The most detailed reference book on the market for information on how to allocate receipts and disbursements between the income and principal beneficiaries of a trust or estate. Answer all questions about estate & trust accounting  including:

• An overview of fiduciary responsibility
• How situs impacts a will or trust
• The Uniform Principal & Income Act
• How to properly allocate income taxes between income and principal

Discussed in detail is how numerous types of receipts and disbursements are allocated between the income and principal beneficiaries, with each section of the Act having its own chapter.

1. Overview of Basic Fiduciary Concepts
2. Trust Situs
3. Overview of Fiduciary Accounting
4. Definitions and Fiduciary Duties - UPIA Sections 101-103
5. Trustee's Power to Adjust and Judicial Control - UPIA Sections 104 and 105
6. Determining Net Income and Beneficiary Distributions - UPIA Sections 201 and 202
7. Apportionment at the Beginning and End of an Income Interest - UPIA Sections 301-303
8. Receipts from Entities, Trusts and Estates - UPIA Sections 401 and 402
9. Business and Other Activities Conducted by the Trustee - UPIA Section 403
10. Receipts Not Normally Apportioned and Insubstantial Allocations - UPIA Section 404-408
11. Deferred Compensation, Annuities and Similar Payments - UPIA Section 409
12. Liquidating Assets - UPIA Section 410
13. Mineral, Water and Other Natural Resources and Timber - UPIA Sections 411 and 412
14. Underproductive Property - UPIA Section 413
15. Derivatives, Options and Asset-Backed Securities - UPIA Sections 414 and 415
16. Allocation of Disbursements During the Administration of a Trust - UPIA Sections 501 and 502
17. Transfers from Income to Principal - UPIA Sections 503 and 504
18. Income Taxes and Adjustments Between Principal and Income Because of Taxes - UPIA Sections 505 and 506

Appendix A State Appendix - State Income Tax and Accounting Rules for Trusts
Appendix B Text of the Uniform Principal and Income Act   

 350 pages

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Mark L. Ascher. J.D., LL.M.,

Brings you up to date on the latest developments in this complex and constantly changing area.

Only customers of the existing book, Federal Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts & Beneficiaries should order this product if they are not on a standing order basis to receive supplements.

1. The Income Tax Meaning of Estates and Trusts
2. Decedent's Income Tax Liability for the Year of Death
3. Income in Respect of Decedents
4. Partnership Interests
5. Distributable Net Income
6. The Charitable Deduction
7. Distributions
8. The Passive Activity Rules
9. The Throwback Rule
10. Grantor Trusts
11. Split-Interest Charitable Trusts
12. Termination and Modification
13. The Executor's Personal Liability for Federal Taxes of the Decedent and the Estate

Table of Cases
Table of Internal Revenue Code Sections
Table of Treasury Regulations
Table of Revenue Rulings
Table of Federal Statutes
Table of State Statutes
Table of Uniform and Model Acts
Table of Restatements of Law
Index

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Only customers of the existing book, Federal Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts & Beneficiaries should order this product if you are not on a standing order basis to receive supplements.

Provides step-by-step guidance for dealing with the problems of preparation of the decedent’s final return, characterization of income in respect of a decedent, computation of distributable net income (DNI), the interaction of the system of taxation of trusts and estates and the passive activity rules, the grantor trust rules, and the rules relating to split interest charitable trusts.

CONTENTS:
1.    The Income Tax Meaning of Estates and Trusts
2.    Decedent's Income Tax Liability for the Year of Death
3.    Income in Respect of Decedents
4.    Partnership Interests
5.    Distributable Net Income
6.    The Charitable Deduction
7.    Distributions
8.    The Passive Activity Rules
9.    The Throwback Rule
10.    Grantor Trusts
11.    Split-Interest Charitable Trusts
12.    Termination and Modification
13.    The Executor's Personal Liability for Federal Taxes of the Decedent and the Estate

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Available: June 2012

Author: Mark L. Ascher

Only customers of the existing book, Federal Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts & Beneficiaries should order this product if you are not on a standing order basis to receive supplements.

Provides step-by-step guidance for dealing with the problems of preparation of the decedent’s final return, characterization of income in respect of a decedent, computation of distributable net income (DNI), the interaction of the system of taxation of trusts and estates and the passive activity rules, the grantor trust rules, and the rules relating to split interest charitable trusts.

