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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:u1kc3t$365k5$3@dont-email.me: 

> On 16.04.2023 15.33, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:u1cs62$1o0bf$5@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 14.04.2023 13.35, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:u19vjc$15hvs$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 12.04.2023 12.56, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:u13h5v$2jr35$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In a startling bit of news, in seems I will this year receive a
>>>>>>> tax refund. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Whatever am I going to do with an extra €110...?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> {I thought you were a non-Euro country}
>>>>> {I converted it for your convenience}
>>>> {How is that convenient for me? Euros are like Monopoly money to
>>>> me} 
>>> {Because the exchange rate between euros and dollars is close enough
>>> to 1to1 that you are spared the calculations as well as the looking
>>> up the exchange rate for DKK}
>> {Either way, I have to look up values when quoted in a currency other
>> than my own}
> {But for a rough estimate you can assume one euro is about the same as
> one dollar. The amount I get back isn't *exactly* €110... probably.
> I cant be bothered to look up the exchange rate for so little money.}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bet it on the winning horse.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't bet. And if I did bet, I wouldn't know which horse were
>>>>> going to win. And if I did know, I would have to get to a race
>>>>> course, since off-site betting is not a thing here AFAIK.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I usually get between $1500 and $2000 CAD back.
>>>>>
>>>>> And do you bet them on horse races?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No. I invest it and use the investment as a deduction on the next
>>>> year's tax return.
>>>
>>> So you lose money on your investments?
>>>
>> Not necessarily.
>> When I invest in a registered saving plan then I get a tax deduction 
>> regardless of what vehicle I use. If I put the money in a GIC then it
>> will not lose money since it is invested say at 3% for 5 years. If I 
>> invest in something stock-based like a EFT then it could lose money.
> 
> Okay. So like a pension plan only different...
> 

Yeah. It's a retirement savings plan administered by moi.
At some point I have to convert it to an annuity. 71 I think.

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  Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-12 10:56 +0000
    Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-14 00:26 +0200
      Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-14 11:35 +0000
        Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-15 02:46 +0200
          Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-16 13:33 +0000
            Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-17 23:01 +0200
              Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-20 11:00 +0000
                Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-21 12:45 +0200
                Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-22 14:09 +0000
                Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-23 22:55 +0200
                Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-25 11:18 +0000
                Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-26 13:30 +0200
                Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-28 12:35 +0000
                Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-29 19:39 +0200
                Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-30 11:52 +0000
                Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-02 22:08 +0200
                Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-03 11:17 +0000
                Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-05 23:21 +0200
                Re: Money money money Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-07 13:46 +0000
                Re: Money money money BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-08 20:48 +0200

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