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Canadian Legislative Pulse with Regulations

The Canadian Legislative Pulse is the one-stop continuously updated website that is relevant for law librarians, lawyers, law students, corporate counsel, or any individual or organization requiring up-to-date information on the status of Canadian legislation. Based on the overwhelming feedback of Pulse customers, you can now track Bills and Regulations.

Here are just a few of the benefits that you receive from this prize-winning site:

  • Covers all jurisdictions
  • Tracks changes since your last log-in
  • Offers quick links to legislative assemblies
  • Sorts legislation by Bill number, Bill title, or Chapter number
  • Allows you to quickly track selected Bills with 'My Bills' feature
  • E-mail notification of new Bills
  • Continuously updated
  • Presents the latest updates at a glance
  • Provides easy-to-use search templates
  • Searchable by Bills and corresponding Acts that are amended
  • Weekly Bill summary

With the addition of the newly-added Regulations-Tracking feature, you can now streamline your research one step further! You can:

  • Access Regulations by number and title
  • Clearly identify amended Regulations
  • Identify enabling Acts for a particular Regulation
  • Access links to the various Federal and Provincial Gazettes
  • Search Regulations by number, title or by enabling Act

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Canadian Insurance Law Reporter (current) + Ontario Accident Benefit Case Summaries

Provides full text decisions from provincial and federal courts on insurance contracts, including life, health, accident, fire, casualty and automobile. Includes archival cases from 1937 and the following:

  • Insurance Cases (full text)
  • Torts, General (digests)
  • Torts, Motor Vehicles (digests)
  • Quantum of Damages Table
  • Code Citators
  • Case Table
  • Topical Index
Your subscription also includes the monthly newsletter, Canadian Insurance Law Reporter.

The most current source of Ontario accident benefit cases, this service summarizes every relevant decision from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, private arbitration, and the courts. Extensive finding lists help you locate information quickly. The service is divided under the following headings:

  • Expanded Topical Index and Case Tables
  • Appeal Summaries
  • 2001 and 2002 Case Summaries
  • Legislation
Includes a bi-monthly newsletter, Ontario Accident Benefit Case Summaries, summarizing Ontario accident benefit cases from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, private arbitration, and the courts. Archived case summaries from 1995-2000 are also available.

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Canadian Insurance Law Reporter (current and archival) + Ontario Accident Benefit Case Summaries

This subscription contains two beneficial resources.

 

The Canadian Insurance Law Reporter (current and archival) provides full text decisions from provincial and federal courts on insurance contracts, including life, health, accident, fire, casualty and automobile.

It includes archival cases from 1937 and the following:

  • Insurance Cases (full text)
  • Torts, General (digests)
  • Torts, Motor Vehicles (digests)
  • Quantum of Damages Table
  • Code Citators
  • Case Table
  • Topical Index

Your subscription also includes the monthly newsletter, Canadian Insurance Law Reports.

The most current source of Ontario accident benefit cases, Ontario Accident Benefit Case Summaries provides every relevant decision from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, private arbitration, and the courts. Extensive finding lists help you locate information quickly. The service is divided under the following headings:

  • Expanded Topical Index and Case Tables
  • Appeal Summaries
  • 2001 and 2002 Case Summaries
  • Legislation

It also includes a bi-monthly newsletter, Ontario Accident Benefit Case Summaries, that summarizes accident benefit cases from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, private arbitration, and the courts.


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Canadian Institutional Investment Rules

Looking for the most current legislation for institutional investing? We've got it!

An up-to-date compilation of the relevant federal and provincial statutes required by institutional investors. Your one-stop source that also includes the pertinent regulations, rules, guidelines and policies. Edited by senior corporate and securities lawyer Barbara J. Hendrickson, who currently practises in the Toronto office of the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie.

Publication Year: 2004

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Canadian Estate Planning and Administration Guide

This service combines the benefits of the Canadian Estate Administration Guide and the Canadian Estate Planning Guide, making it the ultimate resource for estate planning and administration professionals.

Estate planning is a key growth area for tax and legal professionals. Are you taking full advantage of the opportunity? This is an invaluable resource for anyone who works in estate planning. The reason is simple. It will save you hours of research time and effort you can use to serve your clients better and grow your practice.

Authored by leading experts in the industry, current and comprehensive, you won't find a more authoritative source for information and advice on tax and estate planning.

Coverage includes:

  • Estate Freezes
  • Protection from Creditors
  • The Pros & Cons of Alter Ego and Joint Partner Trusts
  • Spousal Trusts
  • Tax-Planning the Will
  • Life Insurance and Registered Plan Designations
  • Post-Mortem Tax Planning
  • Strategies for Holding Real Property in the United States

Included with your subscription is Estate Planner, a monthly newsletter containing ongoing judicial and legislative developments affecting estate planning in Canada.


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Canadian Estate Administration Guide

The Canadian Estate Administration Guide is the only estate administration resource available in Canada with multi-jurisdictional coverage. It supports your practice with relevant and indexed commentary, legislation, key forms, and precedents covers a wide range of topics, from wills to funeral arrangements, to the final passing of accounts. It includes recent cases, tax case digests, relevant statutes from each jurisdiction, forms, precedents, checklists, and letters. 

Topics covered: 

  • Initial Matters
  • Claims Against the Estate
  • Probate Practice
  • Passing of Accounts
  • Assets and Liabilities
  • Intestate Estates
  • Taxation
  • Forms and Precedents
  • Substitute Decisions Information
  • Estate Litigation
  • Estate Conveyancing

Included with your subscription is Will Power, a monthly newsletter summarizing recent developments in this area.

Included with your Online subscription is the Estate Administration News Tracker. With News Tracker, you get notices of all updates via e-mail. Your updates give you instant access to changes in the law that originate from a variety of primary and secondary sources such as press releases and cases.


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Canada-U.S. Employment Transfers: A Guide to Personal Tax Planning, 6th Edition

Individuals moving between Canada and the United States face a daunting array of Canadian and U.S. tax issues, particularly when the move is due to an employment-related transfer. This book provides an overview of key taxation principles related to employment both in Canada and in the United States, and highlights the interaction between the tax laws of these two countries. For employers, this book offers practical guidance on tax issues for the purpose of managing expatriate costs, designing an effective cross-border employee relocation program and retaining key employees.

