In the Mood With Kim G C Moody

In this episode of In the Mood With Kim G C Moody podcast, Kim makes the case that political tax gimmicks should be minimized notwithstanding tax and politics are like wine and cheese. He walks through some recent history of poor political tax gimmicks and reviews the latest - an enhanced GST credit / cash handouts rebranded as the Groceries and Essentials Rebate. He makes the case for “Big Bang” personal tax reform (which would include material tax reduction and simplification) with significant reduction of government spending as a starting point to pay for such reductions.

In this episode of In the Mood With Kim G C Moody Podcast, Kim G C Moody discusses the November 4, 2025 Canadian federal budget with an emphasis on the tremendous spending. He discusses the minor tax content contained in the budget but states emphatically that the spending is the highlight reel matter. It will have impacts for decades to come. He also reviews the deceptive budgeting trick of “separating the capital budget and operating budget” which is designed to mislead the financially illiterate voter. He ends the podcast with some comments on the conclusion of the “100-Day Plan” of the Canada Revenue Agency to improve its call centres and service standards….spoiler alert…the “Plan” was nothing more than a political exercise despite some modest efforts to deal with some symptomatic issues caused by long-standing and systemic issues within the CRA that need to be attacked and dealt with to improve services standards for the benefit of ALL Canadians.

In this episode, Kim G C Moody discusses what Canadians can expect in the upcoming November 4, 2025 federal budget. He discusses the fact that the budget is unacceptably late, reviews the Liberal Party tax election promises, what tax measures “should” be in the budget (although they likely won’t be), the use of vacuous phrases like “spend less, invest more” and why it’s unacceptable and deceptive to “separate the capital budget from the operating budget." Kim discusses the precarious fiscal position that Canada is in given the huge spending and out of control deficits and the fact that the Parliamentary Budget Officer made some very blunt comments about this recently. Happy listening!

This podcast with host Kim G C Moody and guest Jack Mintz discuss the need for comprehensive tax reform in Canada. Mintz outlines the history of tax reform efforts in Canada, including the Carter report and the Mintz committee's recommendations in the 1990s. He argues that since then, Canada has implemented piecemeal changes that have increased tax system complexity and distortions, rather than undertaking meaningful reform. Mintz suggests Canada should look to models like Estonia's tax system as an alternative to the incremental approach, in order to simplify the tax code and improve economic competitiveness, as Canada has fallen behind the U.S. in GDP per capita.

Tax is complex. That’s a given. The voluminous and horrifically complex recent August 12, 2024 draft tax legislation released by the Canadian Department of Finance is continuing evidence of that. As a recent tax commentator said “complicated rules to mitigate the impact of complicated rules doesn’t do our tax system any favors”. That’s absolutely true. Notwithstanding, there is no doubt that an attempt can be made to make our tax system simpler. In this short podcast episode, Kim briefly talks about why our tax system is complex and what could be done to help make it simpler. Happy listening!

In this episode of In the Mood With Kim G C Moody, Kim explores the reasons why there has been a large increase in the numbers of successful CDNs leaving Canada for greener pastures. Yes, poor tax and economic policies contribute to such reasons but ultimately other reasons have more impact. Kim explores the recent history and, in particular, the messaging surrounding the attacks on successful Canadians that has contributed to the departures and offers a simple solution to stem the tide. Happy listening!

As of the date of the recording of this podcast, June 4, 2024, we are exactly 3 weeks away from the proposed implementation of the Canadian capital gains inclusion rate increase. What are the lessons learned so far? What should affected Canadians do or are we still “planning in the dark” without draft legislation being released to provide necessary details for the proposals? Kim muses about these and other topics as the clock ticks towards implantation. Happy listening!

In this episode, Kim G C Moody discusses the tax and economic highlights of the April 16, 2024 Canadian Federal Budget. The short story is it’s ugly…both on the economic side and tax policy measures. Kim’s taxation comments focus on the new capital gains inclusion rate increases and why the messaging and politics surrounding the June 25, 2024 implementation date are offensive. He also briefly comments on what’s not in the budget and the introduction of the laughable new “Canadian Entrepreneur’s Incentive” and the rules surrounding entrepreneur’s transfer of shares of a corporation to a “Employee Ownership Trust”. Happy listening and speak up if you are concerned!

In this episode, recorded on March 30, 2024, Kim G C Moody discusses the “new” Canadian trust reporting rules that have turned into a debacle given the requirement to report “bare trusts” (which are normally ignored for all purposes of the Income Tax Act) that were required to report until a last minute announcement - on March 28, 2024 - by the Canada Revenue Agency that bare trusts no longer needed to file. Huh? After all that work and struggle by tax practitioners?? Why weren’t the concerns of Canadian tax professionals - who foreshadowed these struggles - listened to up front? Kim discusses the frustrations and lessons to be learned from this (and other recent debacles like the Underused Housing Tax and the 2017 private corporation tax proposals). It starts with respect and rebuilding “trust” amongst the tax practitioner community and government.

In this episode, Kim G C Moody discusses the silly Canadian “flipping tax” that was introduced into Canada’s Income Tax Act effective 2023 forward. Kim explains the history of capital gains taxation, the principal residence exemption and the basics of why this new rule is completely unnecessary and duplicative. He comments on the British Columbia’s February 2024 Budget proposal that basically copies the federal “flipping” rule (with an interesting twist). He concludes the podcast by making the case for the elimination of this rule so as to protect Canadian taxpayers from unexpected surprises.

In this episode of In the Mood With Kim G C Moody, Kim discusses the broad tax exemption that is available for non-profit organizations (“NPOs”) in Canada and whether or not such broad based exemption should be better targeted and whether NPOs activities should be more transparent. Short answer…yep, it’s time for a review. Come along for a listen as Kim explores this interesting topic.

In this episode, Kim Moody describes recent Canadian history and tax events that have caused a significant spike in the interest in successful Canadians leaving Canada. He also describes the basic tax implications of becoming a non-resident of Canada for tax purposes.