'When you see your grandma coming through the door, your great-aunt, that hits home and you realize everybody is affected,' the executive director of the West Island Mission said.
Pagliuca explained she’s using her RRSPs to cover the rest of her rent, but said a good portion of that is getting taxed.
That is how the RRSP is designed to work. She got all those taxes refunded for decades so now she can pay a lower taxable amount than she would have earlier.
And if she’s using it for $500 a month, the taxes on that are going to be very low, not a “good portion”.
The article is written in a very misleading way. 10-20% could be seen as a “good” portion, but it will be returned in the next year since 6K a year will be in the lowest tax bracket.
Most banks default to 10% tax deducted at source. Clients can tell the bank to take more or less, but you’re right, she should be getting back almost of it (if not all of it) when she files.
That is how the RRSP is designed to work. She got all those taxes refunded for decades so now she can pay a lower taxable amount than she would have earlier.
And if she’s using it for $500 a month, the taxes on that are going to be very low, not a “good portion”.
It raises her income, so she gets less OAS. You’re right, but if she’s poor, then she’s gonna have a bad time.
What’s the thresholds?
The bar is pretty high.
OAS recovery doesn’t start until $90,997 of annual income in 2024, so that’s not a factor.
EDIT: It could reduce her GIS. The threshold for GIS recovery is $21,624, but from what she said, she also shouldn’t have that much income, even with the RRSPs.
Yeah, sorry. I get OAS and GIS mixed up.
Understandable. GIS is automatically applied to an OAS applicant if they qualify, so a lot of people just think of them as the same program.
The article is written in a very misleading way. 10-20% could be seen as a “good” portion, but it will be returned in the next year since 6K a year will be in the lowest tax bracket.
Most banks default to 10% tax deducted at source. Clients can tell the bank to take more or less, but you’re right, she should be getting back almost of it (if not all of it) when she files.