Ep #80: The Relevance & True Cost of CPP (Canada Pension Plan) for Small Business Owners - with Aravind Sithamparapillai

Today I welcome Aravind Sithamparapillai (MBA), who is an associate at Ironwood Wealth Management. Aravind is becoming known as a tax ninja - he breaks down complex topics nicely for listeners of all levels.While the focus of this episode is meant to be CPP (Canada Pension Plan) & its relevance to business owners, we cover a lot of ground that includes salary vs dividends & tax basics.Discussion Points:Aravind's background (4:18)The basics of tax integration (5:00)Tax integration by province/territory (6:42)Tax credit & deduction on the employee portion of CPP (9:16)Employer portion of CPP - tax deductible (14:13)What is the true cost of CPP? (16:30)Understanding the dividend gross up & dividend tax credit (22:05)Income based benefits that can be impacted by the dividend gross up (26:15)CPP vs investing yourself in the corporation (31:13)Salary + dividend vs salary only approach (39:10)What about the IPP (41:35)Other CPP benefits - disability, children, survivor (43:30)Post call newsletter: https://postcall.ca/Aravind:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sithamparapillai/[email protected]:Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Yatin ChadhaWays to support beyond MD:Amex credit card referral link: https://americanexpress.com/en-ca/referral/business-platinum?ref=yATINC4uFw&XLINK=MYCPhttps://americanexpress.com/en-ca/referral/cobalt?ref=yATINCYEoc&XLINK=MYCP

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