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CPA's Guide to Management Letter Comments, with CD-ROM (2014) (U.S.)

Author: Bert L. Swain, CPA

Developed through 30 years of experience in auditing practice for clients in a broad spectrum of industries, the CPA's Guide to Management Letter Comments provides literally hundreds of management comment examples for numerous situations that that are encountered by real firms working with real clients. Beginning with an example of the actual opening paragraph of a management letter, this compendium continues through all critical areas encountered during an audit and ends with suggested closing paragraphs so that even a first-time management letter preparer can produce a high-quality final product like a well-seasoned auditor.

All of the management comments letter text in the book is provided on a free companion CD-ROM in folders that correspond to the chapters in the book where the text appears.

  • Opening for Letter
  • Cash
  • Investments
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Inventory
  • Fixed Assets
  • Sales, Invoicing, and Revenue
  • Purchasing and Expenses
  • Accounts Payable
  • Payroll
  • Taxes
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Equity
  • Grants
  • Organizational/Governance Structure
  • Administrative Issues
  • Computer Systems
  • Annual Audit and Client Cooperation
  • Miscellaneous (e.g., Accrual Basis of Accounting, Restricted Funds Review Needed)
  • SAS-99 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  • Closing for Letter
  • The Auditor's Communication with Those Charged with Governance
312 pages

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Corporate Partnering: Structuring and Negotiating Domestic and International Strategic Alliances

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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Corporate Finance and the Securities Laws, Fourth Edition

Corporate Finance and the Securities Laws has been winning over practitioners with its clear "how to do it" approach ever since its publication in 1990. This acclaimed guide is now completely updated in this Fourth Edition to help you meet the challenges of raising capital in today's increasingly regulated marketplace.

Written in plain English by two top experts in the field, this guide is the go-to resource that explains the mechanics of corporate finance together with the statutes that govern each type of deal.

You will receive expert corporate finance analysis, procedural guidance and practical securities law pointers every step of the way to help you structure all types of corporate finance deals, root out problems before deals are put in motion, shepherd transactions through the regulatory process and know what to do when securities law problems crop up.

Table of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: Overviews of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Integrated Disclosure System
  • Chapter 2: Syndicate Procedures and Underwriting Documents
  • Chapter 3: Selected Issues in the Registration and Distribution Process
  • Chapter 4: Manipulative Practices and Market Activities During Distributions
  • Chapter 5: Liabilities and Due Diligence
  • Chapter 6: Rules of the Self-Regulatory Organizations
  • Chapter 7: Private Placements
  • Chapter 8: Shelf Registrations (Rule 415)
  • Chapter 9: International Financings
  • Chapter 10: Commercial Paper
  • Chapter 11: Innovative Financing Techniques
  • Chapter 12: Convertible, Exchangeable and "Linked" Securities; Warrants
  • Chapter 13: Transactions with Securityholders: Stock Repurchases, Debt Restructurings and Rights Offerings
  • Chapter 14: Asset-Backed Securities

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Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management (2014-2015) W/CD-ROM (U.S.)

Jae K. Shim, PhD,
Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA,
Nick Dauber, MS, CPA

A comprehensive source of practical solutions, strategies, techniques, procedures, and formulas covering all key aspects of accounting and financial management. Its examples, checklists, step-by-step instructions, and other practical working tools simplify complex financial management issues and give CFOs, corporate financial managers, and controller’s quick answers to day-to-day questions.

The Handbook covers important developments in government rules, accounting procedures, taxation and information technology. It includes references to relevant topics of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification references, as well as Accounting Standards Updates. The practical, hands-on guidance helps diagnose a firm's financial health, boost financial results, avoid unpleasant surprises, cut costs, and make financial decisions with confidence.

