RRSPs advice
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Binned by Muderators
Joined: Jul 2007
Location: White Rock BC
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Re: RRSPs advice
Thanks JonboyE
Don't really understand the table
It says:
Marginal tax rate for dividends is a % of actual dividends received (not grossed-up amount). AND then it gives values of the income brackets-4%, 6%, 12%, 16%
So If I read it right then the most you ever pay is 16%, if you earn less than $40K they give you money on your dividends?
So I presume the dividends count towards your total income and then are taxed on the band accordingly?
Sounds like good deal to me?
OH has been asked to be a shareholder of a canadian company from MAy next year. You get no dividend for a year and then you get (what has been in the past) a very healthy dividend. Just trying to work out how it affects us tax wise. I have also heard if you get a line of credit to buy the shares- that the interest is tax free?
Think from next year we need to be getting ourselves an accountant!
Don't really understand the table
It says:
Marginal tax rate for dividends is a % of actual dividends received (not grossed-up amount). AND then it gives values of the income brackets-4%, 6%, 12%, 16%
So If I read it right then the most you ever pay is 16%, if you earn less than $40K they give you money on your dividends?
So I presume the dividends count towards your total income and then are taxed on the band accordingly?
Sounds like good deal to me?
OH has been asked to be a shareholder of a canadian company from MAy next year. You get no dividend for a year and then you get (what has been in the past) a very healthy dividend. Just trying to work out how it affects us tax wise. I have also heard if you get a line of credit to buy the shares- that the interest is tax free?
Think from next year we need to be getting ourselves an accountant!
If the dividend is non-eligible the taxable value of the dividend is 25% more that the actual dividend received. However, you receive a tax credit equal to 13.33% of the taxable dividend. The amounts for eligible dividends are 45% and 18.9655%. These are the federal tax rates but the provinces have similar provisions.
So, if you receive a non-eligible dividend of $10,000 you report $12,500 as taxable income. You then claim a tax credit (effectively reducing the amount of tax you actually pay) of $1,666.66. Combined with the personal amounts this means that in BC a taxpayer can earn about $36,000 in non-eligible dividend income and, if this is their only income, pay no income tax.
In Alberta someone on the highest tax rates will be effectively taxed at 28% on the cash value of the non-eligible dividend received (16% eligible). A low earner receiving non-eligible dividends will pay tax at 10% of the cash value of the divided. If they received eligible dividends they would actually reduce the tax they would otherwise pay. Unfortunately, the dividend tax credit is non-refundable so no tax is the lowest you can get.
Oh, and yes, for an individual it is a good deal.
You can claim interest paid on a loan to buy shares as a deduction against income as long as the shares can produce dividend income. As Yoong said, you cannot claim the interest if the only income you can get is a capital gain, but as long as the shares are capable of producing dividend income you should be OK.