CONTENTS:

1. The Income Tax Meaning of Estates and Trusts
2. Decedent's Income Tax Liability for the Year of Death
3. Income in Respect of Decedents
4. Partnership Interests
5. Distributable Net Income
6. The Charitable Deduction
7. Distributions
8. The Passive Activity Rules
9. The Throwback Rule
10. Grantor Trusts
11. Split-Interest Charitable Trusts
12. Termination and Modification
13. The Executor's Personal Liability for Federal Taxes of the Decedent and the Estate

Loose-leaf book

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Full official text of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the corresponding Final, Temporary, and Proposed Regulations. Also included are selected income tax Code sections and Regulations that closely relate to estate and gift taxes, as well as selected procedural Code sections and corresponding Regulations.

Unified transfer tax rates and the income tax rates applicable to estates and trusts, presented in tabular form for quick reference.

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Updated: November 2012

Bring the expertise of America's foremost authority on contracts into your practice with this comprehensive three-volume set. Farnsworth on Contracts, Third Edition is where doctrine meets practice. Busy practitioners count on Farnsworth's proven ability to identify the essentials and omit extraneous material.

Farnsworth illustrates how contemporary contract law has been shaped by both the Restatement (Second) of Contracts - for which he served as Reporter - and the Uniform Commercial Code. Easy access to specifics, new cases, new drafting tips, new references, and timesaving features like cross-referenced cases and marginal headings make this three-volume set a valuable resource for contracts research and practice, including litigation and arbitration.

Coverage includes:

• Good faith and fair dealing
• Precontractual liability
• Agreements to negotiate
• Vienna Convention on International Sales Contracts
• UNIDROIT principles
• Constitututional issues
• Settlement of disputed claims by check
• Options and rights of first refusal
• Employee handbooks
• Covenants not to compete
• Self-help measures

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Published: July 2008

In Failure to Learn: The BP Texas City Refinery Disaster, respected OHS expert Professor Andrew Hopkins discusses the causes of a major explosion at the Texas City Oil Refinery on March 23, 2005, that killed 15 workers and injured more than 170 others. Failure to Learn also analyses the similarities between this event and the Longford Gas Plant explosion in Victoria in 1998, featured in his earlier book Lessons from Longford.

Professor Andrew Hopkins is being recognized by the European Process Safety Centre in October 2008, in recognition of his contribution to safety. Professor Hopkins is the first winner to receive the award, outside of Europe, which is a demonstration of the impact of his valuable work worldwide.

Andrew has been awarded a prize by the European Process Safety Centre for “extraordinary contribution to process safety”, the first time this has been awarded outside of Europe. He also appears in the US Chemical Safety Board film on Texas City and has been invited to appear in a subsequent film.

Professor Hopkins poses questions such as:

• Why was the number of victims so large?
• Who was blamed for the explosion?
• What were the real causes?
• Had lessons been learnt from the earlier incident at Longford?
• Has anything changed as a result of the Texas City accident?

The foreword for the book was written by Carolyn Merritt, chair of the CSB at the time of the accident and subsequent inquiry.

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Updated with the latest legal and court developments, Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations takes you step by step through all aspects of establishing and operating organizations incorporated in Delaware. Comprehensive in scope, and authoritative in content, its timely coverage presents:

• Full discussions of legal precedents as interpreted by the Delaware courts - from decisions defining the roles of directors in mergers and acquisitions to emerging doctrines applicable to unsolicited takeovers, new valuation standards and more
• The complete statutory framework underlying Delaware corporate law and business organizations, including the newest 2011 amendments to the General Corporation Law
• Practical strategies to resolve legal issues and accomplish corporation transactions
• More than 100 model forms to help resolve any problem or complete any purpose related to the establishment or operation of a Delaware business entity
• Discussion of developments in corporate governance and director and officer liability issues

Also included is the Statutory Deskbook 2012 Edition, which contains the complete text with all the 2011 amendments of the principal Delaware business organizations statutes, including:

• The Delaware General Corporation Law
• Limited Liability Company Act
• Statutory Trust Statute
• Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act
• Related provisions of the State of Delaware Constitution, Franchise Tax Law, and Code

The included CD-ROM is an electronic version of the Statutory Deskbook which will help cut hours off your research time.

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This guide is designed as a discussion of specific features in Corporate Taxprep and was used during the Fall 2014 Corporate Taxprep seminars. 

We are offering this comprehensive 250 page Seminar Guide to all Corporate Taxprep customers until December 31, 2014. Quantities are limited so order today!

The material within this guide was prepared based on Corporate Taxprep 2014 version 1.1 as well as a pre-release copy of the Corporate Taxprep 2014 version 2.0.

