty about TFSA&#8217;s is they let you save and invest your money without paying any tax on the growth\u2014that is, no tax on Canadian dividends, capital gains or interest earned in the plan. Not now, and not when you withdraw the money either. As a matter of fact, according to my financial guru, his clients\u00a0<\/span>routinely transfer amounts into their TFSA&#8217;s on a yearly basis from their other savings accounts &#8211; within limits. The goal is to have built up a sizeable nest egg that is tax free.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">According to him &#8211; &#8220;If you run the numbers for a 20 year old using TFSA\u2019s at a modest 5% rate of return, by the time they are 65 the numbers are quite impressive &#8211; in the millions &#8211; and it\u2019s tax free!!&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real benefit of putting money into a TFSA at a young age is the power of compounding,\u201d says Marc Lamontagne, a fee-only adviser with Ryan Lamontagne in Ottawa. \u201cIt\u2019s exponential. If you have 25 years or more, your returns will be substantial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trick here is that most millennials who have TFSAs open ones that work like savings accounts. They like the idea of putting aside money for future emergencies but while this provides peace of mind, it won\u2019t make you a millionaire. It\u2019s easy to see why. Money invested conservatively in ultra-safe investments that average 2% a year &#8211; won&#8217;t cut it. If you use these low-interest savings accounts will you be a millionaire by age 65? Absolutely not. At a rate of 2% and putting in 5,000 a year &#8211; you\u2019d have about $367,000\u2014barely a third of the way there. Would you be a millionaire by 90? Again, no. You would have about $765,000 in your TFSA\u2014and after 70 years of inflation, that won\u2019t be worth anything close to what it is today.<\/p>\n<p>You would need to adopt a more aggressive strategy and get your money working for you to boost your returns.\u00a0How large can you expect a TFSA to grow if you begin in your 20&#8217;s and stay invested 50 years or more? That depends on two key things: how much is contributed and how it\u2019s invested.<\/p>\n<p>The asset mix is also important. Aggressive investment strategies with 60% equities should grow faster than conservative approaches with 40% equities.<\/p>\n<p>All that\u2019s left is to pick a suitable plan with a good return &#8211; think 4% or 5% &#8211; and start contributing. The lesson? You don\u2019t have to be well-off to build wealth in TFSAs. Contribute what you can and top it up when you get additional money. Starting early puts you on the steady road to wealth building.<\/p>\n<p>Millennials will now have a powerful incentive to save rather than spend, making them more self reliant and able to contribute more to the economy. Millennials are now able to take full advantage of this opportunity\u00a0and with an average annual 5 per cent return on their investment \u2014 a modest return on blue-chip stocks \u2014 they could have their first million by age 54, the second by age 66 and third by age 74.If the return only averaged 4 per cent, the first million wouldn\u2019t come until age 58. Married couples would have tax-free nest eggs twice that size, such households having reached their million-dollar milestones in half the time.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to become a millionaire? Tell us your savings strategies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the right plan your Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) can make you a millionaire. Yes you heard me right &#8211; a millionaire. I asked one financial guru\u00a0(name withheld to protect privacy) in Ottawa, Canada from one of the top six financial institutions how this could be done and his response was &#8211; EASY. 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