Annuitization
Annuitization is exchanging the value of your annuity for the issuer's guarantee to make periodic payments to you
- e.g., for a specific period or the rest of your life
Annuitization Of A Segregated Fund
There are two forms of annuitization
- systematic withdrawals
- each payment treated as a partial redemption
- taxed on unrealized capital gains
- guaranteed annuity
- transfer funds to an annuity: purchase price = ACB of annuity
- treated as full disposition of segregated fund —> taxes
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