If your marginal tax
rate upon retirement is likely to be lower than your current marginal tax rate, it makes sense for most people to contribute as much as possible to an RRSP.
If your marginal tax
rate upon retirement is likely to be lower than your current marginal tax rate, it makes sense for most people to contribute as much as possible -LSB-...]
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rates and limits for various
retirement plan options, so you can contribute as much as possible.
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Upon retirement, the government will tax pensions at a favorable
rate of 10 percent (not including provincial taxes).
And even better if I'm at the 15 % or lower tax bracket in
retirement (
upon withdrawal) as the capital gains tax
rate is 0 % in those brackets.
Noting that only one - third of the Canadian work force is currently covered by a registered pension plan, and that savings
rates have gone down in recent decades, a report by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce earlier this year warned that those born in the 1980s could face a 30 - per - cent drop in their standard of living
upon retirement.
If your nest egg
upon retirement is equal to 12 times that income, or $ 1.2 million, you could reasonably withdraw $ 48,000 in the first year of
retirement, assuming a 4 % portfolio withdrawal
rate.
The setback with this is that your $ 5000 (which would have probably grown to $ 50,000
upon retirement) will then be taxed at your ordinary income tax
rate.
If that same 25 year old young saver invests $ 4000 a year into a regular taxable savings account earning 8 % interest, he would grow a nest egg of $ 800,000
upon retirement (at the age of 65)-- assuming a 15 % tax
rate.
In such event,
upon maturity, the account will be converted to a variable
rate retirement savings account and will receive earnings at the interest
rate then paid on variable
rate retirement savings accounts.