Even pension income splitting has been cited as a possible target, which Hectors says would argue for taking advantage of spousal RRSPs, covered in this space last time.
Not exact matches
After all, there are all sorts of unfair tax rules and abuses, including large corporations shifting
income overseas to avoid Canadian taxes, the ability to deduct and
split the fat
pensions of government employees and
even the ability for some to set up fake private companies to benefit from small business tax provisions.
On the taxable
income alone, with an
even split of eligible
pension income, they would each have about $ 86,000 of tax exposure.
She can
split her
income 50 - 50 with Rosco
even though she's under 65, because it's
pension income.
Even without tapping their considerable cash and investment accounts, Sam and Ethel can take advantage of tax rules that allow
splits of eligible
pension income.
Because of
pension splitting,
even retirees with good company
pensions may stay in the lowest bracket if they have a low -
income spouse.