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Tax saving tips -Is this true

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Oct 29, 2010
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Ottawa, ON

Tax saving tips -Is this true

I found this video on Youtube and think this may benefit for others. However, I am not sure the example in the video.

Can a higher income spouse ($75,000 annual) transfer $30,000 to lower income spouse ($15,000 annual)? That is a big different to me. Please advice. Thanks

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Apr 22, 2014
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Edmonton, AB
It was true for 2014 and 2015. The liberal gov't abolished it for 2016 and forward.
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Jan 2, 2015
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Toronto, ON
That video was talking about the 2015 tax year. The Family Tax Cut, as mentioned above, is no more. The UCCB is also no more. The child care deduction is still there, and the fitness credit is there, but has been reduced, and will be gone next year.
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philland wrote: It was true for 2014 and 2015. The liberal gov't abolished it for 2016 and forward.
Not really. It wasn't true income splitting. It was only a tax credit and it was only good for a maximum savings of $2,000. Also, you had to have at least one child under 18 (not sure if OP has kids or not).
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Chickinvic wrote: Not really. It wasn't true income splitting. It was only a tax credit and it was only good for a maximum savings of $2,000. Also, you had to have at least one child under 18 (not sure if OP has kids or not).
Yeah, I just meant the video was true. I wasn't commenting on OP's situation.
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Oct 29, 2010
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I do have a child under 18. The scenario perfectly fits my case. Too bad it is not valid for 2016. Not friendly for middle class.
Chickinvic wrote: Not really. It wasn't true income splitting. It was only a tax credit and it was only good for a maximum savings of $2,000. Also, you had to have at least one child under 18 (not sure if OP has kids or not).
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Jan 2, 2015
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ohce wrote: I do have a child under 18. The scenario perfectly fits my case. Too bad it is not valid for 2016. Not friendly for middle class.
That statement doesn't make a lot of sense to me (except the not valid for 2016 part). The FTC mainly worked out if you had one high income spouse and one spouse who didn't make any money (eg they were a homemaker), plus a kid. Middle class families with two working parents are more common, and they would get only a little bit of the money (much less than the $2,000 usually). It's pretty difficult for a single person to make enough money to support a spouse and one or more children unless said earner has a really high income, which is why such families aren't all that common.
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Jan 19, 2017
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ohce wrote: I do have a child under 18. The scenario perfectly fits my case. Too bad it is not valid for 2016. Not friendly for middle class.
Were you in that situation in 2014 or 2015? If you were, that means you most likely didn't use the family credit.

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