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Webinar information current as of February 25, 2008.

Recent tax changes, including declining corporate tax rates, eligible dividends and an increasingly vigilant Revenue Agency have changed the ground rules for the taxation of private companies and their owner-managers. Because of new tax planning opportunities and traps, practitioners who simply follow past practices risk missing out on important tax planning opportunities – and may be putting their clients in tax jeopardy.

Audience: Advisors who want an overview of the key strategies that should be considered for Canadian-controlled private corporations and their shareholders should not miss this session.

• Declining Corporate Tax Rates and Eligible Dividends
• Integration: Bonuses Revisited
• Rethinking RRSPs for the Owner/Manager

• Presale and Ongoing Purification Structures
• Crystallization Strategies
• Tax Effective Structures
• The Section 84.1 Trap

• Issues in Respect of “Association”
• Benefits of Separating Businesses
• Partnership Structures
• Consulting Business Opportunities

• Asset Sales Trump Share Sales
• Simplifying the Business Sale
• Rethinking the Personal Services Business Rules
• Trouble with Trusts
• Tax Reporting Traps

This webinar will be presented by five tax specialists from the MERITAS Canada Tax Group.

David Louis LLB, CA has 30 years of experience in income tax matters, including personal, corporate, international, and estate planning, focusing largely on entrepreneurs.

Michael Goldberg LLB has been working with his clients and their advisors to assist them with their corporate, estate, personal and international tax planning needs.

William Cooper LLB, CGA has a broad range of experience in tax and corporate finance, including senior financial positions with a multinational forest products company.

Raymond Hupfer LLB, CA focuses on taxation matters, purchase and sale of businesse

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Webinar information current as of November 21, 2007.

On June 29, 2006, draft legislation was introduced to lower the income tax rate on large corporation dividends received by Canadians. The objective is to eliminate the double taxation of large corporation dividends and so to make these investments more attractive relative to income trusts and other investments. This webinar will deal with some of the issues arising from this proposed legislation.

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AGENDA

1. Overview of the rules
2. Two new tax accounts:
1. GRIP (general rate income pool)
2. LRIP (low rate income pool)
3. Change of status:
1. CCPC to non-CCPC
2. Non-CCPC to CCPC
3. Amalgamations and winding-ups
4. Eligible dividends
5. Excessive eligible dividends:
1. Anti-avoidance rule
2. Election to treat part as a non-eligible dividend
6. Bonus vs. dividends
7. Interaction with RDTOH
8. Sale of assets vs. shares – How do these rules affect the decision?
9. Impact on post-mortem planning
10. Impact on holding company structures and estate freezes
11. How to structure share capital to stream eligible dividend payments
12. Impact on income splitting
13. Impact on corporate-owned life insurance

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This webcast was recorded on March 5, 2008

The purpose of GST Update is to inform Canadian businesses of some of the more significant GST developments including recent legislative changes, CRA administrative policy developments, and recent GST jurisprudence. Through participation in this seminar, registrants will receive timely information on current issues and practical advice in dealing with day-to-day GST issues.

Agenda

• GST Rate Reduction
• ITC Documentation Requirements & GST Registry
• Corporate Reorganizations (GST Tips & Traps)
• Hot Audit Topics
• Standardized Accounting & Voluntary Disclosures
• Case Law Update on Financial Services
• Excise Tax & Insurance Premiums

The Speaker
Brent Murray is a partner in Wilson & Partners LLP, an independent tax law firm affiliated with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, whose practice focuses exclusively on commodity tax, customs and related matters including Goods and Services Tax (GST), Provincial Sales Tax (PST) and related cross-border matters. He has authored numerous articles and papers on commodity tax matters including conference papers for the Canadian Tax Foundation, Canadian Bar Association and CICA Commodity Tax Symposium and is a regular contributor to the GST Monitor and GST & Commodity Tax.

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