McGill Personal Financial Essentials course can help Canadians understand their options at tax time

Tax season is here. In Canada, the RRSP contribution deadline was March 1, and while putting money into a RRSP account can help reduce their tax bill for the year, it’s not the ideal option for everyone. The McGill Personal Financial Essentials course helps people in such situations understand which financial instruments are best suited to their own circumstances. It’s a free online course that is delivered in six modules, and open to all. “The McGill Personal Financial Essentials course assumes no pre-existing knowledge,” said Prof. Benjamin Croitoru to CBC News Our Montreal and All in a Weekend. “We wanted to make it accessible to everyone – because we believe that everyone can benefit from some basic financial knowledge.”