DLC says the yearly savings rate of an average Canadian has gone from over 12 per
cent of income in the early ′ 90s to under two per cent today and household debt in Canada has more than doubled over the past 10 years.
But even Warren Buffett said in an editorial in The New York Times, «Raise my taxes,» admitting he only pays 17 per
cent of his income in tax whereas others in his organization pay 30 per cent.
I give myself a three year range to be conservative, but I'm sure I could make my EF last for 18 - 20 years if I didn't make
another cent of income in this period.
Our estimate is that households currently pay about 2 1/2 per
cent of income in required principal repayment, which brings their total debt servicing to 10 per cent of disposable income.
Canadian household debt was 167 per
cent of income in the second quarter, a level that the central bank considers a threat to financial stability because a wave of personal bankruptcies and home foreclosures could cripple the banking system.
Susan pays about 36 per
cent of her income in taxes while Bob only pays 20 per cent, a $ 35,000 difference.
Not exact matches
Continental posted net
income of $ 233.9 million, or 63
cents per share, compared with $ 469,000, or less than a penny per share,
in the year - ago quarter, when oil prices plummeted - and the company's production costs were higher.
Personal
income tax will hit a 20 - year high
of 12.5 per
cent of GDP by 2020 - 21 under the budget forecasts as the government relies on bracket creep and an increase
in the Medicare levy to return the budget to surplus.
According to the Bank
of Canada, close to half
of all high - ratio mortgages originated
in Toronto were to borrowers with loan - to -
income ratios
in excess
of 450 per
cent.
About one - third
of the top one per
cent income goes to the top 0.1 per
cent in Canada, while
in the U.S., the top 0.1 per
cent receive half
of the top one per
cent.
Telus (TSX: T) reported Thursday that net profits
in the final three months
of 2015 dropped 16.3 per
cent to $ 261 million from $ 312 million a year earlier, although adjusted net
income slipped just 1.2 per
cent to $ 324 million from $ 328 million.
TD, one
of the 10 biggest banks
in the U.S., on Thursday reported a 19 per
cent increase
in net
income to $ 952 million from its retail banking arm south
of the border.
The company said Friday it earned net
income of $ 15 million or six
cents per share
in the last three months
of 2017, compared with $ 840 million or $ 3.43 per share
in the year - earlier period, with the latter figures boosted by asset sales.
In Ontario, mortgage payments account for roughly 60 per
cent of income, according to BMO; if the trend continues another 24 months, that figure will hit 1989 levels — the same year the market crashed.
Paying for all
of the costs associated with a detached home
in the Vancouver area requires 121 per
cent of median household
income; for a condo, it's 46 per
cent of income, making it Canada's least affordable city, according to economists at the Royal Bank
of Canada.
The company's net
income dropped 40 % to $ 127 million, or 17
cents per share, mainly due to costs associated with the near $ 6 billion acquisition
of King Digital
in February.
«For decades, households
in Ontario had
incomes as much as 20 per
cent above the Canada average, and 10 per
cent higher as recently as the turn
of the century.
«From 1980 to 2007,
in that period, revenues from the top 1 per
cent of income earners went from 1.6 per
cent of GDP, to 3.1 per
cent of GDP, a huge surge
of revenues from the highest
income earners,» he said, crediting tax cuts with generating that wealth during those years.
The change would be eliminating the dividend refund that comes later, which could bump the effective tax rate on passive
income,
in cases
of high
income earners, to the 70 - per -
cent - plus level Poilievre talks about.
But when that CCPC reinvests any surplus
in, say, mutual funds or bonds, the passive
income from those investments is taxed at a rate
of about 50 per
cent.
But net
income fell 28 percent to $ 53.7 million, or 31
cents per share,
in the quarter ended March 31 as the company recorded a $ 15 million restructuring charge and $ 23 million related to settlement
of a legal dispute.
Cenovus reported fourth - quarter net
income of $ 620 million or 50
cents per share on Thursday, well ahead
of $ 91 million, or 11
cents per share,
in the year - earlier period, thanks to better refinery profits, stronger oil prices and production that almost doubled after it bought out its oilsands partner, Houston - based ConocoPhillips, last year.
In the latest quarter, CIBC's U.S. commercial banking and wealth management division reported net income of $ 134 million in the latest quarter, up $ 105 million from the same period in 2017, contributing to a more than 22 per cent increase in adjusted net income year - over-year despite slowing mortgage growt
In the latest quarter, CIBC's U.S. commercial banking and wealth management division reported net
income of $ 134 million
in the latest quarter, up $ 105 million from the same period in 2017, contributing to a more than 22 per cent increase in adjusted net income year - over-year despite slowing mortgage growt
in the latest quarter, up $ 105 million from the same period
in 2017, contributing to a more than 22 per cent increase in adjusted net income year - over-year despite slowing mortgage growt
in 2017, contributing to a more than 22 per
cent increase
in adjusted net income year - over-year despite slowing mortgage growt
in adjusted net
income year - over-year despite slowing mortgage growth.
