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Friday: ups and downs (self.personalfinancecanada)

submitted 2 years ago by affairesdepiasses to c/personalfinancecanada

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Finance is a combination of luck, good/bad decisions, and a little bit of chance!

Let’s talk about your ups and downs! What successes did you have this week? Who messed up?

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[–] affairesdepiasses 3 points 2 years ago

This week, my 4-year-old daughter started attending a subsidized daycare. We've gone from paying $46/day + $125 in additional fees minus a daycare credit of $634/month ($4,473/year) to $8.75/day + $160 in additional fees ($2,435 annually). That's quite a shift in our monthly expenses ($170/month).

According to the Quebec government's calculator, this should result in an annual saving of $975 when factoring in federal tax deductions and the difference in the Canadian child benefit.

So far, my daughter really seems to enjoy it.