Not exact matches
An
RSP is fully taxable as
income whereas any planner worth their wage can show you ways to make sure that you are getting dividend and capital gain rates.
Online brokerages are still in a busy season (post
RSP contribution deadline) as they will be looking to win business from DIY investors wondering where to put any potential
income tax returns.
By contributing to a
RSP, you'll reduce your taxable
income by the exact amount you put in that year.
Any
income you earn in your
RSP is tax exempt.
As long as you do not plan to use your money until retirement, the
RSP is ideal for shifting
income from your top earning years when the highest taxes would apply, to your retirement, when
income tax is reduced or no longer applicable.
I had to figure out what to do with half a mil when I retired and had to turn
RSP savings invested in the usual mutual funds and GICs into something to produce
income.
Is there a way of withdrawing funds out of an
RSP to use as a down payment on an
income producing property, such as a triplex?
Assuming your earnings average $ 75,000 prior to retirement, inflation is 2.5 %, you earn a rate of return of 5 % on your
RSPs, you get maximum Canada Pension and Old Age Security and you make no additional contributions to your
RSP, you can expect after - tax
income of roughly $ 43,000 in today's dollars through to your age 95.
Assuming you aren't in retirement yet, I would advise against withdrawing from your
RSP prematurely unless it is a dire emergency or you are certain that you will have other sources of
income to meet your lifestyle needs when you do retire.
Even though your wife could withdraw around $ 10,000 from her
RSP annually without incurring tax, you would lose the «spouse amount» deduction and your taxes would be higher (approximately $ 1,700 higher at an
income of $ 70,000).
And then once the mortgage is paid off, you're already used to living below and then you applied what were the mortgage payments into financial assets, into your TFSA and your
RSP, into non-registered savings so you just continue the stream of
income that you were used to coming out, pay yourself first, automatic payments and that way to me, you just go seamlessly from paying down the mortgage to building your wealth.
I haven't seen any breakdown on losses due to being taxed at higher bracket on
income from non-registered versus
RSP, but expect results would be similar to whatever your situation would be with
RSP when all is said and done.
transfer the RESP assets to another eligible beneficiary withdraw the funds for yourself (you must repay the government grants and pay taxes and a surcharge on investment
income you withdraw) transfer up to $ 50,000 of the investment
income to the subscriber's regular or spousal Retirement Savings Plan (
RSP) if there is enough contribution room donate the investment
income to a Canadian educational institution
Further, the closer you are to retirement, the more information you will have about what your retirement
income scenario is going to look like and whether it makes sense for you to have money in
RSPs.
In general, I am in favour of
RSP contributions, but they aren't for everyone (e.g. not for low
income people), and not for everyone at all times of their lives.
So, if you die without a spouse, and especially if you inherited a spouse's
RSP, and you're sitting on, let's say, 300K in
RSP / RIF when you die, your
income for that year is going to be over 300K, and your estate will be paying a lot of tax on it.
RSP / RIF
income, no matter how you slice it, is always taxed at marginal rate, and I see no reason why the government would change that.
On top of
RSPs and defined benefit company pension I also had an optional defined contribution pension fund with the same company which I had paid out to me when I left, and this had to be put into either a Locked In Retirement Account (LIRA) if I didn't want to pull money out, or a Life
Income Fund (LIF) if I did.
98 % of their total portfolio is invested in the CBC Monthly
Income Balanced Fund, which includes non-registered, corporate, and
RSP accounts
Those of us with sufficient resources to retire early will find it reasonable to withdraw some
RSP funds as an
income bridge until CPP & OAS start.
Designate or change a beneficiary for your Retirement Savings Plan (
RSP) and Retirement
Income Fund (RIF) account assets.
I have a bunch of room left for
RSP contributions from past years, but very little earned
income.
To my knowledge all US companies held outside an
RSP that pay dividend
income are 100 % taxable at your marginal rate.
I enroll in DRIP's in my
RSP because I own large cap stocks that (knock on wood) I will hold for the life of my
RSP and I rebalance the cash / fixed
income portion to prevent over-weighing.
Because I have a pension plan, and only earn a modest
income, my
RSP space is severely limited.
You can transfer savings from any number of
RSPs into your Self - Directed RIF and exercise more control over the way your
income is paid.
However, my fear is eventually his
RSP contributions will not be enough to negate paying taxes on the T3
income.
On an annualized basis that's a pretty decent return considering the
income should be tax - free since I hold them within my
RSP.
The clear message I get from looking at my
RSP portfolio is that I need to dramatically bump up my fixed
income.
Bonnie has more protection on the fixed
income side with a 3 year GIC from TD Mortgage Corp and a corporate bond from Scotia Capital (maturing in 2011), but apart from that our
RSPs are very similar.
For example, I've read that it's best to hold fixed
income in one's
RSP and Canadian equity (especially dividend paying stocks) in one's non-registered account.
Contributions can reduce taxable
income, and your investments can grow, tax - deferred, while in the
RSP
I don't know about that... If I were in the 20 % tax bracket, using an RRSP would still reduce my taxable
income and thereby provide a 20 % return in tax credits... Assuming that when I'm retired, my earned
income would go to zero and I can withdraw my
RSP money at a rate which is below my basic exemption and thereby get it essentially tax - free... So, in effect, that would be like getting an immediate 20 % investment return on that cash up front, plus whatever the future investment gain might be.
FDS takes cash investments to a minimum of $ 30,000 and investments can take the form of
RSPs, a Tax Free Savings Account or even a Registered Retirement
Income Fund.