Key Topics include:

  • Overview of the Canadian and U.S. personal tax systems
  • Tax reimbursement programs, including sample tax equalization calculations
  • Foreign tax credits and tax relief available under the Canada-U.S. tax treaty
  • The implications of changes under the fifth protocol to the Canada-U.S. treaty which entered into force on December 15, 2008
  • Investments in partnerships, limited liability companies, and other entities
  • Taxation of artists and athletes
  • Estate planning, including U.S. estate tax issues
  • Executive compensation, including various types of equity compensation and long-term incentive plans available
  • Expanded discussion on the U.S. deferred compensation rules 

About the Author

Benita Loughlin, CA, is a Partner in the International Executive Services practice at KPMG LLP in Vancouver, B.C. She specializes in tax planning and compliance for individuals, estates and trusts in a U.S. and cross-border context. She advises executives and their employers on tax matters related to compensation, investments, retirement plans, estate planning, and expatriation, with emphasis on employees relocating to or from other countries. The book includes contributions from KPMG International Executive Services professionals in Vancouver who specialize in helping clients manage complex personal tax issues in a cross-border environment. KPMG’s multinational corporate clients face challenges managing tax issues that affect their global workforce. Executives and employees rely on KPMG’s international tax planning to help manage their tax liabilities and maintain their global workforce.

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Canada Income Tax Guide with Income Tax Act, Regulations and Rulings

A concise guide to the Income Tax Act, plus relevant legislation

If your practice calls for the basics, the Canada Income Tax Guide with Income Tax Act, Regulations and Rulings has you covered. In addition to the fundamental Canada Income Tax Guide, it provides you with full text of relevant legislation, regulations, and government publications, all in one bundle.

When you’re looking for a concise treatment of Canada’s Income Tax Act, this package provides the right amount of information in the right place, and represents unbeatable tax research value.

The comprehensive guide places the emphasis on issues of most concern to practitioners, including retirement saving, pension plans, capital cost allowance, automobile benefits, support payments, small business deduction, SR&ED, and investment tax credits

The Internet version is updated semi-monthly.

Content includes:

  • Commentary on the Income Tax Act compiled by Wolters Kluwer CCH analyst Robert Spenceley, and tax planning strategies by contributors from Minden Gross LLP.
  • Income Tax Act and Regulations
  • Income Tax Folios, Bulletins, Circulars, and Technical News
  • Department of Finance comfort letters and news releases
  • Canada-US and Canada-UK tax treaties
  • Comprehensive set of charts and tables setting out tax rates, credits, and other useful tax information
  • Former Income Tax Act
  • Federal Budgets
Bonus features:

  • Tax Notes monthly newsletter to keep you current on the latest changes affecting federal income tax.
  • News Tracker brings you up-to-the-minute information on the latest tax developments. You choose the topic and how frequently you want to be updated.
  • Activity logs help you keep track of time spent doing research.
  • Free training and technical support

Wolters Kluwer CCH research subscriptions deliver the most timely, relevant and reliable tax information and commentary to Canada's tax professionals, significantly reducing research time.



Professionals who subscribe to the Canada Income Tax Guide with Income Tax Act, Regulations and Rulings also find these publications instrumental to their pra

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Bennett's A-Z Guide to Bankruptcy: A Professional's Handbook

Published: 2001


Bennett's A-Z Guide to Bankruptcy: A Professional's Handbook provides a review of the bankruptcy process for lawyers, accountants, trustees, lenders, individuals, small business debtors, and corporations. This handy bankruptcy primer is written in clear and accessible language and includes a chapter of forms and precedents, legislation excerpts, and a glossary in order to provide the reader with a general outline of the bankruptcy process.

Topics covered:

  • What is bankruptcy?
  • What are the ways to go bankrupt?
  • What property can you keep?
  • Can creditors sue you after bankruptcy?

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Archived Webinar – Taxation of Private Businesses

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.

AGENDA

Recent Developments in Remuneration - Robert Korne, BCF, Montreal and Quebec
  • Declining Corporate Tax Rates and Eligible Dividends
  • Integration: Bonuses Revisited
  • Rethinking RRSPs for the Owner/Manager
Maximizing the Capital Gains Exemption - Michael Goldberg, Minden Gross LLP, Toronto
  • Presale and Ongoing Purification Structures
  • Crystallization Strategies
  • Tax Effective Structures
  • The Section 84.1 Trap
Maximizing Low Rate Income - Ray Hupfer, McLennan Ross LLP, Calgary and Edmonton
  • Issues in Respect of “Association”
  • Benefits of Separating Businesses
  • Partnership Structures
  • Consulting Business Opportunities
Potpourri of Tips and Traps - William Cooper, Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver
  • 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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Archived Webinar – In-Depth Dividend Taxation

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.

Audience: Public practice accountants, tax preparers, lawyers – anyone who advises clients (personal and/or corporate) on taxation matters.

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

This webinar will be presented by three tax specialists from Aird & Berlis LLP.

Jack Bernstein LLB is the senior tax partner and chair of International Tax Practice at Aird & Berlis LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Tax Group and Tax Litigation Group, as well as the Mergers and Acquisitions Team.
Barbara Worndl LLB has been a partner with Aird & Berlis LLP since 1988. She is practice group leader of the firm’s Tax Group. Barbara’s practice is focused on income tax with an emphasis on corporate and partnership taxation.
Andrew Nicholls LLB joined Aird & Berlis LLP in 1999. He is a partner and a member of the firm’s Tax Group. Andrew’s tax practice focuses on income tax in the areas of derivatives, corporate and international tax.

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ADR in the Corporate Environment: A Practical Guide for Designing Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems

This book provides corporations with valuable information about the benefits of alternative dispute resolution and how to apply ADR techniques and processes in the business environment. It offers both a theoretical and practical guide to ADR and the process of system design, exploring specific tools to engage in system design analysis and implementation. This text offers a model dispute resolution design system process with step-by-step explanations of disputes, ADR processes and how to implement the various processes within the business structure. Discontinued

Publication Year: 1999

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A Guide to Costs in Ontario

Published: 2002


Part of a series of books providing coverage of civil litigation law, A Guide to Costs in Ontario takes a practical approach to the granting of costs and the determination of their quantum. The authors discuss the implementation of the Costs Grid, the requirement that costs on motions be fixed by the motions judge and be made payable forthwith, the determination of costs by judges on motions and trials, and the new terminology for costs.

This book will appeal to legal practitioners, family and criminal law lawyers, and professional accountants. In softcover format, this book is ideal for use by practitioners in court or meetings.

What's included:

  • Conduct of a Solicitor-Client Assessment
  • Considerations in Assessing a Solicitor's Account
  • Orders for Costs as Between Parties (contains the new Costs Grid)
  • Effect of Settlement Offers on Costs
  • Costs When Recovery Limited to Accounts Within Limited Jurisdiction
  • Contingency Fees and the American Experience
  • Precedents on an accompanying DVD

 

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A Guide to Collections Procedures in Ontario

Publshed: 2002


Part of a series of books providing coverage of civil litigation law, A Guide to Collections Procedures in Ontario sets out the steps that a creditor must follow in attempting to collect monies owed to him or her.

