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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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 %.
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.
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).
On
top of the
federal income tax rates, each province has their own provincial
taxes rates as well.
The
federal government has more than enough money to raise personal
taxes, especially from high
income individuals, by reducing some of the following: the small business
tax deduction ($ 3.2 billion), lifetime capital gains exemption ($ 600 million), donation credit related to gifted securities ($ 52 million), flow - through shares ($ 125 million) and bringing capital gains
tax rates in line with the
top tax rate on dividends ($ 1.25 billion).
«In 1920, when the
top tax rate was 73 %, for people making over $ 100,000 a year, the
federal government collected just over $ 700 million in
income taxes — and 30 % of that was paid by people making over $ 100,000.
In Canada, the combined effect of
federal and provincial
taxes puts the
top marginal
tax rate for high -
income earners over 50 % in six provinces.
A newly - lowered
top US
federal tax rate, combined with a strong US dollar and recent Canadian
tax increases on high -
income earners, could make the US more attractive to highly - skilled Canadian workers — and ex-pat US citizens — potentially compounding the talent drain.
With a
top federal rate of 39.6 percent, plus a state
income tax of 9 percent to 13 percent, plus property
taxes — which are no longer fully deductible — the
tax burden for high earners approaches Scandinavia, where
tax rates are in the high 50 percent range.
Depending on your
federal tax bracket, ordinary
income tax rates can be as high as 37 percent whereas capital gains
tax rates top out at 20 percent.