Each year you'll transfer money from
your non-registered equity account to your TFSA and purchase fixed income.
Not exact matches
With our clients we're often managing large portfolios with multiple
accounts and we may wish to hold, for example, international
equities in an RRSP and US
equities in a
non-registered account.
Once you run out of contribution room,
equities can go in a
non-registered account, because Canadian dividends and capital gains are taxed more favorably.
For instance, a Canadian
equity ETF would be best in a
non-registered account, and a fixed - income ETF would be best in your RRSP.
With this setup, all of the bonds are in tax - sheltered
accounts and the
equities are in Anne's
non-registered account, which is likely to result in a lower tax bill.
Most of his holdings are in registered and
non-registered accounts — mainly cash and fixed income, with 30 % made up of high - fee Canadian
equity mutual funds with management expense ratios (MERs) of up to 2.4 %.
Essentially, that means placing
equities in your
non-registered account and fixed income in your RRSP because the latter is taxed at a higher rate.
Right now they have $ 948,000 in investments ($ 726,000 in RRSPs, $ 222,000 in
non-registered accounts, split 35 % fixed income and 65 %
equities).
The
equity allocation needs to be $ 243,000 (50 % of the total), but we only have $ 225,000 in the
non-registered account.
Your
non-registered account holds $ 1,000 in Canadian
equities that return 8 %, of which 3 % is from eligible dividends and 5 % is a realized capital gain.
The
non-registered account offered by Virtual Brokers is called the «All in One»
account which is a combination of
equity, option, margin and short
accounts all rolled into one.
Lets say you have already maxed out your RRSP and that math worked perfectly — you would want to keep all of your fixed income in your portfolio in your RRSP and the remaining 60 % in
equities in your
non-registered account.
As such, he adds,
equity investments are best held in these
non-registered accounts for maximum tax efficiency.
When you hold international
equities in a
non-registered account, you may be able to recover the final level of withholding tax by claiming the foreign tax credit on your return.
If you're holding bond funds in
non-registered accounts and Canadian
equity funds in your RRSP, for example, you're paying too much tax.
Meet Julie, an investor who is looking to hold U.S.
equities in both her RRSP and
non-registered account.
While holding foreign
equities in a
non-registered account (as opposed to an RRSP) allows you to claim the foreign tax credit, the dividends are taxed at your full marginal rate, and any capital gains are also taxable.
She also has $ 68,000 in her TFSA, invested in exchange - traded funds (ETFs) that are split 70 %
equities and 30 % fixed income, as well as $ 186,053 in a
non-registered account, split 65 %
equities and 35 % GICs.
Holding fixed income, Canadian
equities, and foreign
equities in a
non-registered USD
account probably isn't the most tax - efficient strategy.
Working with your current allocation, I'd recommend holding all of your fixed income in your RRSP and TFSA, and your
equities in the
non-registered account.
The above illustrative example highlights the expected after - tax performance benefits of holding a TRI Canadian
Equity ETF versus another Canadian domiciled physically replicated Canadian
Equity ETF in a
non-registered account, assuming both ETFs earned / reflected a net 2 % dividend and track the exact same universe of stocks.
For example, I've read that it's best to hold fixed income in one's RSP and Canadian
equity (especially dividend paying stocks) in one's
non-registered account.
From an asset allocation perspective, you may want to consider holding your low - yielding fixed income in your RRSP (where the income is tax - sheltered) and instead hold
equity investments (stocks, stock ETFs, stock mutual funds) outside your RRSP (whether a
non-registered account or Tax - Free Savings Ac
account or Tax - Free Savings
AccountAccount).
Plus if you put your
equities in your
non-registered account, your portfolio isn't really set up to help add resiliency to your life, as you'd likely look to sell your bonds to cover any emergency spending that was larger than your cash emergency fund.
I think the tax advantages, particularly with
non-registered accounts, in investing directly in Canadian
equities is a bit more than a slight advantage, especially if one is counting on dividend income for their investment strategy.