What's included:

  • The debt collection process
  • The differences among the various courts and procedures
  • The process of issuing the statement of claim, the processes involved in obtaining default judgment or summary judgment
  • Defences that debtors often use in defending claims
  • Enforcement of judgments, including a section on Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments
  • Precedents for notices of garnishment, writs of seizure and, statements of claim, affidavits in support of motions for judgment and draft judgments
  • Precedents to assist creditors in the preparation of materials required to obtain, and ultimately to enforce, the judgment
  • Precedents on an accompanying DVD

 

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Canadian Income Tax Act with Regulations, Annotated - Academic 96th Edition

Please note that our CCH Canadian Income Tax Act with Regulations, Annotated - Academic 96th Edition is only available to post-secondary students or institutions and can be purchased alone, or as part of a tax bundle for even greater savings. For more information, please follow the links below:

Introduction to Federal Income Taxation in Canada, 34th Edition

Federal Income Taxation: Fundamentals, 6th Edition

The 96th edition of the Canadian Income Tax Act with Regulations, Annotated - Academic is filled with accurate, up-to-date content and highlights proposed legislative changes that make it indispensable for tax professionals.

The 96th edition continues the CCH practice of providing valuable cross-references and editorial notes from leading tax experts to assist you with Canada's complex tax laws. The various types of related information are clearly identified, making it easy to find the answers you need to make smart decisions quickly.

The Canadian Income Tax Act with Regulations, Annotated - Academic 96th Edition encompasses all the latest developments that are essential to tax professionals, including:

  • The full text of the Income Tax Act and Regulations as amended to July 2013
  • Legislation from Bill C-60, Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1, implementing certain 2013 Budget proposals
  • Legislation from Bill C-48, Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012, enacting several past years of numerous technical amendments throughout the Act and Regulations
  • Additional 2013 Budget proposals not yet enacted and other draft legislation proposals released up to July 12, 2013
  • Selected Department of Finance comfort letters, news releases, and remission orders
  • Canada-U.S. and Canada-U.K. Tax Conventions
  • Interpretation Act and The Income Tax Conventions Interpretation Act

Other features in the Canadian Income Tax Act with Regulations, Annotated - Academic 96th Edition make it easier and faster to use:

  • New and updated editorial notes with explanations, tips and traps
  • Cross-references to additional sources of information, including:
    • Related sections of the Act and Regulations
    • Income Tax Folios, Bulletins, Circulars and Technical News
    • CRA forms and guides
    • CCH newsletter articles
    • Canadian Tax Foundation articles
    • Key

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The Advisor's Guide To Business Succession Planning, 4th Edition

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Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning and Writing in Canada, 3rd Edition

Published: April 2012


This practical desk reference has proven to be one of the most comprehensive and reliable legal reading, reasoning, and writing guides available today.

Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning and Writing in Canada, 3rd Edition will help students and legal practitioners to:

  • Write more effective legal memos, opinion letters, briefs, arguments, status reports, pleadings, and draft opinions;
  • Learn how to use primary and secondary legal resources in making legal arguments; and
  • Develop skills in legal reading, reasoning, and research using examples, exercises, charts, and diagrams

What's new:

  • Expanded introductory chapter with new information on lawyering in the digital age, requirements for becoming a lawyer and professional discipline
  • New material on the contribution of aboriginal and European legal  traditions to the development of Canadian law 
  • New material on equitable jurisdiction and the use of equitable maxims in framing arguments
  • New material on aboriginal courts  
  • Expanded and updated discussion of research approaches and the use of electronic legal materials
  • Updated appendices of reference works, websites and legal blogs

About the Author
Tested in the classroom over several years by the American authors, Synthesis has been rewritten for Canadian readers by an experienced law teacher, Margaret E. McCallum, LLB, PhD. Since 1990, Margaret McCallum has taught in the Faculty of Law at the University of New Brunswick.

 

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Introduction to IFRS for Canada: What's it all About

This webcast was recorded on April 9, 2008

CCH IFRS Webinar Series 2008 – Seminar 1
IFRS and Canadian GAAP will converge by 2011. The transition is not new in the accounting world, but the Canadian experience will be fundamentally different. Understanding how and why the shift in Canadian GAAP to IFRS will occur is essential to a successful migration. Planning for the transition should be started now. As with any project, proper planning is vital. The change to IFRS will impact almost every department within an organization, including finance, accounting, investor relations, training and development, and technology.

CCH Canadian presents the first in a series of online seminars on IFRS for Canada. This 90-minute webinar is presented by Peter D. Chant, FCA, PhD, Partner at Deloitte Canada and author of iGAAP 2008: IFRS for Canada.

Agenda

  • The history and philosophy of IFRS vs. Canadian and U.S. GAAP
  • Some of the major differences between IFRS and Canadian GAAP
  • The role of IFRS 1
  • What you need to do to get organized for this convergence

Format
Participate right from your desk or office. All you need is an Internet connection and a sound card.

The Speaker
Dr. Peter D. Chant, FCA, is a partner in the National Assurance and Advisory group at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is a former member and Chair of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board and was co-Chair of the CICA/FASB Task Force that developed the current Canadian and FASB standard on segmented information. He was also a member of the FASB's Task Force on Business Combinations that developed the FASB's current standard on that topic, and a member of the G4+1 Group of Standard Setters, which included the Chairs of the IASB, FASB and the Canadian Accounting Standards Board.

Peter has published a textbook on advanced accounting in Canada, and was co-author of a research paper on accounting for joint ventures that was published by the G4+1. He is currently Chair of the Task Force on Non-GAAP Performance Measures of the Canadian Performance Reporting Board of the CICA. He has a Ph.D. in Accounting and Information Systems from Northwestern University.

Related Webinars

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IFRS for Canada: Presentation of Financial Statements

Webinar information current as of October 8, 2008

CCH IFRS Webinar Series 2008 - Seminar 5

Significant differences can be expected in general financial statement presentation, as a result of the adoption of IFRS into Canadian GAAP. Such differences will include changes in both the presentation of a company’s balance sheet and income statement, such as differences in the nature of components presented, current and non-current classifications, presentation of line items, and required disclosures. Such changes will impact a company’s traditional key performance measures and ratios, and provide investors with new types of information. Typically, annual financial statements prepared under IFRS will be considerably longer than those prepared under previous rules, entailing considerably more disclosures. A thorough and early understanding of the impacts adoption of IFRS will have on financial statement presentation will be essential for managing stakeholder relations during and after the transition to IFRS. 

As well, IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements, has recently undergone significant amendments, including a new requirement for a statement of comprehensive income and terminology changes incorporated throughout IFRSs, among other important changes.

