Kim G C Moody’s Musings – 1-1-1 Newsletter For October 28, 2026
One Comment About Taxation – The Upcoming November 5, 2026 Federal Budget – Will We See Tax Reform Announced? When I was a kid, my parents’ hobby farm had about five head of cattle. Feeding time taught me more about human nature than any economics course I took later. The biggest and loudest shoved to…
Read MoreKim G C Moody’s Musings – 1-1-1 Newsletter For October 21, 2026
One Comment About Taxation – B.C.’s Proposed Wealth Tax: You Can Check Out, But Can You Ever Leave? I’ve seen the Eagles in concert a couple of times, and I’ve been debating one last trip to see them at the Sphere in Las Vegas before they finally call it a career. “Finally” is doing a…
Read MoreKim G C Moody Appears on Michael Campbell’s Money Talks Discussing The Consequences Of Rising Taxes, October 16 2026
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Read MoreKim G C Moody’s Musings – 1-1-1 Newsletter For October 14, 2026
One Comment About Taxation – Is B.C. About to Become One of the World’s Highest-Taxed Places to Earn Income? Growing up in Fort McMurray, AB, I learned early that earning money required hard work. I delivered the local newspaper, the Fort McMurray Today, shovelled sidewalks through brutally cold winters and sold Regal Christmas cards door…
Read MoreKim G C Moody’s Musings – 1-1-1 Newsletter For October 7, 2026
One Comment About Taxation – Why You Should Be Concerned About The Federal Government’s Deceptive Budgeting Exercise of Separating the Operating Budget From the Capital Budget Picture a couple at the kitchen table reviewing the family budget. Their paycheques don’t cover their spending, so they’ve been topping up the difference on a home equity line…
Read MoreKim G C Moody’s Musings – 1-1-1 Newsletter For September 30, 2026
One Comment About Taxation – The Constant “Pause” of Introduced Tax Policy A number of years ago, a relative of mine started building a garage. The site was levelled, gravel poured, rebar laid down, and then everything stopped. The project, I was told, was “paused.” The money had run out, and frankly, so had the…
Read MoreBalancing the “Operating Budget” Is a Trick – And the PBO Has Shown Again How Easy It Is to Pull Off
The trick is simple. Split the federal budget into two pieces – an “operating budget” and a “capital budget.” Define “capital” so broadly that almost anything qualifies. Move enough day-to-day spending into the capital column. Then declare the operating budget balanced while the total deficit and the debt keep growing. It works for one…
Read MoreKim G C Moody’s Musings – 1-1-1 Newsletter For September 23, 2026
One Comment About Taxation – Is the “Mega Productivity Deduction” Really “Mega”?? Walk down any grocery aisle and you’ll find a paper towel roll labelled “Mega” sitting next to a “Regular” one – same width, often similar sheet count, just marketed as though it were categorically different. That’s a communications and marketing strategy, not a…
Read MoreKim G C Moody Quoted in EPOCH Times Article by Paul Rowan Brian About Ottawa’s New Reforms
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Read MoreKim G C Moody’s Musings – 1-1-1 Newsletter For September 16, 2026
One Comment About Taxation – Canada’s Trust Reporting System is Too Complex and Unnecessary As a tax practitioner, I’m used to complexity. I deal with it daily. Artificial intelligence has become a genuinely useful tool for navigating some of that complexity, and combined with a few decades of experience, it makes tax a bit easier…
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