The
income gap between the top one per
cent and the rest
of filers has widened over time, calculated
in 2010 constant dollars.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated that these kinds
of profit - shifting practices amounted to about US$ 100 billion - US$ 240 billion
in lost tax revenue each year, equivalent to up to 10 per
cent of global corporate
income tax revenue.
HSBC Canada reported a fall
in profits, before
income tax expenses,
of $ 206 million for the fourth quarter, down 18 per
cent from a year earlier.
For fiscal 2017 as a whole, each
of the five biggest Canadian lenders reported record annual profits for a collective total
of $ 40.3 billion
in net
income, up nearly 13 per
cent from a year earlier.
Canadian Natural said fourth - quarter net
income was $ 396 million or 32
cents per share, down from $ 566 million or 51
cents per share
in the fourth quarter
of 2016.
For the second quarter, Intel reported net
income of $ 2 billion, or 39
cents a share,
in line with expectations.
The ACCA allows manufacturing companies to depreciate, for tax purposes, the value
of newly purchased equipment and machinery at the accelerated rate
of 50 per
cent per year, reducing their taxable
income in the first few years
of owning the asset.
By contrast, as much as 80 per
cent of taxpayers
in the top 0.01 per
cent of income earners were CCPC owners.
More than 40 per
cent of seniors
in the tenth decile have earnings from employment, and
income from this source accounts for 20 per
cent of all
income received.
If we assume the average federal tax rate on capital
income is 25 per
cent (most capital
income is taxed
in the higher 22 per
cent, 26 per
cent and 29 per
cent tax brackets), this yields a revenue cost
of $ 6.6 - billion, or 7 per
cent of federal
income tax revenues.
The Task Force concluded that,
in 1992, the population included
in their analysis had a savings rate
of 10.1 per
cent, which is greater than the 8.9 per
cent target rate that would allow two earner families to meet their retirement
income target.
Incomes net
of inflation grew by 79 per
cent from $ 12,076
in 1976 to $ 21,576
in 2007.
Meanwhile, the total household debt service ratio, measured as total obligated payments
of principal and interest as a proportion
of household disposable
income for both mortgage and non-mortgage debt, remained flat at 13.8 per
cent in the fourth quarter.
Statistics Canada said Thursday household credit market debt as a proportion
of household disposable
income was 170.4 per
cent in the fourth quarter.
In the tenth decile, investment income also accounts for 20 per cent of total income received and this is almost double the 11 per cent of income from this source in the 9th decile, the only other decile where investment income accounts for a double digit portion of total incom
In the tenth decile, investment
income also accounts for 20 per
cent of total
income received and this is almost double the 11 per
cent of income from this source
in the 9th decile, the only other decile where investment income accounts for a double digit portion of total incom
in the 9th decile, the only other decile where investment
income accounts for a double digit portion
of total
income.
The C / QPP is accounting for roughly 25 per
cent of total
income and the GIS tax back associated with the growth
of C / QPP
income may account for the decline
in OAS / GIS payments starting
in the 1990s.
From 2001 to 2011, that study found that fewer than five per
cent of Canadian taxpayers
in the bottom half
of the
income scale owned at least 10 per
cent of the shares
in at least one Canadian - controlled private corporation (CCPC).
Budgetary revenues as a share
of GDP are projected to decline from 14.8 per
cent in 2015 - 16 to 14.4 per
cent in 2025 - 26, as higher personal
income taxes, resulting from the progressivity
of the tax system, are more than offset by stability or declines
in the other taxes.
Despite a one - time, $ 425 - million charge tied to tax reform
in the U.S., BMO reported $ 973 million
in net
income for the quarter ended Jan. 31
of this year, with revenue growth
of about 5 per
cent compared with the year before.
A six per
cent increase to the top federal
income tax bracket, for example, might bring
in $ 1 or $ 2 billion per year — not nearly enough to compensate millions
of middle - earners with stagnating wages.
In other words take from all families with children and give to 15 per
cent of high -
income families with children.
As a share
of total household sector disposable
income, the cash flow effect
in this scenario is estimated be less than 0.2 per
cent on average per annum over each
of the next three years (Graph 7).
Researchers Michael Wolfson, Mike Veall, and Neil Brooks have shown that if you look at the top one percent
of the top one percent
of earners (which includes only those with
incomes over $ 2.6 million
in 2012), upwards
of 70 per
cent of them have substantial ownership
of a CCPC.
In addition, the federal government would reduce its federal taxes (they advocate corporate
income taxes) by 90 per
cent of the difference between the October 2010 Update projections for the CHT / CHT and the flat - lined amount from 2014 - 15 on.
Under the Canada Economic Action Plan the deficit will be eliminated by 2015 - 16; although total net public debt will have increased by $ 150 billion, the debt ratio will have declined to 33.0 per
cent in 2015 - 16 and reach the government's target
of 25 percent by 2019 - 20; program spending will fall to below 13 percent
of GDP and will continue to fall thereafter; public sector jobs have been eliminated; and
income and corporate taxes have been cut.
In comparing total compensation, HR professionals use a rough guideline that benefits can total 20 per
cent of income once you include vacation, health and pensions.
NDP commitments include a two point cut
in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension
of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase
in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used
in research and development; an additional one
cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per
cent of Gross National
Income (GNI).