Some of the thinking is that since gains are taxed in
nominal dollars without consideration of inflation, the lower rates on longer term investment offset the taxation on some of the phantom gain that only exists because of the devaluation of the currency.
Not exact matches
If the annuity payout produces constant
nominal dollars (
without an inflation adjustment), the gain terms should be in terms of
nominal dollar amounts.
Dividend amounts rise steadily in terms of
NOMINAL (
without adjustments for inflation)
dollars.
Asset location
without adjusting for the tax effects of your RRSP: split your asset allocation up, using only
nominal values (i.e. treat a
dollar of bonds in your RRSP the same as a
dollar of bonds in your TFSA or non-registered).