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Natural farming, termed Zero Budget Natural Farming in India, has been adopted by upwards of 972 villages.Will all of India's 650,000 villages take to it?Will all of India's 650,000 villages take to it?Sanjeeb Mukherjee examines the pros and cons.

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This edition of Wainberg's Society Meetings Including Rules of Order is an updated version of the very popular first edition that was published in 1992. Easy reading and authoritative discussion of many of the issues that would arise at, before, or during, the holding of meetings of directors or members of societies make this book an indispensable reference guide for members of various charities and other non-share capital corporations.

Editors

Hartley R. Nathan, Q.C.
J. Glyde Hone, LL.B., LL.M.

Publication Year: 2001

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Butterfly reorganizations are among the most complex subjects in Canadian tax. Be fully versed with the most comprehensive resource available. Now available online, use your subscription to:

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This third edition of Understanding Section 55 and Butterfly Reorganizations is an essential reference for tax and legal professionals specializing in mergers and acquisitions. This extensively revised edition is the definitive source for in-depth analysis and authoritative information, including:

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In partnership with the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), Wolters Kluwer has been publishing the printed version of the Toronto Stock Exchange Company Manual for over 10 years. We are pleased to be able to continue to publish it and provide you with the most up-to-date text of this invaluable resource.

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An accurate and well written guide to estate planning, estate freeze, income splitting and post mortem tax planning.

The successful transfer of a family business from one generation to the next is notoriously difficult. In Tax and Family Business Succession Planning, authors David Louis, Samantha Prasad and new co-author Michael Goldberg, of Minden Gross LLP, provide an in-depth discussion of the myriad aspects of planning a successful transfer of a family business from one generation to the next.

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• Estates and acquisition of control rules
• Structures to multiply the capital gains exemption
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Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities is an accessible, easy-to-use guide to the new SEC rules and the key issues associated with structuring and executing securitization transactions. It is the only detailed guide on regulation AB and the new securities offering reform rules.

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The penalty for misinformation can be steep – knowing your rights and responsibilities inside and out is critical! If you are a Chair or Secretary of a meeting, Member of a Board of Directors or the solicitor advising them, Nathan's Company Meetings is a must-have guide to ensure that you effectively manage the many corporate governance issues that can arise at Board and especially Shareholder meetings. 

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Hartley R. Nathan, Q.C. is a senior member of the Corporate/Commercial Group at Minden Gross LLP in Toronto and is designated as a Certified Specialist (Corporate and Commercial Law) by the Law Society of Upper Canada. His practice concentrates on corporate commercial law, with an emphasis on corporate governance matters and corporate meetings.

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Published December 2011

Implementing Estate Freezes provides expert, yet highly practical guidance on implementing estate freezes. The author, David Louis, C.A., LL.B. of Minden Gross LLP., is one of Canada's most respected tax commentators. It's an essential addition to the library of all estate planners!

Topics covered:

• Transferring Assets
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• Alternative Methods and Variations
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• Section 85 Basics
• Valuation Issues
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• Checklist for Section 85 Rollovers
• Control of the Corporation
• Paid-up Capital
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• Section 51 Freezes
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• Family Law Issues
• Accounting Considerations

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Published: November 2003

Considering going public? Concerned about the risks? Want to know more about the advantages?

The decision to go public is not an easy one. It can be a time-consuming and expensive process and the company becomes subject to a host of ongoing requirements. However, management at most companies who've gone public would say that it was worth the effort and expense.

Getting and Staying Listed: A Primer for Public Company Executives and their Professional Advisors discusses the pros and cons of going public, along with a description of the process. Throughout, extensive footnotes help you locate the rules easily. The chapter breakdown allows you to find the relevant material quickly. Its scope is national, with all applicable securities legislation and rules of the three Canadian marketplaces covered: the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, and the Canadian Trading and Quotation System.

About the Author
Timothy S. Baikie LL.B., B.C.L., LL.M., is head counsel to the Canadian Trading and Quotation System Inc. (CNQ) and has played an instrumental role in shaping its rules and policies.

 

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Published: September 2012

An essential resource for any lawyer who is asked to draft wills, Drafting Wills in Canada: A Lawyer's Practical Guide covers over a hundred precedents.

Authors Mary-Alice Thompson and Robyn Solnik are two of the most respected practitioners in the field. In the book, they demonstrate the most common errors made by solicitors in drafting wills, powers of attorney, and other estate planning documents. The detailed explanations that they provide give readers deep insight into why the errors are wrong and what can be done to correct them.

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Dominion Tax Cases Consolidated Finding Lists provides fast reference to over 10 000 full-text decisions of the Income Tax Act.