This webinar provides a practical analysis of IAS 1 and IFRs financial statemen

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Federal Income Taxation: Fundamentals, 4th Edition

Please note that new editions will be available by mid August, 2011

The Federal Income Taxation: Fundamentals, 4th Edition is the book of choice for the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada Taxation 1 course. This book is intended for students taking:

  • Business
  • Economics
  • Taxation
  • Law

This textbook has been structured to meet the specific needs of students enrolled in the following programs, or related introductory courses:

  • CGA
  • CMA
  • CA

Student Friendly

CCH has re-mastered and modified this resource to improve accessibility and increase student comprehension.

  • Covers the fundamental federal income taxation curriculum with a narrow scope and topical coverage
  • Study Guide and supplemental material for students and instructors makes learning even easier
  • Review Questions, Multiple Choice Questions and Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter
  • The proprietary, adjusted learning model employed in this text facilitates understanding and the application of knowledge
  • Practical examples and applications are designed to anchor and integrate learning
  • References to the Income Tax Act are incorporated throughout the text, with all key topics covered
  • Includes two extra appendices: Individual Tax Facts and Withholding Tax

Robert E. Beam, F.C.A., is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo. He was associated with Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants, Toronto.

From 1972 to 1998, he was Coordinator of the Tax Section of the School of Accountancy, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. In September 2002, Mr. Beam became the first recipient of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Award for Excellence in Tax Practice and Education. His articles have appeared in the Canadian Tax Journal.

Stanley N. Laiken, Ph.D., is the Deloitte Professor in the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo. He has taught taxation to students in professional programs, both at the university and post-university levels, since 1972.

He is a recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award at the University of Waterloo and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association’s L.S. Rosen Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to Canadian accounting education. His articles have appeared in the Canadian Tax Journal. He is also the Director of the Deloitte Centre for Tax Education and Research at the University of Waterloo.

James J. Barnet

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Cost Effective IFRS Conversion Strategies

Webcast information current as of June 25, 2009

CCH IFRS Webcast Series 2009 - Seminar 1

Many organizations recognize that International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) conversion is not a simple process. It’s going to require not only adopting a new financial reporting framework, but may also significantly impact other areas of the business such as income taxes, internal controls, systems and human resources. As organizations scope the effort required for IFRS conversion, identify the required resources and refine their impact analyses, many discover that the project is more complex than first anticipated.

This 90 minute webcast is designed to assist accountants who are planning to commence their IFRS conversion project in 2009. It contains cost-effective strategies with which to approach the most important elements of an IFRS conversion, covering:

  • Types of costs
  • The notion of cost-effective solutions
  • Perspectives on costs
  • Common costs analyses for IFRS conversion
  • Effectively Managing Costs of Conversion
    • Cost-effective solutions
    • An alternative characterization of costs
    • Out-of-pocket costs of conversion
    • Out-of-pocket costs of conversion: SEC estimates
    • SEC estimates
  • Cost-Effective Conversions: Matters of Process
    • Potential costs of conversion
    • Basic guidelines for cost-effective solutions
    • Additional steps for cost-effective solutions
    • The dimensions of a resource planning template
  • Cost-Effective Conversions: Matters of Principle
    • Matters of principle
    • Specific principles
    • Managing other costs
    • Potential benefits

Speaker

Dr. Peter Chant, FCA

Peter is a partner in the National Assurance and Advisory group at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is a former member and chair of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board and was co-chair of the CICA/FASB Task Force that developed the current Canadian and FASB standard on segmented information. He was also a member of the FASB Task Force on Business Combinations that developed the FASB's current standard on that topic, and a member of the G4+1 Group of standard setters, which included the chairs of the IASB, the FASB and the Canadian Accounting Standards Board. He has published a textbook on advanced accounting in Canada, and was co-author of a research paper on accounting for joint ventures that was published by the G4+1. He is currently chair of the Task Force on Non-GAAP Performance Measures of the Canadian Performance Reporting Board of the CICA. He has a PhD in Accounting

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CCH KnowledgeConnect (old)

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.

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Canadian Taxation of Non-Residents, 4th Edition

The fourth edition of this highly successful book explores the "inbound" international tax issues of non-residents of Canada who derive income from Canadian sources. Tax issues are analyzed in terms of the application of the relevant sections of the Income Tax Act and provincial statutes, the application of the Canada–U.S. Income Tax Convention, and the application of Canada's other tax treaties.

This edition has been updated with new case law and recent changes to legislation and CRA pronouncements for practitioners who deal with the subject matter and need to stay current on the issues to properly advise their clients.

Other significant updates include:

  • Changes to the definition of "taxable Canadian property" and the resulting implications for non-residents who invest in Canadian property or realize capital gains from Canadian sources
  • Expanded discussion on the changes that resulted from the Fifth Protocol to Canada-U.S. Treaty and CRA interpretations and statements since the last edition, including, particularly, expanded discussion of implications for hybrid entities such as LLCs and ULCs

Discussions and commentary on the above developments would be of interest to Canadian accounting and legal practitioners alike who act for individual or corporate non-resident clients. Corporations with U.S. employees working on short-term assignments in Canada would also be interested in this area of taxation. Also, non-resident professional advisors, particularly in the U.S., who need a general reference guide to assess the Canadian tax implications of certain past or proposed transactions, would find the content useful.

About the Author

Michael I. Atlas, C.A., C.P.A., T.E.P. is an accomplished author and long standing contributor to CCH. He is a Chartered Accountant who practices in Toronto as an independent tax consultant, in connection with a wide-range of domestic and international tax issues. Prior to forming his own practice in 1991, he was the partner in charge of the tax group of one of the 20 largest accounting firms in Canada. His consulting practice places particular emphasis on international and cross-border tax planning matters.

He has also been a frequent speaker on tax matters for many professional and business organizations, including the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Canadian Real Estate Association. Most recently, Michael has made a presentation entitled "Tax Issues for Non-Resident Investors in Canadian Real Estate" as part of "Creative Tax Planning For Real Estat

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Business Combinations and Consolidations Under IFRS

Webinar information current as of May 14, 2008

CCH IFRS Webinar Series 2008 - Seminar 2

Business combinations represent a growing number of firms within Canada. They will be treated differently after the convergence with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Canada. Mergers and acquisitions are happening everyday - can you afford to not understand the new consequences?

CCH Canadian presents the second in a series of online seminars on IFRS for Canada. This 90-minute online seminar is presented by Peter D. Chant, FCA, Ph.D., Partner at Deloitte Canada and author of the upcoming book, iGAAP 2008: IFRS for Canada.

