A survey on TFSA direct transfer cost | Page 2 | Tax Free Savings Accounts | Discussion forum

In my experience it varies from 0 to $125, When possible, I wait until the GIC(s) mature and take the cash out (and put it back the following year).

I can see it can be confusing, is a transfer of an account (especially if the fee is represented as for account transfer services) with various investment vehicles in it "a transfer of money"?

Try filing for GST paid in error rebate, it's form GST 189, type 1C rebate, CRA will refund GST/HST where someone paid under circumstances where it wasn't subject to GST/HST.

It's possible that the service provided by BNS Trust to iTrade is HST/GST-taxable while the service charge from iTrade to customer is HST/GST-exempt as they are separate transactions, services, between different pairs of parties.

The poor CRA agent, having to do a fair bit of technical research to decide on a few dollar rebate claim, but it would be nice to have a precedent for these types of fees at the retail level.

BlueSky: In referencing your link in the above post, I noted this:

Interac Flash Disabling Fee $40.00

The cheeky buggers! It behooves me to point out that cutting the antenna wire on any contactless card disables it for free. While various contactless cards may have SLIGHT differences in where their loop antenna runs (cards with the same size and shape of contact pad have identical loop location in my experience), a standard paper punch hole on the right edge of the card exactly half-way up the right edge and 1 mm or less from the edge will kill the contactless function without interfering with any other functions (slide-in, side-swipe or signature) that exist. If you have a transparent card, you can actually see the antenna, as on some Amex cards, and make a much less noticeable alteration. And of course one can always just tell the curious that you sometimes hang your card from a lanyard inside your shirt or jacket when out shopping.

Alternatively, sawing a 6mm slot into the card from the right edge, about a quarter of the way down from the top, will do the trick, but look strange to bank employees or merchants. Don't mess with the left edge of the card to avoid damage to the contact pad or jamming in a reader slot.

I've done this for five years with all my cards, both debit and credit. You can test it by trying a contactless payment to make sure it's blocked. If it doesn't work, extend the hole upward by 2mm with another punch.

Hey, if they charge this much for it, there must be a demand other than from me. Using contactless even once allows a stolen card to be used at any store you frequent, to a user-settable maximum you may not be aware of!

Remember that most issuers will re-enable contactless payments when replacing or upgrading a card, if it has previously been disabled. You'd have to remember to re-disable it.

Contactless is safer for the merchant, but a disaster for the purchaser!
RetirEd (nerd for over a half-century!)

Peter: if you think this is better placed in another thread, just move it. I placed it here because BlueSky's link led to the charge notice.

If I directly transfer $1000 TFSA and am charged a $50 transfer fee, the amount is withheld by the bank losing the TFSA funds.

Since this fee is taken from TFSA funds, does this mean that I have withdrawn $50 to pay the transfer fee and am thus able to re-deposit an additional $50 to my $950 TFSA in the next year, in order to return the pre-transfer TFSA level to $1000?

This is useful bit of information. Thank you for the folks who compiled it.
Does the fee situation apply only to TFSA accounts or to RRSP accounts as well?

Another interesting aspect is transfer time. I spoke recently to TD DI about transferring in registered accounts from EQ bank. TD DI rep told me it will take a month! Wealthsimple offers to do it in ... few days? Need to talk to real person to confirm.