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Determining eligibility for Social Security, without my own records

The social security website has a feature to allow you see the data that they have about your work history and your contributions and the contribution of you employers. You will need to create an ...
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How to value benefits and pension?

I think the only answer for most benefits, if you want real numbers, is to run a benefits budget, figure out what you using and what prices would be with a different option, and run a spreadsheet. We ...
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How to value benefits and pension?

I think you're on the right track - you count what is actually a benefit to you. If your health insurance premium is higher but you get a better plan, you should consider if the benefit is worth the ...
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Why does Canada's superficial loss rule also include a clause for "30 days before the sale"?

The answer by mhoran_psprep gives a very good example, but I'll explain more about the rationale of the concept. Similarly to the US wash sale rules, in Canada the law prohibits tax loss harvesting as ...
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Why does Canada's superficial loss rule also include a clause for "30 days before the sale"?

There is a simple reason why the the 30 day period extends in both directions. It becomes clear once you define the timeline of events. Lets pretend that the superficial sales rules didn't exist. Most ...
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