2024 Essential Tax Numbers for Planners

  • TAX FACTS & FIGURES
  • SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
  • DOLLAR LIMITS FOR REGISTERED PLANS
  • CPP
  • OAS
  • ALDA
TAX FACTS & FIGURES

Tax Facts and Figures

Description 2023
Indexation factor 4.7%
Federal tax bracket thresholds
Taxable income at which 20.5% bracket begins 55,867
Taxable income at which 26% bracket begins 111,733
Taxable income at which 29% bracket begins 173,205
Taxable income at which 33% bracket begins 246,752
Amounts for non-refundable tax credits
Basic personal amounts
For income greater than or equal to the 33% tax bracket 14,156
For income less than or equal to the 29% tax bracket 15,705
Age amount 8,790
Canada caregiver amount for children under age 18 2,616
Disability amount 9,872
Supplement for children with disabilities (max) 5,758
Medical expense tax credit (3% of net income ceiling) 2,759
Lifetime capital gains exemption
Exemption limit for qualified small business corporation shares 1,000,000
Deduction limit (½ of capital gain) 500,000
TFSA Limit 7,000
Accumulated TFSA Limit since 2009 95,000

Transfer of Tax Credits

  • Table 1 includes the transferable unused portion of a number of tax credits
  • All of these credits are transferable to a taxpayer’s spouse
  • Allows the transfer of credits that could not be used by the transferring spouse
Tax Credit Transferrable to
Age credit Spouse or common-law partner
Pension income credit Spouse or common-law partner
Disability credit Spouse, common-law partner or supporting parent or grandparent
Tuition credits with a max amount of $5,000 Spouse, common-law partner or supporting parent or grandparent
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS

Social Security Programs

  • Two major federal social security programs are:
    • The Canada Child Benefit (CCB);
    • The GST/HST credit
  • GST Credit
    • Paid on a benefit-year cycle beginning in July
    • Adjustments take effect as of July 1st
Benefit Year 2023/2024
Adult max 340
  • Canada Child Benefit
    • Paid on a benefit-year cycle beginning in July – payments for these periods will be based on adjusted family net income for the previous taxation year
    • Families receive a single payment every month
    • Families will not have to pay back part of the amount received when they file their tax returns
  2023/2024
Max per child under 6 7,787
Max per child aged 6 through 17 6,570
  • Disability Benefit
    • Provides additional amount per child eligible for the disability tax credit
    • Payments will be included with the Canada Child Benefit payment
  2024
Maximum benefit 3,322
DOLLAR LIMITS FOR REGISTERED PLANS

Dollar Limits For Registered Plans

Year Defined-Benefit Limit RRSP Dollar Limit
2024 3,610 31,560
CPP

Canada Pension Plan (CPP)

  Monthly Annual
Contributions for 2024
Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YMPE) 68,500
Year’s Additional Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YAMPE) 73,200
Basic earnings exemption 3,500
Contribution rate for employee 5.95%
Max employee contribution 4,075.75
Max employee and employer contribution 8,151.50
OAS

Old Age Security (OAS)

Monthly Annualized Income Level Cut-off
Max benefits 65 to 74 (As of November 2023) 707.68 8,492.16 134,626
Max benefits 75 and over 778.45 9,341.40 137,331
OAS clawback threshold 90,997.00
ALDA

Advanced Life Deferred Annuities (ALDA)

2023
Lifetime dollar limit 160,000