Year-End Tax Planning for Owner-Managers

Join Kim Moody and Jay Goodis for a deep-dive into the strategies every owner-manager needs before December 31st — from integration to remuneration optimization.

Live date December 2025
Live time 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET
Duration 90 minutes

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Live session + Q&A

75 minutes of teaching plus 15 minutes of live Q&A discussion.

Recording access

The webinar recording will be available shortly following the live event.

Detailed slide deck

Includes tax tables, worked examples, planning notes, technical references, and supporting resource materials.

CPD certificate

A CPD certificate is available after successful quiz completion.

Real-world planning question

Is your corporation leaving money on the table at year-end?

For owner-managers, year-end isn't just about closing the books — it's the most important window for tax planning. Between integration principles, passive income rules, remuneration decisions, and RDTOH strategy, the choices you make before December 31st can mean thousands of dollars in tax savings or costly missteps that follow you for years.

Kim Moody and Jay Goodis break it all down in plain language so you can act with confidence.

What we'll work through

01

Principle of Integration

  • What integration means for owner-managers
  • Under-integration vs. over-integration explained
  • How refundable tax and the Capital Dividend Account work
  • Why perfect integration doesn't exist in any province
  • Strategic implications for income splitting and distribution
02

2025 & 2026 Tax Rates

  • Provincial and federal corporate tax rate updates
  • Small Business Deduction rates and thresholds
  • Personal marginal rates relevant to dividend decisions
  • Integration summary: tax savings and deferral by income type
  • Province-by-province highlights (BC, ON, NL and more)
03

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) Regime

  • How the AMT works as a parallel tax calculation
  • Key changes to the AMT regime and what's new
  • Impact on high-income earners and certain trusts
  • Deductions, exemptions, and credits affected
  • Planning strategies to minimize AMT exposure
04

Optimizing RDTOH Accounts

  • Eligible vs. non-eligible RDTOH (ERDTOH & NERDTOH)
  • The four-step refund sequence and how to optimize it
  • The ERDTOH/NERDTOH trap with multiple holding companies
  • Triggering dividend refunds strategically at year-end
  • Inter-corporate dividend planning pitfalls
05

SBD Grind & Passive Income

  • How the 2018 passive income rules grind down your SBD
  • The $50,000 AAII threshold and claw-back mechanics
  • Association rules and related corporation traps
  • Minimizing the grind through owner compensation strategy
  • Individual Pension Plans, corporate insurance, and capital strategies
06

Remuneration & Year-End Planning Ideas

  • Salary vs. dividends: the full decision framework
  • Accruing compensation and the 179-day rule
  • RRSP, TFSA, FHSA, and RRIF optimization for 2025/2026
  • Estate freezes, shareholder loans, and QSBC status
  • Other ideas: RCAs, EPSPs, employee stock options

Built for better planning conversations

This session is designed for professionals, business owners, and decision-makers who want to understand how the rules interact, where the judgment calls sit, and how to turn technical tax issues into practical year-end planning decisions.

Owner-Managers

You run a CCPC and face year-end decisions on salary, dividends, RDTOH, and passive income every year. This session gives you the framework to make smarter calls.

Tax & Accounting Professionals

CPAs and tax advisors will walk away with updated integration tables, AMT planning insights, and a refreshed RDTOH optimization toolkit for client conversations.

Financial Planners & Advisors

Advisors who work alongside owner-managed businesses will gain deeper fluency in how corporate tax decisions ripple into personal financial plans and estate strategy.

Learn with Kim and Jay

Kim G C Moody

Kim G C Moody

FCPA, FCA, TEP

One of Canada's most recognized tax voices, with senior leadership across Canada's tax community and regular national policy commentary.

Jay Goodis

Jay Goodis

CPA, CA · CEO, Tax Templates Inc.

Turns complex Canadian tax issues into clearer questions, better planning conversations, and optimized action steps for advisors and business owners.

"
Kim and Jay have a rare ability to make complex tax concepts genuinely approachable. This session saved my client thousands and gave me a clear framework I use every year-end.

CPA, Tax Practitioner
Ontario

Questions before purchasing?

Yes. Discounts range from 10% to 30% based on the number of people registered. The volume discount applies automatically at checkout as additional registrations are added.

You'll receive a confirmation email for your registration, along with a link to access the live session.

If you cannot attend live, the recording will be made available in your CTM account shortly after the session ends, so you can watch on demand.

Yes. The detailed slide deck and supporting materials will be posted shortly before the live session. When the recording is available, you'll be notified by email.

You will have access to the recording and course materials through your CTM account for one year. CTM members can access course materials while their membership is active.

Yes. A CPD certificate is available after successful quiz completion.

