There is an argument that Darling could close the gap between the 18 per cent capital gains tax rate and the new 50 per
cent top rate of income tax.
With few surprises - the largest being the 50 per
cent top rate of income tax - the papers have reacted negatively to what they see as a tame, workmanlike Budget.
Not exact matches
With an end - date in sight, the wealthy can take advantage
of various means to defer their
income until the
top tax rate returns to 14.7 per
cent, thereby undermining the ability
of the new
tax to raise as much revenues as it should.
Finally, the value
of deductions rises with marginal
tax rates, which are higher for those with higher
incomes: someone in the bottom
tax bracket only gets a 10 -
cent subsidy for $ 1
of deductions while someone in the
top bracket gets 39.6
cents.
There's a hybrid model promised which should answer questions on that score, but meanwhile company car drivers will be looking at a
top -
rate 37 per
cent Benefit - in - Kind bracket and an associated annual
tax bill that's knocking on the door
of # 25k — assuming users are in the highest «additional
rate»
income tax band.
In 2014, Canada's
top marginal personal
income tax rate of 49.5 per
cent — combined with provincial
taxes — ranked No. 10 among the world's industrialized countries, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Assuming that Mr. McGuinty agreed to this trade, the province's highest marginal
rate on personal
income would rise, federal and provincial
rates combined, from 46.4 per
cent to 49.4 per
cent — meaning that this
rate would theoretically net $ 247,000 in revenue, a
tax increase for the
top 1 per
cent of at least $ 15,000.
As
top marginal
tax rates have risen in recent years to well over 50 per
cent in many provinces — specifically, in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI — the RRSP is one
of the most straightforward
tax shelters for high -
income employees.
The successive Kathleen Wynne government went a step further: in the 2014 budget, it increased personal
income tax rates on the
top two per
cent of Ontario taxpayers.
Combined with the new lower
tax rate for
income between $ 45,282 and $ 90,563, even those who aren't in the
top one per
cent of income - earners should take a look at their finances to ensure they're on track.
The Liberals said they would impose a higher
tax rate on earners in the
top one - per -
cent — those who make more than $ 200,000 per year — as a way to finance the vast majority
of the middle -
income relief.
In future, average
tax rates will still be higher for most taxpayers under Turnbull's
tax plan, but there's one exception: the
top 10 per
cent of income earners.