

7:44 am
October 27, 2013

qzjxk said
The simple answer is no. The US$ put in will be considered a contribution; so you better have contribution room. The CDN$ pulled out will be considered a withdrawal. A withdrawal from a TFSA will increase your contribution room next year. A withdrawal from RRSP/RRIF will be taxed. If you are transferring in securities you will taxed on possible capital gains.
Agreed. The exchange must be made within the registered account itself.
9:45 am
April 6, 2013

There's now a 100% tax on such swap transactions between registered and non-registered accounts because some people were abusing them.
The tax on swap transactions was applied to TFSA's in October 2009 and later to RRSP's and RRIF's in 2011:
Taxtips.ca: RRSP, RRIF, TFSA, RDSP and RESP Asset Transfer (Swap) Transactions
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