This edition also includes a free, back-of-the book CD-ROM containing searchable PDFs of each chapter, along with the following Excel forms:

- Capital Budgeting: Advice of Project Change Form
- Capital Budgeting: Appropriation Request Form
- Capital Budgeting: Economic Feasibility Study for a New Information System
- Capital Budgeting: Initial Cash Outlay and Operating Costs Checklist for a New Information System
- Capital Budgeting: Lease Versus Purchase Evaluation Report
- Capital Budgeting: Project Application Form
- Internal Control: Internal Control Assessment Form
- Internal Control: Computer Applications
- Checklist: Medium to Large Business
- Internal Control: Financial Reporting Information Systems and Controls Checklist — Medium to Large Business
- Variance Analysis: Daily Labor Mix Report
- Variance Analysis: Daily Material Usage Report by Week
- Variance Analysis: Labor Performance Report
- Variance Analysis: Monthly Material Variance Report
- Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Regional Sales Manager
- Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Vice-President

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Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management (2013-2014)

A comprehensive source of practical solutions, strategies, techniques, procedures, and formulas covering all key aspects of accounting and financial management.  Its examples, checklists, step-by-step instructions, and other practical working tools simplify complex financial management issues and give you answers to day-to-day questions.  

The Handbook covers important developments in government rules, accounting procedures, taxation and information technology. It includes references to relevant topics of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification references, as well as Accounting Standards Updates. The practical, hands-on guidance helps diagnose a firm's financial health, boost financial results, avoid unpleasant surprises, cut costs, and make financial decisions with confidence.

This edition also includes a free CD-ROM containing searchable PDFs of each chapter, along with the following Excel forms:

-    Capital Budgeting: Advice of Project Change Form
-    Capital Budgeting: Appropriation Request Form
-    Capital Budgeting: Economic Feasibility Study for a New Information System
-    Capital Budgeting: Initial Cash Outlay and Operating Costs Checklist for a New Information System
-    Capital Budgeting: Lease Versus Purchase Evaluation Report
-    Capital Budgeting: Project Application Form
-    Internal Control: Internal Control Assessment Form
-    Internal Control: Computer Applications
-    Checklist: Medium to Large Business
-    Internal Control: Financial Reporting Information Systems and Controls Checklist — Medium to Large Business
-    Variance Analysis: Daily Labor Mix Report
-    Variance Analysis: Daily Material Usage Report by Week
-    Variance Analysis: Labor Performance Report
-    Variance Analysis: Monthly Material Variance Report
-    Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Regional Sales Manager
-    Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Vice-President

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Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management (2012-2013) (U.S.)

Available: June 2012

A comprehensive source of practical solutions, strategies, techniques, procedures, and formulas covering all key aspects of accounting and financial management.  Its examples, checklists, step-by-step instructions, and other practical working tools simplify complex financial management issues and give you answers to day-to-day questions. 

The Handbook covers important developments in government rules, accounting procedures, taxation and information technology. It includes references to relevant topics of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification references, as well as Accounting Standards Updates. The practical, hands-on guidance helps diagnose a firm's financial health, boost financial results, avoid unpleasant surprises, cut costs, and make financial decisions with confidence.

This edition also includes a free CD-ROM containing searchable PDFs of each chapter, along with the following Excel forms:

  • Capital Budgeting: Advice of Project Change Form
  • Capital Budgeting: Appropriation Request Form
  • Capital Budgeting: Economic Feasibility Study for a New Information System
  • Capital Budgeting: Initial Cash Outlay and Operating Costs Checklist for a New Information System
  • Capital Budgeting: Lease Versus Purchase Evaluation Report
  • Capital Budgeting: Project Application Form
  • Internal Control: Internal Control Assessment Form
  • Internal Control: Computer Applications
  • Checklist: Medium to Large Business
  • Internal Control: Financial Reporting Information Systems and Controls Checklist — Medium to Large Business
  • Variance Analysis: Daily Labor Mix Report
  • Variance Analysis: Daily Material Usage Report by Week
  • Variance Analysis: Labor Performance Report
  • Variance Analysis: Monthly Material Variance Report
  • Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Regional Sales Manager
  • Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Vice-President

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Controller’s Handbook, 2nd Edition

Controller's Handbook focuses on practical ways to meet the many challenges faced by controllers and financial managers in small and medium-sized companies and provides guidance to ensure sound financial controllership. It uses the Plan, Do, Check and Act (PDCA) management model to effectively deploy organizational resources to achieve planned outcomes. Also provided are checklists to help controllers focus on implementing key tools.