More specifically this guide covers:

• Essential Program Information
• Represent a Client
• New CRA Services
• Technical Changes within Corporate Taxprep
• Federal Tax and Form Changes
• Provincial Tax and Form Changes
• Filing Requirements
• Amending Returns
• Accessing Prior Version Files
• Related and Associated Corporations in Corporate Taxprep
• Ten “Must-know” Taxprep Features
• Importing and Exporting Data
• Printing

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This handbook and bonus CD-ROM provides an up-to-date guide to structuring and negotiating profitable corporate alliances, covering both the strategic benefits and potential risks involved. In straightforward language, this practical resource explains the proprietary rights issues involved and then walks the reader through the chronology of a deal, from the definition of objectives to the decision to seek an alliance, identification of potential partners, negotiations and closing.

Corporate Partnering is packed full of the latest forms covering all aspects of strategic alliances and annotated with crisp, clear commentary explaining the real-world issues addressed by each provision and showing how alternative solutions can be used to accomplish different aims. These carefully crafted agreements cover the broad range of areas from supply and distribution, product and technology, research and development to investment and investment-related arrangements.

Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest developments, the Fourth Edition includes new sections on spin-out transactions, virtual companies and off-shoring arrangements, plus updated transaction forms, intellectual property summary and partnering transactions checklists.

Table of contents:
Chapter 1 Corporate Partnering/Strategic Alliances
Chapter 2 Preliminary Agreements
Chapter 3 The Alliance Agreements
Chapter 4 Equity Investments by One Partner in the Other
Chapter 5 Partnering with Universities and Non-Profit Research Institutes
Chapter 6 Spin-Out Transactions
Chapter 7 Life Sciences Transactions
Chapter 8 Software, Semi-Conductor and New Media Development and Licensing Arrangements
Chapter 9 Virtual Company/Outsourcing/Off-Shoring Agreements
Chapter 10 Teaming Agreement

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Authors: John O. Everett, Cherie Hennig and Nancy Nichols

This all new text provides a solid foundation of tax research skills by teaching the nuances of conducting tax research in today’s environment. The book then provides exposure to frequently encountered tax planning topics and strategies, better preparing users for their future in tax practice.

Build a solid foundation

• Early chapters are devoted to relevant legislative, administrative and judicial authorities, so users understand the how’s and the why’s behind tax practice today
• Users will gain a thorough understanding of how to perform tax research in today’s environment
• Landmark judicial decisions are presented, covering areas such as gross income, deductions, property gains and accounting methods
• Users gain exposure to tax practice issues and learn about tax communications
• Each chapter features case studies and research questions which highlight the real-world relevance of tax research and tax planning.

Then take it to the next level

•  Offers coverage of many key tax planning opportunities and strategies on topics such as individuals, retirement, choice of entity, closely held businesses and more
• This book also provides coverage of critical financial reporting issues such as FAS 109, FIN 48, and Schedule M3, which significantly impact and influence the way practitioners advise their clients
• A chapter on Tax Reform Proposals is also included in order to familiarize the reader with terms and topics such as the flat tax, Value- Added (VAT) Tax, the Fair Tax and much more

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Tax Authority — Legislative Authority
• Introduction to Tax Authority — Administrative Authority
• Introduction to Tax Authority — Judicial Authority
• Tax Research — Locating and Assessing Tax Authority
• Landmark Judicial Decisions — Gross Income
• Landmark Judicial Decisions — Deductions
• Landmark Judicial Decisions — Property Gains and Losses
• Landmark Judicial Decisions — Accounting Methods and Records
• Tax Practice — Procedures, Administration and Sanctions
• Tax Communications: Anatomy of a Tax Engagement
• Tax Planning Strategies — Individual Taxpayers
• Tax Planning Strategies — Retirement Issues
• Tax Planning Strategies — Estate & Gift Tax Basics
• Tax Planning Strategies — Advanced Estate & Gift, and Income Tax Issues
• Tax Planning Strategies — Choice of Business Entity
• Tax Planning Strategies — Closely-Held Business
• The Tax Accrual: An Introduction to Financial Accounting Issues & Book Tax Differences
• Tax Reform Proposals

696 pages

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Published: June 2011

Confidentiality in International Commercial Arbitration deciphers the current degree of confidentiality in international commercial arbitration as reflected by the most important arbitration rules, national laws, other arbitration-related enactments, and practices of arbitral tribunals and domestic courts globally. Drawing on this data and analysis, the author then sets forth criteria to assess the breach of confidentiality in international arbitration and the proper rules for protecting or sanctioning such breaches.

