SECTION / TAXES
2 SHEETS ON FILE
Taxes
The credits and thresholds on a retirement tax return, and what each one is worth in dollars.
SHEET 007 / TAXES
The age amount, and why it shrinks as income rises
Turn 65 and a $9,208 federal amount appears on the return. Above $46,432 of net income it starts to fade, fifteen cents for every dollar.
SHEET 006 / TAXES
The first $2,000 of pension income, and the credit attached to it
A workplace pension qualifies. CPP and OAS do not. Under 65 the list shrinks again. How the federal pension income amount actually works.
OTHER SECTIONS
PensionsHow the Canada Pension Plan is built, indexed and paid, worked through line by line.
5 SHEETS
SavingsRRIFs, TFSAs and workplace pensions: the arithmetic of drawing down what was put away.
3 SHEETS
BenefitsIncome-tested and disability benefits, and the rules that decide how much of them arrives.
2 SHEETS
THE THURSDAY SHEET / FREEThe Thursday Sheet. Rates, thresholds and dates behind Canadian retirement income, on one page.
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