Yes, the Canadian Pension plan benefit is taxable in Canada. Let’s discover more details on the taxability and other important details on the Canada Pension Plan.
What is CPP?
The full form of CPP is the Canada Pension Plan. It is one of the three retirement income streams offered by the federal government of Canada. One may start receiving a monthly income stream from CPP from the age 60.
Is CPP taxable in Canada?
Yes, CPP forms a part of your assessable income and it is taxable. Service Canada generally provides tax information slips.
For those who receive CPP, you will have access to T4A(P) slip. Box 20 of this slip indicates the total CPP you have received in the assessable year.
If you are receiving survivor benefit, disability, child benefit or a death benefit, you must then refer to box 15, 16, 17 or 18 respectively. You are required to fill it up in line 11400 of your income tax return.
The CPP you receive is added to your assessable income and after deductions, you will have to pay taxes at your marginal tax rate.
You have to manually add your CPP income in the tax returns. However, if you wish for the taxes to be automatically deducted, then you can sign into My Service Canada portal and request the federal government to do so. For this, you need to download and complete the ‘Request for voluntary Federal Income tax deductions CPP/OAS (ISP3520CPP) form and email it to Service Canada Id or post the form to Service Canada office.
If you are a non-resident of Canada and you receive CPP benefit for your contributions made while you were in Canada, then the Canadian Revenue Agency will directly debit a maximum of 25% as taxation. The deduction rate depends on the country you are currently residing and its tax treaty with Canada.
CPP and its taxation in Canada
The Canadian Pension Plan contributions that you make – both your base portion of CPP and the employer portion are tax deductible during your employment phase. Hence, it is logical of the government to tax it when you withdraw them as an income stream.