What do we understand by confidentiality in arbitration? What are its limitations? Who is bound to observe it? How can we quantify its breach? In addressing these questions, the book engages such issues as the following:

• Reasons for disclosure – e.g., for the establishment of a defence, for the enforcement of rights, in the public interest or in the interests of justice
• Disclosure by consent, express or implied
• Circumstances triggering statutory obligation of disclosure
• Recent trends towards greater transparency in investor-State arbitration
• Court measures in support of arbitral confidentiality such as award of damages for breach of confidentiality
• Categories of persons bound by confidentiality, including third parties such as witnesses and experts

Structured along the main stages of the arbitral process, the analysis covers the duty of confidentiality from the initiation of arbitral proceedings through their unfolding to the issuance of the award and after. The scope of confidentiality is reviewed in the practice of arbitral tribunals and domestic courts, and from the perspective of international arbitration institutions, with detailed attention to various arbitration rules and numerous significant cases.

In its elucidation of the amount of confidentiality that ‘veils’ each phase of the arbitral process, and its ground-breaking identification of ‘patterns of disclosure’, this book is sure to raise awareness about the various facets and problems posed by confidentiality in arbitration. Although its scholarly contribution to the law of international commercial arbitration cannot be gainsaid, corporate counsel worldwide will quickly prize its more practical value.

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COURSE 2 (Advocis 232)
CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES IN FINANCIAL PLANNING: 10th Edition

Students are introduced to basic income tax laws and then move into a more advanced understanding, as it relates to areas of financial planning. A review of the professional and ethical responsibilities associated with the role of a financial planner and an understanding of the structures and services within the financial industry are covered in the course. Different forms of business structures are explored in depth, along with an understanding of trusts.

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This guide is designed as a discussion of specific features in Cantax and was used during the Fall 2014 Cantax Productivity seminars. 

We are offering this comprehensive 340 page Seminar Guide to all Cantax customers until December 31, 2014. Quantities are limited so order today!

More specifically this guide covers:

• Cantax T1
  • Interview/Billing
  • Client Invoice
  • Options Preference Settings
  • T183 – What’s New
  • New! - Cantax Connect
  • Preparing Coupled Returns
  • Dependants and Family Returns
  • Reviewing the Return
  • Quick Entry Forms
  • Tax Summaries
  • Cantax T1 Forms, CRA Schedules and Features for 2014
  • Spotlight on - T2125
  • T1135
  • Provincial Form Changes
• 2014 Federal Tax Changes
  • Spotlight on – Claiming Auto Expenses, T2200
  • Provincial Tax Changes
  • Spotlight on – Non Refundable Credits in Various Scenarios
  • Reports
  • Attaching Schedules
  • Columnar Worksheets
  • Breakdown Feature
  • Local and Global Annotations
  • Printing and Printing Defaults
  • Options Form Selection
  • Printing a Return
  • EFILE
• Cantax T2 & T2 Plus
  • T2 Program New and Revised Forms
  • T2 Tax and Form Changes Federal 2014
  • T2 Provincial Tax and Form Changes 2014
  • T2 Print Settings
  • Corporate Internet Filing
  • Alberta Netfile
  • Payment methods
• FormMaster
  • 2014 Tax and Form Changes
  • Preparing Returns
  • Form Manager
  • Print Formats
  • Electronic Filing or Information Returns
  • FormMaster Features
  • Spotlight on – Amending T Slips
  • Cantax T1 Hotkeys Combinations
  • Cantax T2 Hotkeys Combinations

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Do you ever have to file returns from previous tax years?

Did your client just ask you to complete their T1 from 2004? Or do you maybe need to compare this year's T2 to the tax year ending June 30, 2004?

Don't waste time looking for older Cantax versions. Cantax Archive 2014 includes up to 10 years of Cantax T1, T2 and FormMaster software.

• T1 returns for 2004 to 2013
• T2 returns with taxation years beginning in 2002 and ending on or before October 31, 2013
• T3 returns (included in FormMaster) for 2004 to December 31, 2013

In addition to the complete online help file included with each version, information is also provided about the late filing requirements for prior year returns.

All archived Cantax programs are the originals, guaranteeing the authenticity of the tax calculations as well as full compliance with the relevant government filing requirements of the day.