Topics covered:

  • Planning management
  • Core accounting process management
  • Reporting and information management
  • People and relationship management
  • Special situations

Updates include:

  • Expanded material on ethics, corporate governance, and internal controls
  • Improved and additional checklists, useful forms, insightful tips, and situation summaries
  • Updated appendices on further reading and references

Table of Contents (subject to modification)

  • Introduction
  • Planning: developing plans and strategies
  • Execution: developing and managing effective processes
  • Relationship management: building the networks for success
  • Checking: building a performance-measurement system
  • Using fact-based decision making to take action
  • Special situations
  • References
  • Appendices and templates

About the Author
Nick Shepherd, FCMC, CGA, FCCA, has more than 40 years of business experience. Since 1989, he has run his own management consulting and professional development company, EduVision Inc., which provides management consulting and development services to public and private sector organizations.

A fellow of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Ontario (Honour Roll), and past president of the Institute, Nick is past chair of the National Certification Committee for all Institutes of Management Consulting across Canada and is also past chair of the Professional Standards Committee of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes. He has been a Certified General Accountant for over 25 years, and is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK), a senior member of the American Society for Quality, and past chair of the Quality Costs Committee of the Management Quality Division. He is also a member of Mensa Canada.

Nick is a well-known professional development facilitator, and teaches both the three-day Essentials of Controllership program and the two-day Decision Making and Costing for Controllers advanced program. He also presents many professional development workshops across Canada annually. In 2006, he received the President's Award for Education from the Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia.

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Contemporary Tax Practice: Research, Planning and Strategies (Third Edition)

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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Competition Law in Canada

Published: August 2013


Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Competition Law in Canada covers every aspect of the subject – the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement procedures; civil remedies and criminal penalties; and raising challenges to administrative decisions.

Throughout the book, the treatment emphasizes enforcement, with relevant cases analysed where appropriate. An informative introductory chapter provides detailed information on the economic, legal, and historical background, including national and international sources, scope of application, an overview of substantive provisions and main notions, and a comprehensive description of the enforcement system including private enforcement.

The book proceeds to a detailed analysis of substantive prohibitions, including:

  • Cartels and other horizontal agreements
  • Vertical restraints
  • The various types of abusive conduct by the dominant firms and the appraisal of concentrations
  • Administrative enforcement of competition law, with a focus on the antitrust authorities’ powers of investigation and the right of defence of suspected companies
  • Voluntary merger notifications and clearance decisions
  • Description of the judicial review of administrative decisions

Lawyers who handle transnational commercial transactions will appreciate the explanation of fundamental differences in procedure from one legal system to another, as well as the international aspects of competition law.


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CCH/Advocis Education Program Course 2: Contemporary Practices in Financial Planning, 10th Edition

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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CCH Scan

About CCH Scan

CCH Scan is a part of CCH Accountants' Suite. CCH Scan is a paperless software solution that effortlessly and electronically takes the proverbial shoebox of unsorted client information, determines what each item is, and outputs the organized documents to a single, organized, and bookmarked PDF file.

Document preparation and scanning has never been this quick and easy. Your administrative staff can transfer the T1 source documents immediately into the return for the preparer. Your firm can become more productive, and see its revenue rise, with CCH Scan.

Imagine how much time, effort, and money would be lost if your firm’s and clients’ source documents were destroyed.

Have you considered how much revenue your firm is losing due to:
Wasted time spent on sorting and organizing client information?
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CCH Accountants' Suite - CCH Document

About CCH Document

CCH Document is a part of CCH Accountants' Suite. CCH Document is a complete document management solution built specifically for today's accounting firms. This robust application reduces the costs associated with creating and storing paper documents, resulting in an environment where your staff will work together more efficiently.

Using a document management system enable staff members to shed the dependence on physical pieces of paper allowing access to any document from any location. In addition, it automates document retention and allows you to implement consistent firm-wide retention policies. These policies ensure that documents are retained for mandated periods of time then disposed of properly.
Plus, having an electronic repository for all documents with the firm streamlines workflows, lowers costs for storing documents, and creates more time for staff to generate revenue from new clients or provide additional services to your existing clients.

