Capital Gains Tax Class: Realize the Power of Capital Gains

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The objective of this class is to provide a first preference for annual capital gains dividends. Capital gains provide income at a low rate of taxation in comparison to other income types. Capital gains are also the only income type that can offset a capital loss that may have been realized previously.
Top Uses:
- Utilize Tax Losses
- Use distributed capital gains income to offset capital tax losses
- Reduce Fixed Income Portfolio Tax by Half
- Investment income is subject to capital gains treatment on NexGen fixed income Funds including NexGen's Bond and Balanced Funds
- Reduce Taxes on ITF Accounts
- Attribute capital gains income to minor children through In-Trust-For Accounts and avoid attribution
| Top Marginal Tax Rates - 2010 | ||||
| British Columbia | Alberta | Ontario | Quebec | |
| Capital Gains | 21.85% | 19.50% | 23.20% | 24.11% |
| Ordinary Income | 43.70% | 39.00% | 46.41% | 48.22% |
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Capital Gains Class: Realize the Power of Capital Gains
Who should select this Tax Class:
- Higher tax rate investors who wish to minimize taxable income.
- Investors wishing to harvest current or historical tax losses.

- Investors interested in income splitting with children (capital gains are the only income type not attributable back to parent, grandparent or other donor).

- Retirees who wish to minimize withdrawals from registered accounts and/or minimize the impact of investment income on OAS clawbacks.

- Non-resident investors who wish to minimize withholding taxes.