This webinar series consists of a panel of highly successfully accounting professionals who have each approached the integration of financial planning into their practice in different ways. This second webinar will cover:

• The role of the accountant in financial planning
• What is permitted and what is prohibited
• The importance of the engagement letter
• The financial planning process from setting goals to presenting the plan
• Best practices and lessons learned

Part One:
Why Financial Planning is Important to Accountants Archived Webinar 2012

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In our current economic environment lawyers, both in in-house and external counsel, need to apply stronger and more transparent legal project management practices.  To ensure legal matters are handled efficiently, and to meet the needs and expectations of the business, in-house counsel need to partner with the business, and with external counsel, to scope, plan, staff and monitor the work. This webinar will provide an introduction to the primary elements of legal project management and discuss the benefits LPM can produce for in-house counsel in working with the business, and when working with external counsel. However, implementing LPM often means changing the way we practice.  This is not easy. We will look at the issues and challenges in getting a team to engage in this new approach and provide strategies for success.  The panel will include both internal and external counsel and will discuss real implementation scenarios and issues.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Understand the professional obligations to adopt legal project management practices;
• Understand the benefits of legal project management working within an organization and for an in-house team working with external counsel;
• Understand the basic components of legal project management;
• Understand the different approaches to preparing budgets and estimates; and
• Be aware of the issues and challenges in implementing LPM.

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A lawyer’s duty to avoid conflicts of interest is an important aspect of the duty of loyalty that lawyers owe to their clients. For Canadian in-house counsel, the duty to avoid conflicts of interest presents special challenges due to the nature of the relationship of in-house counsel to their employer. This webinar will enable in-house counsel to effectively navigate the conflict rules in the Canadian legal system, and provide participants with the knowledge to successfully implement best practices to avoid conflicts of interest.

This webinar will provide participants with an introduction to key cases including the recent Supreme Court of Canada case of Canadian Railway Co. v McKercher LLP, 2013 SCC 39, and provincial law society rules on conflicts of interest. It will also address when representation might attract a bright line rule, and when a contextual test will be applied; the circumstances in which a lawyer might be disqualified from representation of a client; and why a waiver might be insufficient. It will provide an opportunity to learn about the unique duties of in-house counsel in relation to conflicts of interest. Finally, it will provide discussion on some best practices for creating effective policies and procedures to avoid the creation of circumstances in which a conflict of interest would arise.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the provincial Law Society rules on conflicts of interest in Canada;
• Learn the key Canadian cases on conflict of interests, the rules that have emerged from the jurisprudence, and the policy concerns of the Canadian courts in relation to a lawyer’s duty to avoid conflicts;
• Understand and reflect on your professional duties to your employer, and to your professional regulator, in circumstances in which a conflict of interest may arise; and
• Learn about best practices and policies to avoid conflicts of interest.

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It's often a very difficult decision for your client to make, when they must decide whether to transfer holdings in their farm or farm property. But the complexity doesn't end there. While that decision is being made, the advisors must step in and help to ensure that the transactions are arranged in the most tax efficient and practical manner. For those approaching any potential farm restructurings or sales, this webinar will be essential.

This archive webinar covers a comprehensive look at the preferential tax treatment that transfers of qualifying farms or farm property can enjoy on passing to the next generation or on the sale to outside parties. This includes an overview of the capital gains exemption available for the sale of qualifying farm property shares and partnership interests, and rollovers to certain family members (both inter vivos and on death). While similarities do exist with among these transfers, there are traps and nuances that practitioners must be aware of to ensure their transactions qualify for beneficial tax treatment desired.

More specifically, for each of the above types of transfers, this archived webinar will explore:

• What property qualifies for the treatment?
• Who is entitled to the preferential tax benefit?
• What does farming mean in these contexts?
  • What is the business of farming for tax purposes?
  • What is being "actively engaged on a regular and continuous basis"?
  • Who must farm the property?
  • When must farming activity take place?
  • How much of the property must be used in farming?
• What are the common things farms may do to fall offside?
• Putting it all together - a compare & contrast with examples
• Bonus Issue (time permitting) - Craig vs. the Queen - restricted farm losses

Note: This webinar took place on October 1, 2013.

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Trusts have become extremely valuable tools when planning for the continuance of a person's estate, and are often used in business succession planning as well. For example, discretionary trusts are one of the most flexible tax planning tools available. However, there are many types of trusts, and each can be used to tailor specific planning needs.



Just as trusts are a valuable tool, there are also many tax and legal traps that one needs to be cognizant of when using them in client situations. For example, the very creation of the trust can be particularly troublesome if it is not set up with the correct attributes or if assets are not transferred to it correctly.

This 2 hour webinar will provide a practical and complete overview of the legal definitions and considerations of various trust types, as well as reviewing important tax considerations when planning with trusts. Examples of suggested tax planning structures and related tips will also be provided.



More specifically, topics covered will include:

• What elements are required for a properly created trust
• Tax issues to review when creating a trust and in particular the tax attribution rules
• Review of types of trusts used in estate and business planning - including insurance trusts, spendthrift trusts, asset protection trusts, private foundation trusts and trusts created for probate and estate tax minimization and income splitting
• Change of trustees - change of control from a tax perspective
• What are the tax and other limitations of amending a trust once created
• What ongoing obligations do trustees have to beneficiaries, including reporting and trust accounting

 

 

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Webinar information current as of November 5, 2009

Barry Reiter and a panel of experts provide a closer look at the key legal developments influencing Canadian Corporate Counsel today.

