You must file a return for 2016 if: You have to pay tax for 2016. We sent you a request to file a return. You and your spouse or common-law partner elected to split pension income for 2016. See lines 115, 116, 129, and 210. You received working income tax benefit advance payments in 2016.
The minimum number of points to be eligible for retirement at the age of 60 with 20 qualifying years of service is 1,000 (50 points per year) with a corresponding retirement pay equal to 6.94 percent (1,000/360 x 2.5=6.94%) of basic pay.
Start saving at 25 and you only need to earmark 10% of your annual salary to retire at 65; if you wait until 70 to quit working, you'd have to save only 4% annually. The numbers are much worse for those who start late. If you waited until age 45 to start saving, you would need to put aside an unrealistic 27% of your salary for retirement. This would pretty much force you to work until age 70 so you could save a more realistic 10% annually.