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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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).
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.
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.
The Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 eliminated some of the changes in the 1986
tax act and added two new
federal income tax brackets to the existing three, with the
top rate hitting 39.6 %.
To illustrate, let's take a look at three employees, Angelica, Eliza and Peggy, whose employment
income falls into the lowest, middle and
top federal tax brackets and see what their take home pay looks like for their first payroll of 2016 versus what it would have looked like a year ago.
50 — Taxable distributions from IRAs and qualified employer retirement plans before age 59 1/2 are generally subject to a 10 % early distribution penalty (20 % for certain SIMPLE plan distributions) on
top of any
federal income taxes due.
Withdrawing taxable funds from a
tax - deferred retirement account before age 59 1/2 generally triggers a 10 %
federal income tax penalty, on
top of any
federal income taxes due.
For instance, if you expect to be in the 22 %
federal tax bracket once you start required minimum distributions in your 70s, you might aim to generate enough
income in your 60s to get to the
top of the 12 % bracket.
Speaking to investment
income, a NJ taxpayer in the
top tax bracket in all categories pays 39.6 % in Federal tax, 8.97 % in direct NJ State Tax and Obamacare 3.8 % tax on investment income (muni bonds are exemp
tax bracket in all categories pays 39.6 % in
Federal tax, 8.97 % in direct NJ State Tax and Obamacare 3.8 % tax on investment income (muni bonds are exemp
tax, 8.97 % in direct NJ State
Tax and Obamacare 3.8 % tax on investment income (muni bonds are exemp
Tax and Obamacare 3.8 %
tax on investment income (muni bonds are exemp
tax on investment
income (muni bonds are exempt).
Under the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the
top federal capital gain
tax rate was increased to 20 % (up from 15 %) for single filers with
incomes above $ 400,000 and married couples filing jointly with
incomes exceeding $ 450,000.
It looks like this would not work, as documented in the IRS» Offset instructions (bold mine): Internal Revenue Code IRC (§) 6402 (a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) require a taxpayer's overpayment to be applied to any outstanding
Federal tax debt, child support, Treasury Offset Program (
TOP) debt, State
income tax obligation or Unemployment Compensation prior to...
Given our dual
income, every dollar I earned was
taxed at an effective
top marginal rate of 51.15 % (35 %
federal, 1.45 % Medicare, 6.2 % Social Security, and 8.5 % state).