Canadians get taxed on interest on
their savings at their marginal tax rate which is the same rule as in the US.
Not exact matches
Adding insult to injury, the puny effective
tax saving to those
tax - filers from the capital gains partial inclusion (worth $ 7.50 in federal
taxes at the 15 %
marginal rate) was only half the effective
savings pocketed by the top 1 %
tax - filers (realized
at a 29 %
rate) on EACH $ 100 of their capital gains partial inclusion (which was then applied against a capital gains flow that was 600 times larger).
Interest you earn from checking,
savings, and money market accounts, CDs, bonds, and bond funds are all
taxed at your
marginal tax rate.
If your
rate is higher when you contribute than when you withdraw, an RRSP is more advantageous because your contribution could result in
tax savings that help to reduce your high
marginal tax rate, and your withdrawals will be
taxed at a lower
rate.
This increase in the
marginal rate of RRSP contributions will not beat the opposite effect of a 50 % clawback of GIS for those
at the bottom of the first
tax bracket, or those with limited life - long
savings, but
at the margins of the 1st and 2nd
tax bracket, the additional 7 % to 19 % will tilt the choice toward using an RRSP.
, in 5 years, you could be sheltering 50K in gains ($ 9000 a year
tax savings at 36 %
marginal rate)
The withdrawal has no penalty and the
tax savings at Jack's 43 per cent
marginal rate would be about $ 13,545, which can go back into the TFSA.
Money contributed to either a
savings account or a Roth IRA will have been
taxed at three
marginal tax rate when your earned the money.
@James, if it is truly income from interest (bonds / gics / money market /
savings accounts), then it is
taxed at your
marginal rate.
Savings will grow
at an interest
rate of 1.0 %
at best, less 25 % (or whatever your
marginal tax rate is).
At least one financial advisor claims thatthe
savings are actually the interest
rate plus the interest
rate * your
marginal tax rate.
An RRSP Example: Income: $ 60,000 in 2015 RRSP Contribution: $ 10,800 (18 %) Refund: $ 3,364 Bottom Line:
At a 30 %
marginal tax rate, you reduce
taxes from $ 11,686 to $ 8,322, for a
savings of $ 3,364.