 

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This newsletter summarizes emerging issues that affect the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of corporate directors in Canada.

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McCallum, LLB, PhD. Since 1990, Margaret McCallum has taught in the Faculty of Law at the University of New Brunswick.   If you would like more details about this product, or would like to order a copy online, please click here. Full Article ng CCH Accountants' Suite Guidebook English By www.cch.ca Published On :: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:27:51 GMT CCH Accountants' Suite Guidebook provides an English description of each product within the CCH Accountants' Suite. For more information, call 1-800-268-4522. If you would like more details about this product, or would like to order a copy online, please click here. Full Article ng The U.S. CCH Learning Center By www.cch.ca Published On :: The CCH Learning Center offers a complete line of current, comprehensive, interactive continuing professional education courses on US subject. With the CCH Learning Center you choose when and where you complete your credit requirements. 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Introducing the 4th edition of The Advisor’s Guide To Business Succession Planning, a truly comprehensive guide that features all the information youneed to give your clients the advice they need.  Co-authored by Malcolm Scarratt and James Kraft, two leadingbusiness succession and estate planning specialists, this popular guide focuses on all the important topics – from legal, tax, insurance and financial implications to personal and emotional issues that may be involved throughout the planning process.  In The Advisor’s Guide To Succession Planning, you will learn all about: Getting started Insurance Family owned-businesses Succession planning for the advisor Small business gains and exemptions Identification of appropriate buyers Business valuation Determination of clients’ key motivators Circumstances of sale, such as retirement, disability or death.  The 4th edition reflects new market realities. Expanded and updated, the new edition of The Advisor’s Guide To Business Succession Planning takes everything a step further. It includes valuable information on: New options for buyout structures due to changes to the dividend taxation rules Finding creative financing alternatives due to market volatility and changing lending practices by banks  ‘Escape Hatch’ planning.   What’s more, the 4th edition features a new section that helps answer the question: Am I better off retaining ownership? Plus, it includes an expanded chapter focused on the Advisor’s own practice. There is even a handy Business Succession Planning Checklist that will make the planning process much easier. Order your copies today. Resources Complete list of courses If you would like more details about this product, or would like to order a copy online, please click here. Full Article ng Forensic and Investigative Accounting (4th Edition By www.cch.ca Published On :: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:22:00 GMT CCH's Forensic and Investigative Accounting (4th Edition) is a complete and readily teachable text on today's most timely accounting topics. Forensic accounting is a growing area of practice in which the knowledge, skills and abilities of advanced accounting are combined with investigative expertise and applied to legal problems. Written by three top accounting and forensic teachers, Forensic and Investigative Accounting covers all the important underpinnings, as well as the substance of forensic accounting. It covers both litigation support and investigative accounting, examining the practical aspects of these two areas, as well as many of the newer technological areas. Forensic and Investigative Accounting explains and demonstrates how an effective forensic accountant needs a solid understanding of accounting, investigative auditing techniques, criminology, and courtroom procedures, as well as excellent communications skills, both written and oral. In today's litigious and highly regulated climate, all accountants--external, internal, forensic consultants, and corporate accountants--must possess this knowledge base and develop these techniques. This intriguing text provides unparalleled guidance to help develop the mindset and the skill set to meet the evolving challenges facing accountants today.  The 4th Edition includes new fraud schemes, numerous new eyewitness and spotlight stories, and new forensic techniques and tools, such as timeline analysis, link analysis, invigilation, genograms, proof of cash, entity charts, and full-and-false inclusion tests. This edition brings the reader up to date with the latest cybercrime activity and cases, and it documents the latest corruption schemes and explains how to find and prevent them.   Learning Aids: Pedagogical aids built into the text include chapter objectives and numerous illustrative examples, figures, tables and special informational sidebars to engage students throughout and keep the presentation lively. Each chapter includes problems to test a student's understanding of the material presented. A special Instructor's Guide that includes chapter problems and solutions along with a testbank with solutions is available to adopting instructors. CCH® Study MATE is an online learning center for college students. The Study MATE Forensic Topics Library was created to supplement this textbook by providing an easy online tutor to help students with difficult concepts and test them on their knowledge. CCH textbook adopters and their students have free access to the Forensic Topics library for a full year! To view the courses available, visit www.cchstudymate.com. Enrollment instructions are provided with each textbook. Table of Contents PART ONE: THE FIELD AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC If you would like more details about this product, or would like to order a copy online, please click here. Full Article ng Manual of Accounting PWC – IFRS 2011 (3 books By www.cch.ca Published On :: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:48:48 GMT PricewaterhouseCoopers' Manual of