Calculating RRSP Contribution Room Step 1: Earned Income Alisha is a lawyer and she has the following
Question:
Calculating RRSP Contribution Room
Step 1: Earned Income
Alisha is a lawyer and she has the following sources of income:
a) Salary $75,000
b) Spousal Support $12,000
c) Interest Income $ 3,000
d) Capital Gains $ 5,000
In addition, Alisha has a rental property and she recorded a rental gain of $2,000.
What is Alisha's earned income for RRSP purposes?
Step 2: RRSP Contribution room for the current year
What is Alisha's current year contribution limit?
Step 3:PAs, PARs and PSPAs
Alisha belongs to a defined-benefit pension plan at the law firm where she works. It provides a benefit of 1.8% of best five years earnings. Her income last year was $73,600.
What is Alisha's pension adjustment?
Step 4:Putting it all together
Alisha's Notice of Assessment states that she has $47,000 in unused RRSP contribution room that has been carried forward from previous years.
What is Alisha's Total RRSP Contribution Room?
Canadian Income Taxation Planning And Decision Making
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