Accelerating Business Workf

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Cantax Productivity Seminar Guidebook

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

This guidebook is available for purchase until December 31, 2014 and quantities are limited so order today! 

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Cantax Archive

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.


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Canadian Securities Regulatory Requirements Applicable to Non-Resident Broker-Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers

Published: November 2012


Canadian Securities Regulatory Requirements Applicable to Non-Resident Broker-Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers provides foreign securities and investment firms with essential information they need about Canadian securities regulatory licensing requirements.

Written with Canada’s top securities law experts at McCarthy Tétrault LLP, this resource serves as a comprehensive guide to foreign securities and investment firms seeking Canadian clients. In short, anyone who has clients conducting securities business in Canada will require this resource. Foreign investment managers will also require this information to act as an investment fund manager in Canada.

The book covers topics that should be addressed by non-residents before trading securities or providing investment advice to any person or company within Canada.

What's included:

  • Dealer registration
  • Adviser registration
  • Investment fund manager registration
  • Prospectus requirements

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Canadian Income Tax Act with Regulations, Annotated - Academic 98th Edition

When it comes to staying on top of the latest tax laws, Canadian Income Tax Act with Regulations, Annotated is the defi nitive guide on the Income Tax Act in Canada. Containing the full text of the Act, with comprehensive notes, annotations, references and commentary, it’s the resource of choice for more than 10,000 tax professionals across the country. No other single reference offers the same degree of authoritative analysis and editorial excellence on the Income Tax Act.

Provide your students with valuable insight and analysis from our 23-member editorial board, which includes some of the most distinguished tax experts in Canada.

This guide is also available in eBook format featuring the same familiar look and feel of the print edition, with robust search functionality and the convenience and portability of the iPad.

Also, available as a special bundle with

Introduction to Federal Income Taxation in Canada, 35th Edition, 2014-2015


Federal Income Taxation: Fundamentals, 7th Edition, 2014-2015

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Canadian Commercial Law Guide

The Canadian Commercial Law Guide provides you with in-depth and up-to-date expert commentary and coverage of a wide variety of business and commercial law areas across Canada.

Your subscription includes:

  • a monthly newsletter, the Commercial Times, that explains changes to relevant law, summarizes recent cases, and provides in-depth articles that examine current topics of interest to commercial lawyers
  • the News Tracker, which lets you know the status of legislative changes (available only to online subscribers)
  • tables of concordance comparing significant pieces of legislation across the country
  • in-depth commentary on the following key commercial topics:
    • sales contracts
    • debt collection
    • consumer protection
    • negotiable instruments
    • intellectual property
    • personal property security
    • other forms of security
    • bankruptcy and insolvency
    • product liability
    • competition law

Areas covered include franchising, consumer disclosures, trade secrets, class actions, secured transactions, and much, much more!


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Canada Corporations Law Reporter

The Canada Corporations Law Reporter covers all aspects of law and practice surrounding the life-cycle and events of a federally incorporated company. All corporate compliance and practice issues are addressed in our comprehensive expert commentary. The Reporter also contains recent case law, relevant statutes and regulations, plus forms, precedents, government policies, and other information to keep the corporation in conformance to laws and using best practices.

To further assist you in your research, it includes Tables of Concordance cited to the subsection level between all provincial and federal corporations acts as well as several useful corporate governance reference charts.

Key topics include:

  • Incorporation
  • Corporate Finance
  • Directors and Officers
  • Corporate Governance
  • Shareholders
  • Financial Disclosure
  • Competition Law
  • Investigation and Remedies
  • Fundamental Changes
  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency
  • Liquidation and Dissolution
  • Licensing and Registration
  • Not-for-profit Corporations
  • Foreign Investment

Your subscription includes Corporate Brief, a monthly newsletter featuring articles, recent cases and updates to relevant legislation.

