On the other hand, if you're in line for a promotion and expect to
be in a higher tax bracket next year, it would make more sense to realize the entire gain now, which would allow you to report it in a year when you'll pay less tax.
Not exact matches
Despite the deep federal cuts that could
be coming
in the
next couple of years, the governor
is not yet ready to sign on to a plan by Assembly Democrats to expand an existing
tax on millionaires to add three
higher tax brackets.
However, don't carry out this strategy if you expect to
be in a
higher tax bracket in the
next year.
My question
is, if you take some amount
in excess of your RMD (calculated to
be just under that which would bump you into the
next higher tax bracket) and «roll it over» into a Roth IRA,
are the earnings
tax free after 5 years?
RRSPs
are no brainer if you
're in the
highest tax bracket (unless you have a defined benefit pension) but things get murkier once you contribute enough to bring your taxable income down to the
bracket threshhold and / or enought to start moving into the
next tax bracket at retirement.
Notably, because the 0 % long - term capital gains rate only applies until crossing the threshold of $ 73,800 taxable income (for married couples), the reality
is that the opportunity for 0 % capital gains
is inherently limited — as with other low
tax brackets, it only applies until there
's enough income to cross out of that
bracket, and any additional income falls
in the
next higher bracket.
This
is a good thing because it means you'll
be able to earn a bit more before entering the
next tax bracket, where
higher tax rates kick
in.
You don't mention what your annual pension income
is but any withdrawals from an RRSP
are added to other income and this could increase your
tax owing
in that year by moving you into the
next (and likely
higher)
tax bracket.