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By Special to MoneySense on June 21, 2016
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Here’s how the Canada Pension Plan is set to change

By Special to MoneySense on June 21, 2016
Estimated reading time: 1 minute

An extra $408 a year will be coming off paycheques

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Here are the forthcoming changes to the Canada Pension Plan agreed to Monday by the federal government and most of the provinces and territories: — Increasing the income replacement rate to one-third from one-quarter, meaning the maximum CPP benefit will be about $17,478 instead of about $13,000. How CPP changes could affect employees » — Increasing premiums on employers and employees by one per cent, meaning an extra $408 a year coming off paycheques. — Increased premiums will be phased in over seven years, starting in 2019. — Increasing by 14 per cent to $82,700 the maximum amount of income subject to CPP. Making sense of the CPP expansion » — Expanding the refundable tax credit known as the federal working income tax benefit, to help low-income Canadians offset the increase in premiums. — New portion of employee contributions to CPP will be tax deductible (not a tax credit).

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