Not exact matches
If you
're already in the
lowest tax bracket you may not even want to contribute to an RRSP, he says, since a large retirement portfolio could push you into a higher
tax bracket when you retire and withdraw those funds.
What
's more,
in her case the RRSP
's tax deferral might
be insignificant because she
is already in the
lowest tax bracket (29 %) and will pay
tax on future withdrawals at the same rate, or even a higher rate, depending on the amount she takes out
in a given year, says Heath.
But since you
are already in a
low tax bracket you have much less incentive to defer income
tax.
A lot of it will
already be liquidated by the age 71 deadline (when you
're forced to withdraw a certain percentage per year), and you'll
be in a
low tax bracket because of the lack of employment income.
If you
are already in low tax bracket, what
's the point?
If you
're already in the
lowest tax bracket you may not even want to contribute to an RRSP, he says, since a large retirement portfolio could push you into a higher
tax bracket when you retire and withdraw those funds.