Subscribe to the online version and access Corporate Law News Tracker. With the News Tracker, you get notices of all updates via e-mail. Your updates give you instant access to changes in corporate law that originate from a variety of primary and secondary sources such as press releases, legislation, and cases.

 

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California Income Tax Laws and Regulations Annotated (2013)

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, 2013.

California Income Tax Laws and Regulations Annotated 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.  Detailed indexes precede the Personal Income Tax, Administration of Franchise and Income Tax Laws, and the Corporation Tax provisions.  In addition, Federal-California and California-Federal cross reference tables make research thorough and easy.



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Business Tax Answer Book (2015) (U.S.)

Dorinda D. DeScherer, J.D.

An accessible, practical, plain-language and comprehensive reference source for tax information for accountants, attorneys, business owners, and other business advisors.

In addition to the more than 800 answers to the key questions regarding business income and payroll tax liabilities, this book provides time-saving tools to help the businesses implement the tax strategies and compliance guidelines discussed in the book. These include numerous practice pointers, real-world examples and a comprehensive tax calendar.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Sole Proprietorships and Home-Based Businesses
  • Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
  • C Corporations
  • S Corporations
  • Tax Accounting
  • Business Income and Deductions
  • Depreciation
  • Travel and Entertainment Expenses
  • Employee Health and Accident Benefits
  • Employee Fringe Benefits
  • Retirement Plans
  • Owner-Corporation Transactions
  • Sales and Other Dispositions of Business Assets
  • Payroll Taxes
  • Troubleshooting

7" x 10"    760 pages

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Business Tax Answer Book (2014) (US)

  Authors: Terence M. Myers, J.D.,  Dorinda D. DeScherer, J.D.

In addition to the more than 800 answers to the key questions regarding business income and payroll tax liabilities, the Business Tax Answer Book provides time-saving tools to help the businesses implement the tax strategies and compliance guidelines discussed in the book. These include numerous practice pointers, real-world examples and a comprehensive tax calendar.

  • Sole Proprietorships and Home-Based Businesses
  • Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
  • C Corporations
  • S Corporations
  • Tax Accounting
  • Business Income and Deductions
  • Depreciation
  • Travel and Entertainment Expenses
  • Employee Health and Accident Benefits
  • Employee Fringe Benefits
  • Retirement Plans
  • Owner-Corporation Transactions
  • Sales and Other Dispositions of Business Assets
  • Payroll Taxes
  • Troubleshooting

760 pages


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Business Succession Planning Answer Book – 2015 (U.S.)

Author: Ann Burns

Explores the issues that arise when the current owners of a family business wish to retire or otherwise transfer ownership of the business. These issues include ensuring that the owners have enough money to retire on, providing for what will happen to the business – whether there will there be a transfer of ownership or whether the business will dissolve, providing for who will take over the management of the business and how ownership will be transferred. Discussing and resolving these issues within the family can also be complicated and contentious, depending on the family dynamics. Essentially, business succession can be broken down into three main categories:  management, ownership and taxes. This publication discusses the distinction between management and ownership, exploring the possibility of transferring the responsibility for managing the business to one child while transferring equal shares of business ownership to all children. Business succession planning also looks at the minimization of taxes upon death. This may involve asset transfer tax strategies, for example freezing the value of the business while transferring the ownership. This publication explains how to accomplish these goals.

Chapter 1         Introduction to Business Succession Planning
Chapter 2         The Advisor's Role in Business Succession Planning
Chapter 3         Non-Tax Aspects of Family Business Succession
Chapter 4         Common Goals of Business Owners
Chapter 5         Key Features of Buy-Sell Agreements for the Business Owner
Chapter 6         Key Features of an Estate Plan for the Business Owner
Chapter 7         Redemptions, Recapitalizations, and Restructuring
Chapter 8         Transfers to Outsiders: Selling the Business
Chapter 9         Transfers to Insiders: Employees, Management, Other Shareholders
Chapter 10       Transfers to Family
Chapter 11       Charitable Strategies and Business Succession Planning
Chapter 12       Valuation in Business Succession Planning

9780808039129   7" x 10"      300 pages


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Business Succession Planning Answer Book – 2014 (US)

