The premise behind investing in an RRSP is that during retirement, you will have a lower income and
thus pay less tax when you withdraw money compared to when you put the money in (and thus getting a bigger tax break).
Not exact matches
He adds that the mortgage interest you
pay is
tax deductible — by prepaying your principal, you'll
pay less interest and,
thus, get
less of a
tax write - off over the life of your loan.
Thus Canadians benefit from the fact that they
pay less in
taxes on withdrawals.
For example, at the moment with NG, if your annual gross rent is $ 10,000 and your total costs including depreciation is say $ 15,000, then you can use the additional $ 5,000 in expenses against your other income and
thus reduce the amount of
tax you
pay for that year (if your marginal
tax rate was say 30 % then you would
pay $ 5,000 x 0.30 = $ 1,500
less in
tax for that year).
He adds that the mortgage interest you
pay is
tax deductible — by prepaying your principal, you'll
pay less interest and,
thus, get
less of a
tax write - off over the life of your loan.
Thus, under the new
tax rules,
less alimony would likely be
paid to correct for the loss of the
tax deduction by the higher earning spouse.