Agenda

Business Combinations: IFRS 3 (Revised) and SFAS 141(R)

FASB 141(R):

A. Business Combinations

  • Key dates
  • Scope
  • Definition of a business
  • Measuring the exchange
  • Elements of the purchase equation
  • The “Measurement Period”
  • Disclosures

B. Consolidation and Non-controlling interests

C. IFRS 3 Differences

Speaker

Dr. Peter Chant, FCA, is a partner in the National Assurance and Advisory group at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is a former member and Chair of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board and was co-Chair of the CICA/FASB Task Force that developed the current Canadian and FASB standard on segmented information. He was also a member of the FASB's Task Force on Business Combinations that developed the FASB's current standard on that topic, and a member of the G4+1 Group of standard setters, which included the Chairs of the IASB, FASB and the Canadian Accounting Standards Board. Peter D. Chant has published a textbook on advanced accounting in Canada, and was co-author of a research paper on accounting for joint ventures that was published by the G4+1. He is currently the Chair of Task Force on Non-GAAP Performance Measures of the Canadian Performance Reporting Board of the CICA. He has a Ph.D. in Accounting and Information Systems from Northwestern University.

Format

Participate right from your desk or office. All you need is an internet connection and a sound card.
 
CCH IFRS Webinar Series
Business Combinations and Consolidations Under IFRS is the second webinar in the series of six.  Learn more about the CCH IFRS Webinar Series.

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Annotated British Columbia Securities Legislation, 9th Edition

This title is available as an eBook.

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Published: September 2014


Get the most accurate and current information on British Columbia securities legislation. Annotated British Columbia Securities Legislation, 9th Edition has been prepared in consultation with the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Vancouver office of McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

What's included:

  • Everything in the five-digit numbering system in force as of July 1, 2014
  • Updated Tables of Concordance to help you quickly compare requirements in different jurisdictions
  • Updated Topical index to help you find relevant references quickly and easily
  • History notes and pending amendments to the British Columbia Securities Act to help you conduct accurate research
  • ALL NEW Case Table to help you navigate quickly to relevant case annotations

What's new in the 9th Edition:

  • Revised annotations to the British Columbia Securities Act, updated July 1, 2014
  • New amendments to the British Columbia Securities Act and Securities Regulation
  • All new and amended national and British Columbia securities documents, including:
    – Amended BC Form 15-901F, Summons to Attend before an Investigator Under Section 144
    – Amended BC Form 15-902F, Demand for Production under Section 144
    – New BC Instrument 31-510, Exemption for Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada Members from Obligation to Provide Relationship Disclosure to Existing Clients
    – Amended BC Instrument 32-517, Exemption from Dealer Registration Requirement for Trades in Securities of Mortgage Investment Entities
    – New BC I

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Securities Regulation

Loss and Seligman's Securities Regulation is all-encompassing – covering everything from the SEC's integrated disclosure program, to the theoretical underpinnings of today's regulations, to the “shelf registration rule.”

In nearly 6,000 pages of discussion and analysis, it clarifies countless questions, so you're sure to find coverage of the “small point” on which your case may turn. You'll save hours of research time...get the answers you need when you need them...and be confident that the information is backed by the field's premiere authorities on securities regulation.

Plus, through supplementation and revised volumes, this edition keeps pace with the ever increasing volume of litigation by including comprehensive examination of recent developments and court cases.


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Canada - U.S. Tax Treaty: A Practical Interpretation

The Fifth Protocol to the Canada - U.S. Income Tax Treaty has introduced a myriad of changes relating to the rights of both countries to tax income earned by their respective residents. Canada - U.S. Tax Treaty: A Practical Interpretation is an invaluable resource designed to assist practitioners with clients involved in cross-border business activities deal with the complexity and uncertainty of these changes.
  
CCH Canadian’s Canada - U.S. Tax Treaty: A Practical Interpretation contains the full text of the Canada - U.S. Tax Convention, as amended by the First through Fifth Protocols, with commentary by Dentons following each Article of the Treaty. The commentary provides a detailed analysis of the Fifth Protocol, including:
  • Changes to the “tie-breaker” rule for determining the residence of a corporation that qualifies as a resident of both Contracting States
  • Entitlement to Treaty benefits for “fiscally transparent entities”
  • New permanent establishment rules
  • Elimination of withholding tax on certain interest payments
  • Taxation of a non-resident’s emigrant gains
  • Taxation of “income from employment” earned by non-residents
  • Taxation of stock options received by individuals employed in both Canada and the United States
  • Introduction of a reciprocal limitation of benefits provision
The Technical Explanations of the Treaty and the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Protocols, as provided by the U.S. Treasury Department, are reproduced, along with a report on the Fifth Protocol by the Joint Committee on Taxation for the U.S. Senate. Other useful resources contained in this edition include:
  • Annotations of related Dominion Tax Cases
  • Memorandum of Understanding between the Competent Authorities of Canada and the United States Regarding the Mutual Agreement Procedure
  • Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America with Respect to Social Security
  • Income Tax Conventions Interpretation Act
  • Rates of Withholding Tax under Income Tax Agreements Signed by Canada

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U.S. Master Tax Guide 2011 94th Edition

Available: November 2010

This book reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2010 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income tax.

The 2011 MTG contains timely and precise explanation of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS.  Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding.  The handbook's explanations are meticulously researched and footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally sound guidance to help them understand, apply and comply with today's complex federal tax laws.

This handbook is built for speed with numerous time-saving features, including a tax calendar, taxpayer-specific return flowcharts, lists of average itemized deductions, selected depreciation tables, rate tables, checklists of income, deduction and medical expense items, and more.  These features help users quickly and easily determine how particular tax items and situations should be treated and answer client questions.

It comes complete with the popular Quick Tax Facts card that can be detached for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts used in preparing 2010 income tax returns, and a special bonus CPE course supplement entitled "Top Federal Tax Issues for 2011," which focuses in on the most significant and thorniest new tax developments affecting practitioners for the year.  The Top Federal Tax Issues Course allows professionals to earn CPE credit while keeping up-to-date on the most important tax issues (grading fee additional).

The 2011 U.S. Master Tax Guide's updated explanations cover:

  • Highlights of New Tax Developments
  • Tax Rates and Tax Tables
  • Individuals
  • Corporations
  • S Corporations
  • Partnerships
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Exempt Organizations
  • Income
  • Exclusions from Income
  • Business Expenses
  • Non-Business Expenses
  • Losses and Bad Debt
  • Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion
  • Tax Credits
  • Minimum Tax
  • Tax Accounting
  • Basis for Gain or Loss
  • Sales, Exchanges and Capital Gains
  • Installment Sales/Deferred Payment Sales
  • Securities Transactions
  • Tax Shelters/At-Risk Rules/Passive Losses
  • Retirement Plans
  • Corporate Acquisitions/Reorganizations
  • Taxation of Foreign Activities/Taxpayers
  • Returns and Payment of Tax
  • Withholding and Estimated Taxes
  • Examination of Return

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Practical Guide to Partnerships and LLCs (5th Edition) – U.S.

