But if you're in a low tax bracket (where Canadian dividends are taxed more
favourably than capital gains), you should choose the latter strategy.
Not exact matches
However, if you claim CCA on your home, you are effectively telling the taxman that this property is used to produce income, and you use lose the opportunity to claim a
capital gain, which is taxed much more
favourably than income.
For investors in higher tax brackets,
capital gains are taxed even more
favourably than eligible Canadian dividends, so this may result in actual tax savings rather
than just deferral.