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Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF)

A RRIF is a retirement fund that you establish and that we register in order to provide income during your retirement.

You transfer property into a RRIF from a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Registered Pension Plan (RPP) or from another RRIF.

What's new for RRIFs

Measure for Annuitants of Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIF).

After receiving Royal Assent on March 12, 2009, RRIF annuitants who received the full minimum amount had until April 14, 2009, to recontribute up to 25% of the minimum amount they received in 2008. For more details: Questions and Answers about Minimum Amount Changes for 2008 from a RRIF.

Measure for RRIF Losses After Death.

Topics about Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIFs)

Setting-up a RRIF
How to set -up a RRIF. 		Transferring
Options for transferring from other types of funds and the tax implications.
Receiving income from a RRIF
Getting and reporting income from a RRIF.		 Death of a RRIF annuitant
Tax implications when the annuitant of a RRIF dies.

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Date Modified: 2010-01-05

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