OTTAWA — The tax rules are changing in 2016 and even if Canadians don't make enough to be hit by the new
top federal income tax rate, their financial plans are going to need to be reviewed.
But if you're in one of
the top federal income tax brackets and live in a state with high income taxes, you may come out ahead with a tax - free fund.
These rates must be compared with
the top federal income tax rates of 37 % on ordinary income and 20 % on long - term capital gains and qualified dividends, plus a 3.8 % Medicare net investment income tax.
He determined that only policies that considerably raise
top federal income tax rates and that redistribute tax revenue to lower - income households are likely to bring large reductions in the total number of Americans that die annually.
Specifically, the combined 21 percent corporate rate and 23.8 percent dividend rate should result in an effective combined tax rate of 39.8 percent on dividends paid to individuals, compared to
the top federal income tax rate on ordinary income of individuals of 37 percent plus the 3.8 percent Medicare or Net Investment Income tax, if applicable, which itself was reduced from 39.6 percent plus the 3.8 percent Medicare or Net Investment Income tax, if applicable.
A six per cent increase to
the top federal income tax bracket, for example, might bring in $ 1 or $ 2 billion per year — not nearly enough to compensate millions of middle - earners with stagnating wages.
In the U.S.,
the top federal income tax rate is currently 39.6 %, but states like California add up to 13.3 % more in state income taxes.
Not exact matches
Anything exceeding a 50 %
income tax rate tends to discourage economic effort; with high - tax Ontario already at a
top federal - provincial rate of 49.5 %, there's nowhere to go.
Many industries have been deregulated, competition is global and
federal income tax levels are nowhere near the 40 %
top marginal rate of 1976 - 77.
Admittedly, it takes a rather mundane $ 135,055 of individual annual
income to make it into the
top federal tax bracket in Canada, as opposed to more than US$ 400,000 in the U.S. Taxpayers who fall below that U.S. threshold are, generally speaking, better off south of the border.
New York City even has a municipal
income tax rate of 3.9 % on
top of the state and
federal taxes.
[3] The United States, with a combined
top marginal tax rate of 38.9 percent (consisting of the
federal tax rate of 35 percent plus the average tax rate among the states), has the third highest corporate
income tax rate in the world, slightly behind Puerto Rico.
The latest CBO report on average
federal taxes by
income group was released in June 2016 and includes data for 1979 - 2013 on before - and after - tax
income and taxes paid for each quintile, as well as for the
top 1, 5, and 10 percent of households., [20][21] Because of the effort involved in preparing these analyses, CBO's annual updates tend to lag about two years behind the publication of the necessary SOI data.
On the demand side, individual investors and mutual funds are still buyers, as individuals experienced a somewhat modest tax cut overall (the
top income tax rate fell from 39.6 % to 37 %, for example) and many are looking for protection from the tax man now that the
federal deduction for state and local taxes is capped at $ 10,000.
The proposals from the presidential campaign, reiterated last week by President - elect Donald Trump's choice for Treasury secretary, will massively favour the
top 1 per cent of
income earners, threaten an explosive rise in
federal debt, complicate the tax code and do little if anything to spur growth.
Some manipulate the system to minimize or eliminate taxes, but as a group, the
top 1 percent accounted for 14.6 percent of pretax
income in 2011 and paid 24 percent of
federal taxes, estimates the Congressional Budget Office.
The government numbers show that it's only the
top one per cent of
income tax filers whose corporations will be affected by the changes but this change will still reap a windfall for
federal coffers.
Rather, in Canada, we deploy a
top - up: Whatever the gap is in a senior's
income between what they already earn and $ 1200 per month, the
federal government will provide it.
Look to to the bottom of the
top one percenters, where folks are easily paying 34 - 35 % marginal
income taxes at the
Federal level — that's with charitable deductions, mortgage deductions, long term cap investment gains, yadda yadda yadda.
The
top 10 % of earners in this country pay approximately 69 % of all
federal income taxes collected.
This funding can come in the form of a state reimbursement for free and reduced price meals paid on
top of the
Federal reimbursement; for example, the state of California is supposed to give schools an extra.219 for every meal served to a qualifying low
income child (in fact, due to the ongoing budget crisis in California, that reimbursement has not always been paid for every qualifying meal in recent years.)
Howard Glaser, a former
top Cuomo aide, received outside
income to teach classes in a Columbia University program run by a professor with deep ties to key players in an ongoing
federal corruption investigation.
What share of all
federal tax breaks are given to the
top income...
Using 2009 statistics for example, and ignoring all
federal taxes other than
income tax (you get slightly different numbers when you consider all
federal taxes), the
Top 1 % would have a 36.73 % controlling interest in the
federal government and the Bottom 50 % would have a 2.25 % controlling interest.
