Tool RESP
Tool: To monitor your RESP A simple tool to monitor your Registered Education Saving Plan (RESP). To access the file, clic the links above to access the Excel file without macro. The goal of the tool is to monitor the RESP and its withdrawal. See at the end for more information on how to use the tool. Analysis: Contributing to a RESP for your children is a great idea. You will receive from the federal a match of (20%) and from Quebec/Saskatchewan (10%) and $1,200 at opening if you are from British-Columbia. The contributions are not tax deductible, but you don't pay taxes when you withdraw them. The returns on them and the match are taxable on withdraw on the child taxes. Ideally, the student gains a little income and can withdraw tax free. However, if the child is over the first taxable bracket of about $16k-$19k, we get tax over 26%+ (in Quebec). It eliminate the match advantage. The year the student graduates, a half year of earnings at $60k...