Praise for Personal Finance for Canadians For Dummies®

"One of the most comprehensive and readable guides available on the subject." - Calgary Herald

"Packed with useful information, all presented in bite-sized segments in a clear, uncluttered format." - Toronto Star

"Reaches out to everyday readers with straightforward tips and an easy-to-read format." - Ottawa Citizen

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Good, but..........2007-06-08

Une base extrêmement solide.......2004-05-12

For Dummies!.......2004-01-12

Average customer rating: Readable and Helpful Great !!

Taxes for Canadians for Dummies 2003 Edition Christie Henderson , Brian Quinlan , Schultz. Suzanne , and Leigh Vyn Manufacturer: Not Avail ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback General | Taxes | Accounting | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Personal Taxes | Taxes | Accounting | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Finance | Accounting & Finance | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books ASIN: 1894413385

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Readable and Helpful.......2004-04-08

I purchased this book because I was using TaxCut Standard, which is not very helpful at times, and I got stuck on a particular form. This book helped me to understand the Individual 1040, using language that is more clear and personable than the official IRS instructions.

Anybody who itemizes deductions, or who might do so in the future, will find _Taxes for Dummies_ extremely helpful. Plus, throughout the book, there are tips for handling personal finances. Most of these are geared toward the higher-income earner, but nearly everyone can learn from the tips about home ownership and retirement savings. The advice is sound.

I strongly recommend this book as an aid for preparing one's own 2003 taxes.

Great !!.......2004-04-03

Average customer rating: Not so good Helpful for the first-time homebuyer

Buying and Selling a Home For Canadians For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) Tony Ioannou , and Heather Ball Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Buying & Selling Homes | Real Estate | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Sales & Selling | Marketing & Sales | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books All Deals | Blowout Books | Stores | Books Business & Investing | Blowout Books | Stores | Books All Amazon Upgrade | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books Business & Investing | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books For Dummies | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books ASIN: 0470837403

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Important information to help you:

• Market your home and sell for the highest possible price
• Negotiate the best price and terms of sale
• Find the right new neighbourhood with reasonable prices and the type of housing to suit you and your family
• Decide whether or not to hire an agent and tips on how to choose a good one
• Select the best mortgage and understand tax considerations

Updated in the 2nd Edition:

• Examining zero percent down payments, lines of credit and other alternatives to conventional mortgages
• Using the ’Net: New, useful sites – and what to watch out for
• Buying condominiums: An expanded chapter full of useful information on what you need to know before you buy
• Selling your home on your own: Expanded online resources and tips
• Fixing up your home to sell: Tips from the designers on how to make your home as sellable as possible

Customer Reviews:

Not so good.......2002-12-17

Helpful for the first-time homebuyer.......2002-04-16

Included are suggestions and hints on finding a real estate agent and lawyer, differences between house-hunting and condo-hunting, things to look for in a house (location, size, age, etc.), and budgeting give an idea of what you can afford. There are a number of helpful regional tips included as well - obviously someone looking for a house in Thunder Bay or Edmonton will care more about heating bills than someone in Victoria or Windsor. There is also a section on selling a first house, so you can keep this book on the shelf until the time comes when you're selling.

The most helpful aspects of the book deal with the mechanics of home purchase. There are a lot of new words to be learned, and they are helpfully gathered in a glossary in the back, as well as being fully explained in context in the text. A discussion on mortgages has the danger of becoming very dull very quickly, something this book manages to avoid by including examples and an efficient writing style.

The only thing I didn't like is the emphasis on big cities - since the authors are from Vancouver and Toronto, they know big cities best, but the underlying theme of the book is based on big cities in active markets. While it's true that Halifax, Calgary, etc. are in a real estate booms right now, many readers of this book (including myself) are going to be from smaller markets, so many of the tricks and advice don't apply. Other than that, it's an excellent introduction to house (and condo) hunting, and we have found it very useful in our first experience in the real estate market.

Average customer rating: Great starter book for beginners

Investing for Canadians for Dummies Eric Tyson , and Tony Martin Manufacturer: C D G Books Canada Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Introduction | Investing | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books ASIN: 1894413008

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Investing For Canadians For Dummies is an accessible guide that presents: up-to-date information on the latest trends in personal finance; advice on where to put your money; helpful tips for investors of all ages and income levels; instructive case studies and examples; and an "Investing Resources" section covering software, print, broadcast and Internet resources of the best and most comprehensive data.