Key Learning Objectives

1. You will understand how recent developments in internet and privacy law have changed how businesses operate
2. You will be aware of how the employee/employer relationship has changed as a result of recent developments in employment law
3. You will be cognizant of the curent changing and challenging environment in which in-house counsel operate and how they must respond to a variety of external and internal challenges
4. You will understand why changes to the Competition Act, the current scrutiny of executive compensation, privilege and access to information requests, and the move to IFRS require your attention.

Panel of experts

Barry Reiter - Chair, Technology, Media and Entertainment Group and Chair, Corporate Governance and Director Protection Group, Bennett Jones LLP
Robert Fabes - Assistant General Counsel, Legal Affairds, Canada Post
Anne Fitzgerald - Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Cineplex Entertainment
Andrea Wood - Chielf Legal Officer, Globalive Wireless Management Group

Format

The following is required to access the archived webinar:

• Flash Player installed in your computer
• Internet Connection
• Sound Card

The webinar consists of a recording only of the live event. There is no time limitation in usage, you can play, pause and stop the presentation at your convenience.

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Interested in Reporting Foreign Property on the T1135, but missed the webinar that took place on May 5, 2014? Here is your chance to purchase the webinar recording.

The CRA has extended the filing deadline for the T1135 to July 31, 2014. If you will be preparing T1135 forms for T1 clients after tax season, have to prepare T1135 forms for corporations or just want to make sure that you filed your T1135s correctly, then view this webinar for an analysis of the revised T1135.

Maureen Vance, CPA, CA, a tax consultant with Wolters Kluwer CCH will explain the new reporting requirements on the T1135 and your reporting options, and will also review what constitutes Specified Foreign Property.

The webinar archive will include the following topics:

• New T1135 requirements
• Recap of the definition of Specified Foreign Property
• The T3/T5 exclusion explained
• The 2013 Transitional Reporting method
• Choosing between the T3/T5 exclusion and the transitional reporting method
• Filing the T1135
• 2014 year ends
• Penalties and extended reassessment
• Q&A

Target Audience

This archive webinar will be of interest to all professionals who prepare a T1135 for a taxpayer, whether the taxpayer is an individual, corporation, trust or partnership.

This Webinar Includes: 

• 30 days to review the webinar recording
• PDF version of the presentation slides

 

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This 3-hour recorded Webinar is entitled "Preparing and Conducting a Consultation with CCH Profit Driver." It is a high energy, informative session led by Mark Holton: an internationally renowned taxation and business management consultant and an expert in CCH Profit Driver implementation. Step by step you will learn how to become a trusted advisor to your clients, earning additional revenue by providing them with the consultation services they not only want, but need in today's economy.

Here are just some of the topics that will be covered at this important event:

• How to determine which clients are potential prospects for your consultation service
• How to efficiently prepare a consultation using CCH Profit Driver
• How to explain financial formulas using terms that are easy to understand
• How to conduct the ideal consultation
• What your next steps should be after the consultation has been completed
• What your pricing strategy should be for these value-added services
• And more!

Here’s what people have to say about Mark Holton’s sessions:

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One of the tax planning strategies often employed in estate planning involves the use of an estate freeze to transfer future growth in assets to the next generation. Estate freezes come in many forms, and each bears its own unique set of risks and complexities.

Join the tax lawyers of Minden Gross LLP for a practical two-part discussion of estate freezes. This webinar will highlight some of the topics found in CCH's "Implementing Estate Freezes", authored by David Louis of Minden Gross. More particularly, the first part of this webinar series will review the "why's" and "how-to's" of implementing estate freezes, and provide guidance on avoiding common traps associated with such types of succession plans. More specifically, topics covered in Part 1 will include:

• What is an estate freeze?
• When should a freeze be implemented?
• Basic configuration
• Share provisions
• Section 85 vs section 86 freezes
• Common pitfalls
• The use of trusts
• Tax traps associated with estate freezes

Part 2 of this series will air during the winter semester. Details can be found at [link coming later].

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By popular demand, we are now offering an archived version of the webinar GST/HST & Real Property Transactions that took place on November 20, 2014.
 
Although many GST and HST concepts are well understood by taxpayers, many of the real property rules are less well known. The rules associated with real property are complicated, having led even tax practitioners astray, and the dollar values of these transactions are usually high. Accordingly, audit activity in the sector is also high and GST/HST errors have led to costly CRA reassessments.