Yes. We will take questions during the live Q&A portion after the teaching session.

Yes. CTM members have access to live sessions, but you still need to register for each live session so we can confirm attendance and send access details. You can register yourself or up to 10 eligible CTM members using the live-session registration form.

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2025 Year-End Tax Planning for Owner-Managers

A practical Canadian tax session on year-end planning for owner-managers, including integration, 2025/2026 tax rates, AMT, RDTOH, GRIP, AAII, the SBD grind, compensation planning, charitable giving, shareholder balances, and key year-end deadlines.

Live date Dec 4, 2025

Live time 12:00 p.m. ET

Individual price $75 CAD

Registering multiple people? Volume discounts from 10% to 30% apply automatically at checkout.

2025 Year-End Tax Planning for Owner-Managers

Live session + Q&A

75 minutes of teaching plus 15 minutes of live Q&A discussion.

Recording access

The webinar recording will be available shortly following the live event.

Detailed slide deck

Includes tax tables, worked examples, planning notes, technical references, and supporting resource materials.

CPD certificate

A CPD certificate is available after successful quiz completion.

Real-world planning question

A client asks a simple question. The answer is not simple.

Should they bonus down, pay dividends, trigger gains, make a charitable donation, leave cash inside the corporation, or clean up shareholder balances before year-end?

The answer can change once you consider integration, RDTOH, GRIP, CDA, AMT, AAII, employer health tax, CPP, RRSP room, personal marginal rates, government benefit clawbacks, and corporate cash-flow needs.

This session works through those moving parts so the planning conversation is more practical, more numerical, and less dependent on generic salary-versus-dividend shortcuts.

What we’ll work through

01

Integration and 2025/2026 tax rates

  • Principle of integration
  • Under-integration and over-integration by province
  • 2025 and 2026 personal and corporate tax rates
  • Federal and provincial tax changes affecting planning
02

AMT planning pressure points

  • Updated AMT mechanics
  • Capital gains and AMT exposure
  • LCGE and CGE planning examples
  • Trusts, prescribed loans, and AMT traps
03

RDTOH, GRIP, and dividend planning

  • Eligible and non-eligible RDTOH accounts
  • Dividend refund ordering
  • GRIP planning and shareholder distributions
  • ERDTOH / NERDTOH traps
04

SBD grind and passive income

  • AAII and the $50,000 to $150,000 passive income range
  • Association rules and trust ownership issues
  • Provincial differences in SBD limits
  • Planning to minimize or manage the grind
05

Remuneration and cash extraction

  • Salary versus dividend considerations
  • CPP, EHT, RRSP room, transfer payments, and cash needs
  • Shareholder debit and credit balances
  • Corporate and personal planning objectives
06

Year-end reminders and planning opportunities

  • Tax-loss selling and gain harvesting
  • Charitable giving with cash or securities
  • Estate freezes, QSBC status, and LCGE planning
  • RESP, RRSP, FHSA, TFSA, and deadline reminders

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Built for better planning conversations

This session is designed for professionals, business owners, and decision-makers who want to understand how the rules interact, where the judgment calls sit, and how to turn technical tax issues into practical year-end planning decisions.

Optimize owner-manager planning

Understand how the moving pieces interact before recommending salary, dividends, capital gains, charitable giving, or corporate cash retention.

Explain the tradeoffs clearly

Turn complex tax mechanics into better client, shareholder, family, and business planning conversations.

Apply the ideas after the session

Use the slide deck and supporting materials as a practical reference when applying the concepts to real planning decisions.

Learn with Kim and Jay

Kim G C Moody

Kim G C Moody

FCPA, FCA, TEP

One of Canada’s most recognized tax voices, with senior leadership across Canada’s tax community and regular national policy commentary.

Jay Goodis

Jay Goodis

CPA, CA · CEO, Tax Templates Inc.

Turns complex Canadian tax issues into clearer questions, better planning conversations, and optimized action steps for advisors and business owners.

CTM has completely changed how I keep up with tax changes. Jay and Kim cut through the noise and tell me exactly what matters for my clients.

Sarah McKenzie, CPA
Partner, Toronto

Questions before registering?

Yes. Discounts range from 10% to 30% based on the number of people registered. The volume discount applies automatically at checkout as additional registrations are added.

You’ll receive a confirmation email for your registration, along with a link to access the live session.

Yes. The detailed slide deck and supporting materials will be posted shortly before the live session. When the recording is available, you’ll be notified by email.

You will have access to the recording and course materials through your CTM account for one year. CTM members can access course materials while their membership is active.

Yes. A CPD certificate is available after successful quiz completion.

Yes. We will take questions during the live Q&A portion after the teaching session.

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Register for this session individually, or join CTM for access to this session and the full member library.

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