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Great starter book for beginners.......2002-09-24

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Investing Online for Canadians for Dummies Andrew Dagys , and Kathleen Sindell Manufacturer: C D G Books Canada Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Introduction | Investing | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Investing | Personal Finance | Software | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books ASIN: 1894413350

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Money Management For Canadians All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies Andrew Bell , and et al Manufacturer: John Wiley and Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books | Bankruptcy | Budgeting & Money Management | College & Education Costs | Credit Ratings & Repair | Estate Planning | Financial Planning | Financial Planning Workbooks | General | Insurance | Money & Values | Money Management for Women | Money Management for Young People | Personal Taxes | Real Estate | Retirement Planning General | Finance | Accounting & Finance | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books ASIN: 0470833602

Average customer rating: Having Your Day in Court WAKE UP AMERICA "Dog With A Bone" The new "American Way"? The new "American Way"?

Mad-dog Prosecutors and Other Hazards of American Business Michael Zinn Manufacturer: Barrytown Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover General | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books General | Historical | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books Company Profiles | Biography & History | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Conspiracy Theories | Current Events | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books Legal System | Government | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books Criminology | Crime & Criminals | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books True Crime | True Accounts | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books ASIN: 1581770561

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Customer Reviews:

Having Your Day in Court.......2001-03-08

I appreciate Mr. Zinn's taking the time to expose what happened to him, so that everyone else can understand the risk that the current system brings to us all. I think you will find his tale to be one that everyone should know.

Although he thought he was relying on legal advice about how to raise money for a political candidate, he was actually being led down the garden path. As CEO of a company under attack from hostile shareholders, the opposing shareholders used the resulting mistakes to get federal prosecutors and the IRS after him. In the process, a company which violated the law more than his company did was given immunity to get testimony against Mr. Zinn. Although this doesn't seem fair, it certainly is the way the system works. Prosecutors also relied on the accusations of people who were trying to negotiate favorable settlements from the company on other matters.

Faced with many unpalatable choices and on the advice of legal counsel, Mr. Zinn chose not to explain himself to the prosecutors. They threw the book at him. Even after he plea bargained to a reduced sentence to get "easy" time in a low security facility, they harrassed him with grand jury dates which meant he had to spend most of this time in maximum security lock-ups and in very uncomfortable transporation.

After he got out of jail, he still had the scheming shareholders to deal with. It turned out that they had found every possible ally who would work with them, and had been stealing information from the company to make running the company harder.

All the shareholders were actually hurt by this because the legal and accounting costs of these investigations ran into the millions of dollars over the years. Also, management attention was diverted from making money.

Despite this, Mr. Zinn did succeed in helping the shareholders make a bundle. Some people made more than 30 times their investment, as a result.

Consider that Mr. Zinn is obviously a very talented, intelligent, and aggressive person. He also had a lot of personal and corporate money to help defend him. If he couldn't figure out what to do and avoid a lot of unpleasantness, what are your chances? Not very good, I'm afraid.

The strength of this book is that Mr. Zinn takes you inside his experiences that led up to and through the problems so you can consider what you would have done. He also shares the emotional turmoil and pain associated with the problems, for him, his family, and for those he worked with.

If you know of anyone who is being investigated, I suggest that you give them a copy of this book. I would also encourage anyone in that situation to find a way to explain themselves to those who are conducting the investigation. Before everyone has drawn a lot of conclusions, there may be some lattitude to avoid worse problems.

There are many other new laws on the books (not discussed in this book) that make the rights of ordinary citizens quite small. I encourage you to become familiar with these risks so that you can conduct your life in ways that will reduce those risks, while finding appropriate ways to get the laws changed.

Live free!

WAKE UP AMERICA.......2001-03-01

"Dog With A Bone".......2000-08-25

The new "American Way"?.......2000-08-04

Our Federal Government has become large and sluggish. Many Founding Fathers of our "illustrious" nation fought bitterly against a strong central government, fearing the abuse of individual liberties. Their concerns are being realized. In Mr. Zinn's example, a Federal Prosecutor was negligent in fully reviewing a case before deciding the feasibility of pursuing allegations. If it were my decision, I would not even have bothered with Mr. Zinn, as I am sure there were bigger fish to fry, and more appropriate places to spend taxpayer's money.

I am distressed by the nightmare Mr. Zinn and his family were subjected to. I am disgusted at the total waste of money. And I am scared to death that this type of unfairness is happening more frequently. Whatever happened to Truth, Justice, and the American Way?

The new "American Way"?.......2000-08-04

Our Federal Government has become large and sluggish. Many Founding Fathers of our "illustrious" nation fought bitterly against a strong central government, fearing the abuse of individual liberties. Their concerns are being realized. In Mr. Zinn's example, a Federal Prosecutor was negligent in fully reviewing a case before deciding the feasibility of pursuing allegations. If it were my decision, I would not even have bothered with Mr. Zinn, as I am sure there were bigger fish to fry, and more appropriate places to spend taxpayer's money.

I am distressed by the nightmare Mr. Zinn and his family were subjected to. I am disgusted at the total waste of money. And I am scared to death that this type of unfairness is happening more frequently. Whatever happened to Truth, Justice, and the American Way?

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