Available: July 2011

Authors: Robert Ricketts and Larry Tunnell

Discusses the complex issues involving partnership taxation with utmost clarity. It uses hundreds of illustrative examples, practice observations, helpful charts and insightful explanations to make even the most difficult concepts understandable. The book reflects the authors' penchant for communicating the pertinent facts in very direct language and creating a context for understanding the multifaceted issues and applying them to practice.

This new edition fully reflects all the latest developments in this complex area. These include changes affecting:

  • partnership basis adjustments
  • transfers to partnerships of property with built-in losses
  • sale of an interest in a partnership with built-in loss property
  • disproportionate distributions from partnerships with built-in loss property exp
  • ensing and amortization of partnership organizational expenses
  • partnership treatment of the deduction for domestic production activities
  • recognition of cancellation-of-indebtedness income, and more

In six parts, Practical Guide to Partnerships and LLCs covers the critical aspects of this complicated area, with individual parts focusing on partnership characteristics, funding, taxation of operations, partner's share of partnership debt, disposition of partnership interest, and distributions. From choice-of-entity considerations to sales and liquidations, the entire breadth of partnership and LLC taxation is covered. Special attention is given throughout to the complex inter-workings of rules that bind, tax and control these entity operations.

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Taxation of Individual Retirement Accounts, 2012

Available: April 2012

Comprehensively analyzes all the tax laws applicable to individual retirement accounts. The first part of the book discusses the 15 different types of IRAs, including the four most recent types authorized by the tax laws: the Roth IRA, the education IRA, the SIMPLE IRA, and the deemed IRA. The second part discusses the various areas of tax law relating to the operation and administration of an IRA. There is a separate chapter on each area of the tax law. The third part of the book deals with taxation of distributions from an IRA, including premature distributions, minimum distributions during lifetime and after death, withholding taxes, and estate taxes. It also deals with the tax rules applicable to the different types of the beneficiaries receiving distributions from an IRA, including foreign beneficiaries, charitable beneficiaries, trust beneficiaries, estate beneficiaries, spouse and nonspouse beneficiaries, and individual and non-individual beneficiaries.

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SEC Disclosures Checklists, (2011 Edition) with CD-ROM

Available: November 2011

A practical guide designed for CPAs who service public companies, whether internally or externally. It identifies disclosure requirements for financial statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis, and the SEC rules mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This product is both for preparers and reviewers of financial statements that will be included in SEC 1933 or 1934 Act filings. It can be used to prepare and review the financial statement disclosures of non-small business, domestic registrants.

The checklists are organized by question, disclosure requirement and reference source. First, the reader is prompted with a question, such as "Does the company have restrictions on its cash?" If the answer is yes, the reader proceeds to the disclosure requirement. The reader can also obtain more in-depth information by reading the excerpts from SEC reference material that is provided in the book and supports the requirement.

Once the reader is satisfied that the company has met the disclosure requirements, the response to the question and the workpaper reference can be entered into the book or on the checklist, which is available on the free, companion CD included with the volume.

The free, back-of-the-book CD contains three checklists covering the same disclosure questions and requirements in the book.        

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INTERNATIONAL INCOME TAXATION: Code and Regulations - Selected Sections (2011-2012 Edition)

Available: August 2011

Professors Richard C. Pugh, Charles H. Gustafson, and Robert J. Peroni

Compiled by a team of distinguished law professors, the 2011-2012 edition of INTERNATIONAL INCOME TAXATION: Code and Regulations-Selected Sections serves both students and practitioners in accessing the laws and regulations for U.S. international tax. For students, the INTERNATIONAL INCOME TAXATION: Code and Regulations-Selected Sections is a popular companion to an international tax course book for use in undergraduate or graduate courses in law and business schools. For practitioners, the book is an exclusive convenient desk reference. Unlike the full multi-volume Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax Regulations, this single-volume reference travels well between home and office.

Includes CD of entire contents of book.

In this comprehensive and easy-to-use volume, the authors have selected provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax Regulations directly related to the U.S. taxation of foreign entities and the U.S. taxation of domestic entities that have income from sources outside the country.

The 2011-2012 edition of INTERNATIONAL INCOME TAXATION: Code and Regulations-Selected Sections reflects all legislation and regulations enacted or adopted on or before June 1, 2011.

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Taxation of the Entertainment Industry, 2012

Available June 2012

Part of the new CCH Beacon Series, Taxation of the Entertainment Industry 2012 is an insightful treatise that helps practitioners in entertainment tax planning:
• spot unique issues before they become problems,
• interpret rules and regulations correctly,
• make business decisions that lower taxes,
• and ensure compliance with the law.

This valuable reference by expert practitioner and author, Schuyler Moore, provides in-depth treatment of the taxation of film and television industries, including music and sports. It provides insights on proven strategies and techniques for achieving solid bottom-line results for those practitioners with clients within the entertainment industry.

Taxation of the Entertainment Industry sets forth details of an eight-point master plan for managing entertainment tax issues:
• Know how the law characterizes ownership rights and interests
• Choose a business form that provides maximum tax advantage
• Determine the best time to report and recognize income
• Reduce the tax burden through deductions, depreciation, and the investment tax credit
• Avoid liability for failure to withhold wages
• Realize tax deferral and tax savings through foreign production or distribution
• Discover innovative and creative strategies for financing film production and distribution, and 
• Pay close attention to the special tax considerations that apply to talent.

Moore thoroughly explains all of these issues, opportunities and challenges with clarity in this sure and steady guide through the ins and outs of entertainment tax law.

CONTENTS:
• Overview
• Fundamental Characterization Issues
• Choice of Entity
• Income Recognition, Timing and Characterization
• Deductions and Depreciation
• Wage Withholding
• Foreign Production and Distribution
• U.S. Tax Withholding on Foreign Persons
• Financing Using Domestic Tax Shelters
• Other Financing Methods
• Tax Planning for Talent
• California Taxation
• The Sports Industry
• The Music Industry
• Film Financing
• Forms

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Schuyler M. Moore is a partner in the Corporate Entertainment Department at the Los Angeles office of the national law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.  He was the founding Chairman of the Entertainment Tax Subsection of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Taxation Section.  Mr. Moore holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was first in his law class.  He has published numerous articles dealing with a wide variety of tax subjects and is the author of The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal and Financial Aspects of the Film Industry.  Mr. Moore is an adjunct professor for the UC

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Tax Legislation 2009: Highlights of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

CCH's Highlights of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a convenient vehicle for alerting clients to the new tax provisions provided under this economic stimulus bill. For individuals, this legislation includes a Making Work Pay Credit based on earned income, with a $250 economic stimulus payment to Social Security recipients and disabled veterans; an AMT patch for 2009; extension of the first-time homebuyer credit to September 1, 2009, with the repayment obligation eliminated for 2009 purchases; a $3,000 floor on the refundable Child Tax Credit; a $2,500 American Opportunity Tax Credit that is 40 percent refundable; suspension of income tax on up to $2,400 of unemployment benefits for 2009; expansion of eligible expenses for 529 plans to include computers and related technology; an above-the-line deduction for taxes related to the purchase of a new automobile; an increase in the credit for nonbusiness energy property from $500 to $1,500 and a modification of standards;  removal of the dollar limits on the credit for residential energy efficient property for fuel cell property; an increase in the credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property; and a general re-write of the plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit, including elimination of dollar caps, a new credit for two or three wheel and low-speed plug-in vehicles, and allowing a credit for conversion kits.