Accounting – IFRS 2011 provides practical guidance on the IFRSs issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The Manual contains: Straight forward explanations on how to prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS Insights based on PwC's IFRS experience around the world, with input from over 100 members of the Global Accounting Consulting Services authoring team Updated practical worked examples and extracts from company reports as well as model IFRS financial statements, which help to illustrate the explanations. Key updates include: Guidance on new standards and IFRICs issued since September 2009 including: Amendment to IFRS 1 on IFRS 7 exemption 2010 Annual improvements Amendment to IFRIC 14, 'Pre-payments of a minimum funding requirement Updated references to IAS 27 and IFRS 3 A new chapter on related party disclosures under IAS 24 (revised) Latest PwC views and interpretations The 2011 set includes: Manual of accounting - IFRS 2011 Full Article ng International Financial/Accounting Reporting Standards Guide 2011 By www.cch.ca Published On :: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:14:19 GMT Understanding reporting standards issued by the IASB is essential for those who prepare and/or interpret financial statements and are required to comply with the increasingly complex set of international accounting and financial reporting standards. The International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide is your survival handbook in today's global economy. It keeps you up-to-date on the latest general and industry-specific international reporting standards and the proposed changes on your immediate horizon that will most likely alter the way in which you must account for and disclose information.  The International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide organizes accounting pronouncements into two parts: general standards and industry-specific standards. The Practice Pointers featured throughout this edition point out, in plain English, how to apply the standards just discussed.  Material in the International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide can be easily located several ways:  the Cross-Reference shows the chapter in which a particular pronouncement is discussed; the Table of Contents directs you to a specific topic area; and the Index provides a quick page reference. The 2011 International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide includes the following topics: Part I: Overview (a recap of the International Accounting Standards Board and the formation of IFRAC) Part II: General Standards Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates, and Errors Borrowing Costs Business Combinations Cash Flow Statement Changing Prices and Hyperinflationary Economies Consolidated Financial Statements Construction Contracts Earnings Per Share Employee Benefits The Equity Method Events After the Balance Sheet Date Financial Instruments Foreign Currency Translation Government Grants and Government Assistance Impairment of Assets Income Taxes Intangible Assets Interim Financial Reporting Inventories Investment Property Leases Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations Property, Plant, and Equipment Provisions, Contingent Liabilities, and Contingent Assets Related-Party Disclosures Revenue Segment Reporting Share-Based Payment Part If you would like more details about this product, or would like to order a copy online, please click here. Full Article ng Accounting Research Manager - ARM By www.cch.ca Published On :: Fri, 09 May 2008 14:22:06 GMT Accounting Research Manager is a comprehensive financial reporting knowledge base that provides materials designed to help solve your most pressing issues. Updated daily, it is the most timely, complete, interpretive, and objective resource for your financial reporting needs. Discover how it can answer your specific issues through our various modules and access IASB (including IFRS), FASB, AICPA, SEC, EITF, PCAOB, IIA, COSO, GASB, GAO, and OMB content in one searchable database. Accounting Research Manager provides one-stop access to U.S. and international authoritative and proposal stage literature with direct links to CCH interpretations and guidance. Other research tools simply summarize the authoritative literature, leaving you the time-consuming task of deciphering often-complex information. It provides the explanations that give you the clearest possible picture, and interpretive guidance written by experts in the field helps you understand and comply with rapidly changing accounting, auditing, governmental, and SEC standards. Benefits include: Reduce the amount of time you spend conducting accounting and auditing research while enhancing the quality of your results Find insightful interpretations on U.S. GAAP, GAAS and SEC rules Keep up-to-date on current accounting, SEC, auditing, and government projects that may affect your company. Subscribers receive an e-mail newsletter highlighting the key developments of the week. It provides links to IASB (including IFRS), FASB, AICPA, SEC, EITF, PCAOB, IIA, COSO, GASB, GAO, and OMB authoritative and proposal-stage literature, plus insightful guidance from financial reporting experts Modules Available Register here for a free trial of all modules for 14 days. Audit Public – Accounting, auditing, and SEC literature and guidance Standard – Accounting and SEC literature and guidance Audit Private – Accounting and audit literature and guidance Accounting Only – Accounting only literature and guidance Full Article ng 2011 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) By www.cch.ca Published On :: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:06:01 GMT International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS 2011 is the only official printed edition of the consolidated text of the IASB's authoritative pronouncements as issued on January 1st  2011. This edition includes the latest version of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), International Accounting Standards (IASs), IFRIC and SIC Interpretations and the supporting documents—illustrative examples, implementation guidance, bases for conclusions and dissenting opinions - as issued by the IASB on  January 1st  