Although many GST and HST concepts are well understood by taxpayers, many of the real property rules are less well known. The rules associated with real property are complicated, having led even tax practitioners astray, and the dollar values of these transactions are usually high. Accordingly, audit activity in the sector is also high and GST/HST errors have led to costly CRA reassessments.

This archived webinar will provide a practical understanding of the complex rules for real property transactions and the current issues faced by the industry in applying the GST/HST in the development, construction and sale of real property.

Topics specifically covered include:

• Current state of affairs
• Bare trustees
• Joint ventures
• Partnerships
• Sales of vacant land
• Self-assessments
• New housing rebates
• Rental property rebates
• Documentary requirements for input tax credits

By purchasing this archive webinar, you will receive:

• 30 days to review the webinar recording 

• PDF version of the presentation slides

Our Speaker: 

Wayne Mandel, PwC LLP

Wayne Mandel is an Indirect Tax Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He specializes in the Goods and Services Tax and the Harmonized Sales Tax and has concentrated his area of practice primarily in the real estate sector. Wayne has provided advice and interpretation on a wide range of issues and has also provided assistance to clients in preparing for government audits, support during the audit process and resolving assessment issues. Wayne has experience in the appeals process and making submissions under the government's taxpayer relief provisions. He has delivered numerous presentations to clients on changes and new developments in these taxes.

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By popular demand, we are now offering an archived version of the webinar Death and Taxes - When Life's Two Certainties Collide that took place on October 28, 2014.

Many a joke has turned on the axiom about the certainty of death and taxes. However, when the first precipitates the second, the resulting complexities are anything but humorous. The planning opportunities and potential complications in planning for those who have a broad base of asset holdings often leave accountants feeling confused and frustrated. Fret no longer.  

In this insightful but concise two-hour archived webinar, Shaun Doody will provide a practical overview of the tax issues and considerations that can arise upon the death of a taxpayer. This includes an overview of the deeming rules invoked on death, the tax treatment of various assets, and some planning opportunities and strategies available to deal with these issues.

More specifically, topics covered will include: 

• Overview of taxation on death in Canada
• Income in year of death
• Deemed realization of income at death
• Deemed disposition of assets at death
• Tax treatment of jointly held assets
• Tax treatment of special assets
  • Principal residence
  • Small business corporations
  • Farming and fishing properties
  • Cottage and vacation properties
  • Partnership interests
  • Trust interests
  • Personal use property
• Charitable donations
• Special rules and elections
• Insurance 
  • Corporate owned policies
  • Valuation issues
  • Capital dividend account
• Foreign assets
• Post-mortem tax planning
  • Capital losses of the estate
  • Step up strategy
  • Pipeline strategy
• Taxation of estates
  • Testamentary trusts
  • Testamentary spousal trusts
  • 21-year rule
  • Distributions to non-residents
  • 2014 Budget changes to taxation of estates/testamentary trusts 
• Estate planning
  • Objectives
  • Estate freeze
  • Inter vivos trusts
  • Charitable donations
  • Spousal rollovers
  • Income splitting
• US tax issues

 This archived webinar includes:

• 30 days to review the webinar recording
• PDF version of the presentation slides

Our Speaker: 
Shaun Doody, Tax Lawyer, Fogler Rubinoff LLP

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Launched in 1985, Arbitration International provides quarterly coverage for national and international developments in the world of arbitration. It aims to maintain balance between academic debate and practical contributions to the field, providing both topical material on current developments and analytic scholarship of permanent interest. Arbitrators, counsel, judges, scholars and government officials will find the journal enhances their understanding of a broad range of topics in private dispute resolution.

Features include:

• Articles covering all major arbitration rules and national jurisdictions written by respected international practitioners and scholars
• Cutting edge notes covering recent developments and ongoing debates in the field
• Book reviews of the latest publications in the world of arbitration
• Over 100 pages of authoritative information per issue, maintaining an appropriate balance between controversial subjects for debate and topics geared toward practical use

The journal meets the needs of lawyers and others engaged in the development and application of international arbitration as a means of international commercial dispute resolution.

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Published: October 2011

Advocacy in international arbitration is the focus of this collection of articles emanating from the twentieth Congress of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) held in Rio de Janeiro in 2010.

The topics addressed by renowned arbitration practitioners and scholars in Arbitration Advocacy in Changing Times include:

• Effective advocacy in arbitration
• The advocate's role at different stages of arbitration proceedings
• The role of experts
• Arbitration advocacy and Constitutional law
• Advocacy and ethics in international arbitration

The volume also contains a new approach to expert evidence – the Protocol on Expert Teaming – and closes with a proposal for an International Code of Ethics for Lawyers Practicing Before International Arbitral Tribunals.