On the business side, provisions include extending bonus depreciation and increased 179 expensing through 2009; up to five-year carryback of net operating losses; expansion of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to cover unemployed veterans and disconnected youth; deferral of cancellation of indebtedness income; an increased exclusion amount for commuter transit benefits and transit passes; an increase in the capital gain exclusion percentage for qualified small business stock; and reduction to seven years for the S Corporation built-in gain holding period. The legislation also includes a number of new or enhanced bond provisions aimed at economic recovery and alternative energy.

CCH's Highlights booklet is ideal for informing clients, prospects and staff about the key new tax changes and prompting them to turn to their tax and financial advisers for help.  It's authoritative, yet practical and easy-to-understand.  Affordable quantity discounts and the option of printing firm name and logo on the cover make the CCH Highlights booklet a great tool for firms to grow their businesses.

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Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

CCH's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Law, Explanation and Analysis provides thorough and complete text of added, amended, or repealed Code sections with controlling committee reports and CCH's explanation and analysis of tax provisions contained in the legislation. CCH editorial staff, along with leading practitioners, provide clear and practical guidance of the impact of the law's changes, including how various taxpayer groups and situations are affected.

The law is arranged in Code section sequence with italicized type used for all new language that amends previous Code sections. CCH also provides several special tables and lists to facilitate quick and thorough understanding of the new law and how it affects taxpayers. Features include an effective dates table organized by Code section, a listing by Code section of the Act sections affecting it, and a listing by Act section of the Code sections affected.

CCH's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Law, Explanation and Analysis is THE resource that tax professionals, businesses, government staff and students alike need to get all the details of and help on new tax legislation changes. CCH provides the critical, late-breaking explanation and analysis to help readers make sense of complex legislative change so they can plan, respond and advise with confidence.


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Oil and Gas: U.S. Federal Income Taxation (2011)

The taxation of natural resources is one of the more complicated areas of the U.S. federal income tax system. From the acquisition of the mineral rights, to the exploration and development of the property, to the ultimate production of the mineral, there are unusual and challenging tax aspects along every step of the way.

Oil and Gas: Federal Income Taxation (2011) is an invaluable single-source handbook for accounting, tax and legal practitioners concerned with financial issues related to oil and gas industry tax law.  

Updated and revised by noted oil and gas taxation authority and educator, Patrick A. Hennessee, Ph.D., CPA , this detailed reference is divided into six main sections:

  • Introduction to Oil and Gas Taxation
  • Acquisition of Interests
  • The Exploration Period
  • The Production Period
  • Dispositions
  • Other Areas

The text begins with a discussion of the nature of oil and gas reserves in order to gain a better understanding of the industry. The material following is organized in a logical sequence of events which traces the normal industry pattern for developing oil and gas reserves.

Special features include:

  • A special ''Highlights of New Developments'' section provides a convenient, at-a-glance summary of recent tax legislation, case law, rulings, position papers, etc., as they relate to the oil and gas industry, and it tells readers where in the volume they can find additional information on the specific topics.
  • Reflects all the recent developments in place, including new legislation, regulations and case law changes impacting this area since the previous edition published, allowing tax and legal professionals to stay current on this highly specialized area of tax law.  
  • Enables understanding of the myriad technical aspects of oil and gas taxation by thoroughly discussing the critical issues of:
    • economic interests
    • lease and purchase arrangements
    • royalties
    • working or operating mineral interest
    • production payments
    • net profits arrangements
    • geological and geophysical expenses
    • intangible drilling and development costs
    • sharing arrangements and carried interests
    • depletion
    • gross income from property
    • taxable income from property
    • unitizations
    • disposition of interests
    • nontaxable exchanges
    • losses and abandonments
    • types of ownership
    • alternative minimum tax
    • nonconventional fuel credit
    • depreciation
    • a

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Oil and Gas Taxation Library

Oil and Gas Taxation Library (U.S. and international)

Product Components
  • Oil and Gas Tax Reporter Tax Trends Newsletter (monthly) - tracks federal energy legislation, IRS rulings, federal cases, state tax, and other developments.
  • Multistate Oil and Gas Severance Tax Interactive Chart – allows you to quickly find the applicable oil or gas severance tax rates for any state jurisdiction, with citations to the state laws.
  • Oil and Gas Tax Reporter – edited by industry experts, providing many illustrative examples and tax planning considerations for oil and gas ventures, citations to controlling authorities, and updated quarterly to reflect the latest developments. Covers the tax provisions unique to the oil and gas industry, from exploration, through development, the production phase, and sales and other dispositions of the properties. Includes coverage of issues unique to oil and gas companies in various areas, including tax credits, depreciation, and accounting methods.
  • Internal Revenue Manual - Oil and Gas Handbook – IRS internal guidelines for the examination of income tax returns of taxpayers involved in the oil and gas industry.
  • ISPs/MSSPs – IRS papers establishing examination uniformity within industry categories; the publication includes the IRS Audit Technique Guide for the Oil & Gas Industry.

Contact your CCH account manager today or contact Benoit Filion.

Content is divided into six main sections, organized to trace the industry pattern for developing oil and gas reserves – updated at least quarterly (more often as needed)

The content is easy to follow for practitioners familiar with the industry, as the presentation of the material mirrors the professional’s normal course or workflow, with an overview for each topic.

