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05-23-2010 at 06:14 PM
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For the purpose of a TFSA, I don't think it classifies under "assets" since it doesn't affect your "federal income-tested benefits" (CPP, OAS, EI) so I'd assume OSAP would fall along the same line.
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05-23-2010 at 11:36 PM
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For the purpose of a TFSA, I don't think it classifies under "assets" since it doesn't affect your "federal income-tested benefits" (CPP, OAS, EI) so I'd assume OSAP would fall along the same line.
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I'm pretty sure there is a part in OSAP where you have to state the amount of money in your bank and since the tax free savings account is a bank account, you would have to add that number in as well.
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05-23-2010 at 11:48 PM
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Using firefox and its not working. I got to the part where I have to agree to the terms and conditions then click save and continue, soon as I click it session times out.
cleared history too and still no luck. ah well try again in a few days...
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05-24-2010 at 09:32 AM
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i dont ever recall stating the dollar amount in ur bank account. The only assets it ever told u to list was ur parents house? car for sure. and probably same for ur self.
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05-24-2010 at 09:33 AM
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I'm pretty sure there is a part in OSAP where you have to state the amount of money in your bank and since the tax free savings account is a bank account, you would have to add that number in as well.
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No there isn't. |
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05-24-2010 at 09:35 AM
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so id assume that tfsa doesnt affect ur osap?
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05-24-2010 at 09:39 AM
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No there isn't.
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That's odd. I remember having to put that in last year. What happens if you don't work, don't have a car and are independent but have a million dollars in your bank account?
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05-24-2010 at 09:45 AM
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That's odd. I remember having to put that in last year. What happens if you don't work, don't have a car and are independent but have a million dollars in your bank account?
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That's what happened to someone I knew last year. No income, but a decent amount in the bank account and they still qualified for a lot of OSAP funding. |
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05-24-2010 at 09:46 AM
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a lot of ppl are from another country. dont keep a lot of assets in canada. need money - then transfer. therefore they are eligible for a lot of osap.
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05-24-2010 at 09:48 AM
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for example maybe single mom, house, car. but no income ( under 10k - part time job?). u could be getting 11k from osap. i dont know what the cap on osap is though, i always thought it was around 11k/12k max
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05-24-2010 at 01:39 PM
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Not working, damnit.
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05-24-2010 at 03:10 PM
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It's not working for me either, both in Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Harumph!
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05-24-2010 at 06:02 PM
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It seems like everyone is having trouble. Has anyone successfully completed the entire application?
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Actually I'm nearly done but I need to check some things so I can't submit yet...that's so strange that so many people are having technical problems! |
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05-24-2010 at 06:06 PM
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Different day, same result. Not working.
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Actually I'm nearly done but I need to check some things so I can't submit yet...that's so strange that so many people are having technical problems!
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How are you managing to get it to work? Share some advice. 
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05-24-2010 at 06:11 PM
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Different day, same result. Not working.
How are you managing to get it to work? Share some advice. |
Honestly I wasn't/am not doing anything special...Right now I'm using Firefox 3.0.19 (if the version number makes ANY difference whatsoever) on a PC with Microsoft XP. And I never had any problems from the beginning of the application...I didn't even clear cache/cookies/history/anything.
Are people using Vista..? I'm not much of a tech geek or anything, but maybe there is a bug with that right now that OSAP needs to fix ASAP. |
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