2011. For convenience, this RED book edition is presented in two parts: Part A (the Conceptual Framework and requirements) contains the latest version of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), International Accounting Standards (IASs), and IFRIC and SIC Interpretations. Part B contains the accompanying documents, such as illustrative examples, implementation guidance, bases for conclusions and dissenting opinions. This edition also includes the IFRS Foundation Constitution, the IASB Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, the Preface to International Financial Reporting Standards, the Due Process Handbooks for the IASB and IFRIC, an updated Glossary of Terms, and a comprehensive Index. This edition does not contain documents that are being replaced or superseded but remain applicable if the reporting entity chooses not to adopt the newer versions early. Part A is 1344 pages (one book) containing the standards/interpretations Part B is 1984 pages (one book) containing the accompanying documents, bases for conclusions etc. Published:  March 2011 Related Titles Accounting Research Manager CCH's IFRS for Canada International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide (2012) iGAAP: IFRS for Canada Online   If you would like more details about this product, or would like to order a copy online, please click here. Full Article ng Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book, 2012 Edition (U.S.) By www.cch.ca Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:09:46 GMT Available: September 2011  Provides expanded coverage of financial and estate planning strategies for implementing individualized solutions for the special problems associated with retaining accumulated wealth for retirement and estate planning purposes. With its comprehensive two-part approach to the complex issues that link retirement planning and estate planning, this book includes coverage of such topics as the final minimum distribution rules for individual retirement accounts and qualified plan distributions, the use of insurance as a qualified plan asset, and changes in the law to reflect the latest legislation. Replete with scores of examples that illustrate and analyze estate planning strategies and their effects, it brings insight and expertise to the realm of estate and retirement planning by focusing on the tax-free transfer of wealth and by providing an insider's view of the various retirement benefits available to the corporate executive under both qualified and non-qualified retirement plans. If you would like more details about this product, or would like to order a copy online, please click here. Full Article ng Forensic and Investigative Accounting (5th Edition) By www.cch.ca Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:20:26 GMT Available: July 2011 Author: D. Larry Crumbley, CPA, CFD, Cr.FA CCH's Forensic and Investigative Accounting (5th Edition) is a complete and readily teachable text on today's most timely accounting topics. Written by three top accounting and forensic teachers, this text covers all the important underpinnings, as well as the substance of forensic accounting. It covers both litigation support and investigative accounting, examining the practical aspects of these two areas, as well as many of the newer technological areas. Forensic and Investigative Accounting explains and demonstrates how an effective forensic accountant needs a solid understanding of accounting, investigative auditing techniques, criminology, and courtroom procedures, as well as excellent communications skills, both written and oral. In today's litigious and highly regulated climate, all accountants-external, internal, forensic consultants, and corporate accountants-must possess this knowledge base and develop these techniques. CONTENTS: Forensic and Investigative Accounting is presented in 18 Chapters divided into five Parts, beginning with a discussion of fundamental concepts and culminating in a real-world case study that ties the elements together. PART ONE: THE FIELD AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING Chapter 1 - Introduction to Forensic and Investigative Accounting Chapter 2 - Forensic Accounting Education, Institutions and Specialties. PART TWO: UNCOVERING ACCOUNTING CRIME Chapter 3 - Fraudulent Financial Reporting Chapter 4 - Detecting Fraud in Financial Reporting. Chapter 5 - Employee Fraud: The Misappropriation of Assets. Chapter 6 - Indirect Methods of Reconstructing Income. Chapter 7 - Money Laundering and Transnational Financial Flows. PART THREE: COURTROOM PROCEDURES AND LITIGATION SUPPORT Chapter 8 - Litigation Services Provided by Accountants Chapter 9 - Proper Evidence Management. Chapter 10 - Commercial Damages. If you would like more details about this product, or would like to order a copy online, please click here. Full Article ng Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book, 2012 Ed. U.S. By www.cch.ca Published On :: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:18:28 GMT Available: September 2011 Author: William D. Mitchell, J.D. Provides expanded coverage of financial and estate planning strategies for implementing individualized solutions for the special problems associated with retaining accumulated wealth for retirement and estate planning purposes. With its comprehensive two-part approach to the complex issues that link retirement planning and estate planning, Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book (2012 Edition), includes coverage of such topics as the final minimum distribution rules for individual retirement accounts and qualified plan distributions, the use of insurance as a qualified plan asset, and changes in the law to reflect the latest legislation. Replete with scores of examples that illustrate and analyze estate planning strategies and their effects, Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book, 2012 Edition, brings insight and expertise to the realm of estate and retirement planning by focusing on the tax-free transfer of wealth and by providing an insider's view of the various retirement benefits available to the corporate executive under both qualified and non-qualified retirement plans. 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