1.    Introduction to Oil and Gas Taxation             Chapter 1
2.    Acquisition of Interests                                    Chapters 2 -- 8
3.    The Exploration Period                                    Chapters 9 -- 10
4.    The Production Period                                     Chapters 11 -- 18
5.    Dispositions                                                      Chapters 19 -- 21
6.    Other Areas (losses and aba

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Kess on Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CPE Course

In Kess on Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CPE Course, noted tax experts Sidney Kess, J.D., CPA, and Barbara Weltman, J.D., take a straightforward and practical look at 2009 tax legislation and related developments. This text-based Course offers tax professionals helpful guidance on the new law, including planning opportunities, pitfalls to beware of, and ways practitioners can capitalize on the law with their clients. Helpful Practice Development Tips, Planning Pointers and Observations designed to assist users in understanding and applying the new law are peppered throughout. The Course comes complete with learning objectives, study problems and a final exam for use in earning valuable continuing education credits. The course will be divided into six chapters:

  1. Changes for Individuals
  2. Housing
  3. Education and Health
  4. Retirement Savings
  5. Changes for Business
  6. Miscellaneous
  7. Changes

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Kess on Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

In Kess on Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CPE Course, noted tax experts Sidney Kess, J.D., CPA, and Barbara Weltman, J.D., take a straightforward and practical look at 2009 tax legislation. This text-based Course offers tax professionals helpful guidance on the new law, including planning opportunities, pitfalls to beware of, and ways practitioners can capitalize on the law with their clients. Helpful Practice Development Tips, Planning Pointers and Observations designed to assist users in understanding and applying the new law are peppered throughout. The Course comes complete with learning objectives, study problems and a final exam for use in earning valuable continuing education credits. The course will be divided into six chapters:

  1. Changes for Individuals
  2. Housing
  3. Education and Health
  4. Retirement Savings
  5. Changes for Business
  6. Miscellaneous Changes

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International Tax Newsletter

How Canadian practitioners stay in the know about international tax issues

As the Canadian economy becomes increasingly global, international tax issues are affecting Canadians as never before. Practitioners ranging from the accounting professional to the international tax specialist count on International Tax to stay current and accurately informed.

This bi-monthly newsletter is packed with insights from international tax experts on all types of international tax issues – all from a Canadian perspective. It includes tax changes and new issues in areas such as:

  • Determination of residency status
  • Outbound/inbound investments
  • Immigration/emigration for individuals
  • Corporate immigration/emigration
  • Impact of tax rules
  • Foreign tax rules
  • FIF rules
  • NRT rules
  • CRA Interpretation Bulletins

Editor-in-chief Sam J. Tyler, of KPMG Law LLP, leads an editorial team of Canadian international tax experts from both professional and academic fields.

Bonus features:
  • Free training and technical support

Wolters Kluwer CCH research subscriptions deliver the most timely, relevant and reliable tax information and commentary to Canada's tax professionals, significantly reducing research time.





Professionals who subscribe to International Tax newsletter also find these publications instrumental to their practice:

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U.S. Master Excise Tax Guide (Seventh Edition)

Available: April 2011

Provides a thorough explanation of federal excise taxes and follows the style of the U.S. Master Tax Guide. This convenient reference serves as an indispensable resource for accountants and tax professionals who work in the increasingly important and complex area of excise taxes. The new edition fully reflects changes brought about by recent tax legislation, including the new indoor tanning services tax introduced by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the tax on medical devices introduced by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and the important extensions to various fuel production incentives made by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, as well as new regulations, rulings, and significant court decisions.

Included in this handy quick reference are excise tax rate tables, a glossary of excise tax terms, a list of pertinent excise tax forms by subject matter and by number, an Internal Revenue Code section finding list, and handy checklists of taxed and non-taxed items.

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Forensic and Investigative Accounting (4th Edition

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

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Canadian GST/HST Monitor

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If you have a commodity tax practice or even if your practice simply includes some commodity tax work, you’ll find this newsletter indispensable.

Updated monthly, Canadian GST/HST Monitor provides you with timely information and thought-provoking articles written by leading practitioners such as Michael Firth of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Brent F. Murray of Wilson & Partners LLP.

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International Financial/Accounting Reporting Standards Guide 2011

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

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2011 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

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

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California Income Tax Laws and Regulations Annotated (2012)

Available: March 2012

This comprehensive volume provides full text of the California personal and corporate income (franchise) tax law and Franchise Tax Board regulations as amended through January 1, 2011.

This book presents the following divisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code in the order in which they appear in the California Code: 

  • Personal Income Tax
  • Administration of Franchise and Income Tax
  • Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance and Postponement Law
  • Taxpayers' Bill of Rights
  • Corporation Tax
  • Multistate Tax Compact

Each Code section is annotated with significant rulings, court decisions, and decisions of the State Board of Equalization, organized according to pertinent sections of the law.  


Related Products of Interest

- State Tax Handbook (2013)
- New York State Corporation Tax Law and Regulations (As of January 1, 2012)
- New York State Personal Income Tax Law and Regulations (As of January 1, 2012)
- New York State Sales and Use Tax Law and Regulations (As of January 1, 2012)

CCH's Guidebooks to State Taxes 2013:
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- North Carolina
- Ohio Taxes
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- New Jersey
- New York
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Texas

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Practical Guide to C Corporations – U.S.

Available: August 2011

Authors: Dominic Daher, Joshua Rosenberg and Steve Johnson

Offers practitioners current and practical explanation and analysis on corporations, giving them the guidance needed to manage the C Corporation election, compliance, tax planning, and life cycle needs. In addition to thorough coverage of how the tax laws impact C corporations, the Practical Guide details corporate formation, distributions, redemptions, liquidations, reorganizations and issues related to corporate tax practice and procedure. Practical Guide to C Corporations provides business entity practitioners with complete coverage of C corporation taxation issues.

  • Formation of a Corporation
  • Application of Federal Income Tax to Corporations
  • Nonliquidating Distributions
  • Redemptions
  • Liquidations and Partial Liquidations
  • Acquisitive Corporate Reorganizations
  • Procedural Aspects

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Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book, 2012 Edition (U.S.)

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.

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Multistate Guide to Trusts and Trust Administration, 2012 Edition (with CD)

Available: October 2011 

A multistate guide that covers how to set up and administer trusts in all fifty states. It enables the practitioner to keep abreast of the increasingly complex state rules that govern the establishment, maintenance and taxation of trusts and is of interest to the accountant and financial planner who makes provisions for his client's wealth management.

The book deals with the individual state rules for the creation of a trust, for appointing a trustee (including the qualifications that the trustee must have and the fiduciary duties that the trustee will owe to the grantor and the beneficiaries). The book discusses state requirements for modifying or revoking the trust. It covers the issues that arise if the grantor wishes to move the situs of the trust from one state to another. The permissible duration of a trust is also considered as is the Rule Against Perpetuities in states where this is still an issue.

This publication also discusses the accounting aspects of maintaining a trust from the state point of view, including creditor's rights in a trust, the different distribution standards in trust agreements, the effect of the Uniform Principal and Income Act (as adopted by each individual state), investment standards and total return trusts.

Also included is a discussion of the different state income tax rules, including forms and instructions for each state.

  • Revocable Trusts
  • Modification or Termination of Trusts
  • Issues in Connection with Trustee's Power to Make Discretionary Distributions
  • Trusts for Pets and Purpose Trusts
  • Asset Protection
  • Nonresident Qualification as Trustee
  • Trust Administration: Power to Adjust and Total Return Trusts
  • Trust Accounting: Principal and Income
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Forensic and Investigative Accounting (5th Edition)

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.

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