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Line chart showing Canada's prescribed interest rate holding flat at 3 percent from 2024 through late 2026.

The Canada Revenue Agency confirmed its prescribed interest rate will stay at 3% for the fourth quarter of 2026, the sixth straight quarter at that level, based on July's Treasury Bill yields. The rate governs income-splitting loans to a spouse or family trust and locks in for the loan's life once set. The bigger risk isn't the rate itself: annual interest on an existing loan must be paid within 30 days of year end, or the CRA attributes the loan's investment income back to the lender going forward.

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