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Published: May 2012

Arbitrating Under the 2012 ICC Rules: An Introductory User's Guide is structured so as to follow the sequence of events that would typically take place in the resolution of a dispute by arbitration.

Following a discussion of preliminary matters, the authors go on to describe the process leading from negotiation to arbitration, the initial decisions that may be taken by the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and the different steps in the proceedings before the arbitral tribunal. The book concludes with a discussion of the award and its enforcement.

Focusing on the 2012 ICC Rules – which apply to all ICC arbitrations commenced on or after 1 January 2012 unless the parties have agreed that an earlier version should apply – this book serves the needs of the following parties:

• Those who want a full introduction to the topic of ICC arbitration
• Those who already have a good understanding of how ICC arbitration worked under the old 1998 ICC Rules but are looking for an update on the new 2012 ICC Rules
• Those who need to take a decision on whether to opt for ICC arbitration
• Those who have opted for ICC arbitration and need to draft an ICC arbitration clause
• Those who are actually faced with the prospect of an ICC arbitration

Extensive references to relevant books, articles, websites and other resources as well as a comprehensive glossary further enhance the book's practical value.

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Published: March 2009

It often seems today that no dispute is barred from resolution by arbitration. Even the fundamental question of whether a dispute falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of a judicial body may itself be arbitrable. Arbitrability is thus an elusive concept; yet a systematic study of it, as this book shows, yields innumerable guidelines and insights that are of substantial value to arbitral practice.

Although Arbitrability: International and Comparative Perspectives takes the form of a collection of essays, it is designed as a comprehensive commentary on practical issues that emerge from the idea of arbitrability. Fifteen leading academics and practitioners from Europe and the United States each explore different facets of arbitrability always with a perspective open to international developments and comparative evaluation of standards.

The presentation falls into two parts: in the first the focus is on the general features of arbitrability, its rationale and the laws applicable to it. In the second, arbitrability is specifically examined in the context of administrative, criminal, corporate, IP, financial, commercial, and criminal law.

This book has its origins in an International Conference on Arbitrability held at Athens in September 2005. Seven papers presented there are here reviewed and updated, and nine others are added.

The subject of the book – arbitrability – is one that is much talked about, but seldom if ever given the in-depth treatment presented here. Arbitrators and other practitioners in the field will welcome the way the analysis moves logically from theory to practice regarding every issue, and academics will recognize a definitive treatment of arbitrability as understood and applied in the settlement of disputes today.

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With the publication of this book, CCH is providing practitioners with a single integrated law and explanation of the tax provisions of the landmark health reform legislation and guidance. This resource includes IRS regulations and other regulatory decrees executing the many aspects of health care reform. This edition contains complete coverage of the final employer mandate regulations, the simplified options for employer reporting, the small employer health credit regulations, the premium assistance tax credit reporting and much more.

The law is arranged in code section sequence with italicized type used for all new language that amends previous code sections.

CHAPTER 1.    HEALTH CARE REFORM

• Timeline and Implementation

CHAPTER 2.     INDIVIDUALS

• Individual Health Insurance Mandate
• Health Insurance Premium Assistance Refundable Credit
• Itemized Deduction for Medical Expenses
• Medical Benefits for Children Under Age 27

CHAPTER 3.     BUSINESSES

• Employer Mandate to Provide Health Insurance
• Small Employer Health Insurance Credit
• Exchange-Participating Qualified Health Plans Offered Through Cafeteria Plans
• Health Flexible Spending Accounts Offered in Cafeteria Plans
• Simple Cafeteria Plans
• Elimination of Deduction for Federal Subsidies for Certain Retiree Prescription Drug Plans
• Limitation on Excessive Employee Remuneration
• Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
• Excise Tax on Sales of Medical Devices
• Fee on Manufacturers and Importers of Prescription Drugs
• Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

CHAPTER 4.     INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

• Inclusion of Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage on W-2
• Health Care Coverage Reporting
• Reporting of Employer Health Insurance Coverage

CHAPTER 5.     HEALTH CARE EXCHANGES AND OTHER PROVISIONS GOVERNING HEALTH CARE PLANS

• Establishment of Health Insurance Exchanges
• Exchange Requirements—American Health Benefit Exchanges
• Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP Exchange)
• Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Exchange Participation, Tax Credits, and Cost-Sharing Reductions
• Cost-Sharing Reductions
• Advance Determinations and Payments
• Contents of Essential Health Benefits Package
• Grandfathered Plans in the Individual and Group Health Markets

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