Canadian exchange traded funds are also eligible for the
Canadian dividend tax credit, although this only applies to Canadian ETFs that pay dividends.
But for efficiency sake, with the new
enhanced dividend tax credit, I believe the studies show that dividends outside an RRSP is more efficient.
In particular, changes effective this month to the
way dividend tax credits are accounted for may now be playing out on the futures and swaps market.
Canadian exchange traded funds are also eligible for the
Canadian dividend tax credit, although this only applies to Canadian ETFs that pay dividends (and hold Canadian stocks).
In particular, changes effective this month to the
way dividend tax credits are accounted for may now be playing out on the futures and swaps market.
Gordon Brown's decision to scrap
dividend tax credit in his first Budget has been defended by a Treasury official amid criticism from charities and the Conservatives.
I agree that, between Canadian and Non-Canadian equities, Canadian stocks should be outside RRSP (to
get dividend tax credit).
That means if you earned $ 100, you'd report $ 118 as dividend income and be charged 72 % on those earnings (the new
Dividend Tax Credit rate for non-eligible dividends), rather than the 67 %.
Also, a Canadian investor would lose the Canadian
dividends tax credit by investing his Canadian % in equities by using this outside - Canada ETF if I understand the issue correctly.
Canadian dividends also receive a
generous dividend tax credit that benefits low - income investors in particular: a retiree in Ontario whose only other source of income is the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security might be able to collect more than $ 20,000 a year in eligible Canadian dividends and pay no tax.
For 2016, these dividends are subject to a 17 % dividend gross - up and a federal
dividend tax credit equal to 10.52 % of the grossed - up taxable dividend.
That means if you earned $ 100, you'd report $ 118 as dividend income and be charged 72 % on those earnings (the
new Dividend Tax Credit rate for non-eligible dividends), rather than the 67 %.
So apart from the Canadian
dividend tax credit giving you a major tax - deferral opportunity, dividends can supply a big part of your overall long - term portfolio gains.
The provinces all have their
own dividend tax credit rates (refer to the individual tax tables for a comparison of the top marginal eligible and ineligible dividend rates by province).
Maybe Horizons BetaPro should do this for a S&P 500 tracker to turn that foreign dividend income (not eligible for
Cdn dividend tax credit and taxed as ordinary income) into cap gains and offer a low MER to boot.
For 2016, dividends designated as eligible dividends are subject to a dividend gross - up of 38 % and a
federal dividend tax credit equal to 20.73 % of the actual dividend.
I'd heard they were failling to render correct T5 tax slips with the eligible
canadian dividend tax credits, but i hadn't known they were also collecting a pseudo-US 15 % NR withholding tax as well.
As a Canadian, if I buy US stocks and receive dividends in a non tax sheltered account, then those dividends are not suited
for dividend tax credit.
To avoid taxing those dollars twice, the government allows you to «gross up» the dividend amount, then claim a
generous dividend tax credit.
I am interested in buying stock in a Canadian public company, does it matter if I buy it on the TSE or the NYSE to be eligible for the «
enhanced dividend tax credit» you spoke of?
It is speculated that
the dividend tax credit may be revised and lowered as these tax credits are seen to mainly benefit the wealthy.
In the weeks leading to the release of Canada's 2017 federal budget, there was plenty of speculation that Finance Minister Bill Morneau might raise the capital gains inclusion rate, make changes to
dividend tax credits, and more.
However, the vast majority of Canadians will not be impacted by these changes as most investors hold shares in public corporations, which are eligible for the current
Dividend Tax Credit (which includes a 25 % gross up and a corresponding Dividend Tax Credit of 2/3, or 67 %).
On top of that add the advantage of CPD's
dividend tax credit.
In other words, equity dividends are higher by a third of a percentage points than quality bond yields, and that's before
the dividend tax credit and before any capital gains.
That's probably generally true, but might not be true in every case, since withdrawals from RRSPs are fully taxed whereas investment income in the form of capital gains are only half taxed and dividend income is subject to
the dividend tax credit (which means it can be effectively tax free below some threshold ~ 40K or something like that, and the top marginal rate caps out in the mid - to high - 30 %, depending on your province).
You are right that the elimination of
the dividend tax credit would increase the amount of tax you pay on dividends, but in general all shareholders (preferred shareholders aside, there would need to be a temporary exemption for them) would be made much better off if all corporate taxes were eliminated (even if the tax credit went away too) because they would receive more dividends and capital gains.
They're the middle class that he's talking about and you would hit them pretty hard if you took
the dividend tax credit away or you reduced it,» he said.
As with other cases of special treatment of investment income, including capital gains, the benefits of
the dividend tax credit flow overwhelmingly to persons with very high incomes.
The dividends would have an advantageous tax rate through
the dividend tax credit and they might earn capital gains as well.
Changing
the dividend tax credit would be controversial in light of how much seniors have come to rely on dividend income at a time of ultra-low interest rates.
One of the reasons why we have
the dividend tax credit is related to tax fairness.
Mr. Macdonald singled out five federal tax measures as being the most inequitable to lower income people based on 2011 data —
the dividend tax credit, partial inclusion of capital gains, the foreign tax credit, employee stock options and pension income splitting.
Mr. Macdonald's report pegs the loss of revenue to the government here at $ 4.7 - billion in 2011, which compares to $ 4.1 - billion for
the dividend tax credit and $ 3.8 - billion for the partial inclusion of capital gains.
The dividend tax credit, and the calculations that go into it, are designed to prevent double taxation.
The dividend tax credit then applies to this grossed - up amount
Dividend tax credit: a credit you can claim on your tax return that reduces the amount of tax you pay on dividends from Canadian companies
This low - tax phenomenon happens through a combination of the Basic Personal Amounts (which in 2016 made the first $ 11,474 tax - free federally) and the 15.02 per cent federal
dividend tax credit on eligible Canadian dividends: once you «gross up» your eligible dividend income by 38 per cent (required when you file your annual taxes), the non-refundable dividend tax credit kicks in, reducing taxes owing.
This goes back to what I said earlier:
the dividend tax credit can completely eliminate the need to pay income tax on dividends at low income levels.
This preferential tax treatment is known as the «
dividend tax credit» and amazingly can completely eliminate the need to pay income tax on dividends at low income levels.