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Individual - Sample personal income tax calculation
Last reviewed - 10 December 2020This sample calculation applies to a calendar year ending 31 December 2020.
Assumptions
- Resident husband and wife living in Alberta; two children (under 18); one spouse earns all the income.
- Total remuneration of CAD 110,000.
- Capital gains of CAD 16,000.
- Foreign interest income of CAD 5,000, from which CAD 750 withholding has been deducted.
- Other interest income of CAD 6,000.
- All amounts are in Canadian dollars (CAD).
Tax computation
| CAD | CAD | |
| Net income | ||
| Salary | 110,000 | |
| Interest | 11,000 | |
| Taxable capital gain (one-half of actual gain) (1) | 8,000 | |
| Enhanced government pension plan deduction | (166) | |
| Net income/Taxable income | 128,834 | |
| Income tax (see the Taxes on personal income section): | ||
| Federal tax before credits | 25,489 | |
| Less - Personal credits: | ||
| Basic | 1,984 | |
| Spouse | 1,984 | (3,968) |
| Less - Other credits: | ||
| Employment tax credit | 187 | |
| Government pension plan and employment insurance plan contributions tax credit | 538 | (725) |
| Basic federal tax | 20,796 | |
| Less - Foreign tax credit | ||
| Lesser of 750 and (5,000 / 128,834) x 20,796 = 807 | (750) | |
| Federal income tax | 20,046 | |
| Provincial (Alberta) income tax (2) before credits | 12,883 | |
| Less - Personal credits: | ||
| Basic | (1,937) | |
| Spouse | (1,937) | |
| Government pension plan and employment insurance plan contributions tax credit | (359) | |
| Alberta tax | 8,650 | |
| Total income tax (3, 4) | 28,696 |
Notes
- Assuming the capital gains are not in respect of qualified farm property, qualified fishing property, or shares of a small business corporation, no capital gains deduction is available.
- In Alberta, the following rates are applied to taxable income in 2020.
Taxable income (CAD) Tax on first column (CAD) Tax on excess (%) Over Not over 0 131,220 0 10 131,220 157,464 13,122 12 157,464 209,952 16,271 13 209,952 314,928 23,095 14 314,928 37,791 15 - Personal tax credits and miscellaneous tax credits are subtracted from the result to determine Alberta tax. The 2020 Alberta personal tax credit for the government pension plan and employment insurance plan contributions is equal to 10% (maximum credit is CAD 359) of the lesser of the base (non-enhanced) amounts payable and the required base premiums for the year.
- The taxpayer does not have sufficient tax preference items to be liable for AMT.
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