Contribution amount (PSE)
This is the total amount of all your contributions to the account.
Accumulated Income (EAP)
This is all the money in the RESP which is not contributions. RESP grants,
capital gains, interest payments, dividends are all included in the Accumulated
Income portion.
- PSE payments are not taxable income and there are no limits on withdrawals.
- There is a $5,000 limit for EAPs in the first 13 weeks of schooling.
- For RESPs opened after 1998, the maximum amount in EAPs that can be made by one RESP promoter full-time student as soon as he/she qualifies to receive them is $5,000. After the student has completed 13 consecutive weeks in the qualifying educational program, there is no limit on the amount of EAPs that can be paid if the student continues to qualify to receive them.