As New York State braces for proposed
federal budget cuts that could have a devastating impact on health care, education and infrastructure investments across the state, more than 80 New York residents with
incomes in the
top 1 % have sent an open letter... (read more)
Governor Cuomo's book deal for a memoir set for publication this September netted him a $ 188,000 advance, on
top of his salary as governor, which helped bring his total
income to $ 358,448, according to his
federal tax return.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to separate the state's tax rates from the
federal rates to keep New Yorkers from a $ 1.5 billion
income tax increase, the Democrat's
top budget official testified Thursday during a budget hearing.
Another
top Senate leader, Sen. Thomas Libous, R - Binghamton, has pleaded not guilty to a
federal charge that he lied to the FBI about using his clout to arrange a job for his son, who was convicted earlier this year of filing false
income tax returns.
Compounding the problem, President Trump and congressional Republicans aim to eliminate or curtail state and local tax deductions to help pay for
federal income - tax rate cuts in
top brackets.
A former
top NYPD cop, Phillip Banks III, received up to $ 500,000 in investment
income from a real estate firm run by one of two Borough Park businessman at the center of a
federal probe into possible police corruption, city records show.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to separate the state's tax rates from the
federal rates to keep New Yorkers from a $ 1.5 billion
income tax increase, the Democrat's
top budget official testified Thursday during a budget hearing.
Because of sky - high property taxes on
top of state and
federal income taxes, many Nassau County residents pay disproportionately high percentages of their
income in taxes every year.
Historically, since 1918, this seems to also be the case: as the
top federal tax rate rises, the national share of
income of the
top 1 % falls, and vice versa..
Race to the
Top money gets to schools in two ways: Half goes out based on the percentage of
federal funding that schools get for low -
income students (Title I), and the other half is discretionary.
The CBO also reports that «the
top 20 percent of
income earners (those earning over $ 74,000) paid 94 percent of
federal individual
income taxes, 85 percent more than the share of national
income they earned.
With
income inequality continuing to rise and wealth becoming increasingly concentrated at the
top of the
income distribution, it is more critical than ever for districts, states, and the
federal government to take seriously their responsibility to provide an excellent education for all students.
It seems that the rich, defined as the
top 1 % of taxpayers, earn approximately 21 % of the nation's
income, yet already pay almost 40 % of all
federal income taxes.
... the
top 1 percent of
income earners paid 39 percent of
federal individual
income taxes in 2009, while earning 13 percent of the
income.
After analyzing
federal income tax records for millions of Americans, and studying, for the first time, the direct relationship between a child's earnings and that of their parents, they determined that the chances of a child growing up at the bottom of the national
income distribution to ever one day reach the
top actually varies greatly by geography.
Littleadv is incorrect because receiving a 1099 means she will be taxed self - employment tax on
top of
federal income taxes.
In other words, because your wife is technically self employed, she will owe both sides of payroll tax which is 15.3 % of $ 38k = $ 5,800 on
TOP of your
federal income tax (which is the only thing the W - 4 is instructing them about what amount to withhold).
«In our view this is probably a generational opportunity for high quality corporate bonds and provincials and
federal agency bonds,» says Scott Lamont, head of fixed
income at Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd., and manager of the firm's bond fund, a
top - rated performer on the MoneySense Best Mutual Funds Honor Roll.
If you combine the
top Federal tax bracket (39.6 %) with the
top California tax bracket (13.3 %) and the Medicare surcharge of.9 % on
incomes over $ 250,000, you have a
top tax rate of 51.9 %.
You might be in the 25 % marginal tax bracket for
federal income taxes, but on
top of this you might add, say 7 % for state
income taxes, 7.65 % for FICA, and say, 2 % for municipal
income taxes, for a total marginal tax rate of 41.65 %.
Including a 3.8 % tax on the investment
income of
top earners resulting from the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the
top federal rate is 43.4 %.
Eligible dividends taxed at the
top marginal rate are subject to
federal income tax of 24.81 % in 2016.
The other interesting wrinkle in this idea is that the
federal government has raised taxes on the
top 1 % of
income earners.
From staying on
top of
federal, state, and city regulations to answering calls about broken dishwashers, property managers protect your investment while also ensuring your passive
income actually stays passive.
Assuming that Mr. McGuinty agreed to this trade, the province's highest marginal rate on personal
income would rise,
federal and provincial rates combined, from 46.4 per cent to 49.4 per cent — meaning that this rate would theoretically net $ 247,000 in revenue, a tax increase for the
top 1 per cent of at least $ 15,000.
For high -
income earners living in Alberta, whose tax rates have increased dramatically since last year, the impact on their take home pay this month will be much more severe as Alberta's
top federal / provincial combined marginal rate went from 40.25 per cent in 2015 to 48 per cent in 2016.