Explores the issues that arise when the current owners of a family business wish to retire or otherwise transfer ownership of the business. These issues include ensuring that the owners have enough money to retire on, providing for what will happen to the business – whether there will there be a transfer of ownership or whether the business will dissolve, providing for who will take over the management of the business and how ownership will be transferred. Discussing and resolving these issues within the family can also be complicated and contentious, depending on the family dynamics. Essentially, business succession can be broken down into three main categories:  management, ownership and taxes. This publication discusses the distinction between management and ownership, exploring the possibility of transferring the responsibility for managing the business to one child while transferring equal shares of business ownership to all children. Business succession planning also looks at the minimization of taxes upon death. This may involve asset transfer tax strategies, for example freezing the value of the business while transferring the ownership.

Chapter 1     Introduction to Business Succession Planning
Chapter 2     The Advisor's Role in Business Succession Planning
Chapter 3     Non-Tax Aspects of Family Business Succession
Chapter 4     Common Goals of Business Owners
Chapter 5     Key Features of Buy-Sell Agreements for the Business     Owner
Chapter 6     Key Features of an Estate Plan for the Business Owner
Chapter 7     Redemptions, Recapitalizations, and Restructuring
Chapter 8     Transfers to Outsiders: Selling the Business
Chapter 9     Transfers to Insiders: Employees, Management, Other     Shareholders
Chapter 10     Transfers to Family
Chapter 11     Charitable Strategies and Business Succession Planning
Chapter 12     Valuation in Business Succession Planning

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Business Franchise Guide

Since the early days of franchise law over 20 years ago, the Business Franchise Guide has been the only single source of federal and state franchise and distribution laws, regulations, uniform disclosure formats and full-text case reporting.

It contains hundreds of pages of FTC and UFOC guidelines that aid franchisers in developing a uniform format for use under various state laws that require disclosure and registration prior to the sale of franchises. Our experienced editorial staff at CCH has included more than 900 pages of explanations analyzing nearly 150 franchise law topics, with annotations dating back to 1980.

Features:

  • Obtain FTC and UFOC guidelines necessary for creating disclosure/ registration documents
  • Gain access to over nearly 5,000 court and administrative decisions that litigators can use in their cases
  • Guide yourself with the help of more than 900 pages of CCH explanations and analysis that present franchise law in easy-to-understand terms
  • Unlock international franchise laws with the English translations of laws and regulations in 18 jurisdictions that keep franchisors with businesses outside the U.S. up-to-date and in compliance
  • Stay current with monthly updates along with a newsletter that highlights the latest franchise law changes and developments
  • Anticipate new legal requirements with a monthly list of pending state and federal legislation

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Business Express Answers (2014 Edition) (US)

Formerly Business Quick Answers

Your business income tax "how to" reference. Thoughtfully and logically organized, this book covers C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, LLCs and tax-exempt organizations. It will be the first resource you reach for when you need quick answers to your compliance questions.

  • Detailed information on how to report income, deductions and other tax items
  • Coverage of the basic requirements for payroll tax compliance - filing requirements, forms to use, deposit requirements and more
  • Concise and accurate explanations of key business tax law points, with special chapters on:
  • Depreciation and amortization
  • Employee benefit plans
  • Tax credits and business deductions
  • Tax accounting
  • Partnerships and corporate acquisitions, dispositions and liquidations
Charts and tables of tax information, including:
  • IRS corporate tax rate schedules
  • Entity filing information
  • Principal activity codes
  • Depreciation tables
  • Lease inclusion tables
  • Asset class lives
  • Special coverage of tax law changes that occurred in the past year
  • Worksheets designed to help you calculate specific tax items and then organize the information for input on a return

410 pages

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Business Basics for Law Students: Essential Concepts and Applications, Fourth Edition

Published: April 2006


To supply the background law students need to succeed in business-related courses - such as accounting, economics, real estate, tax, business organizations, and finance - try the text known for its effectiveness, edition after edition. Business Basics for Law Students, Fourth Edition explains the mechanics, concepts, and legal context of business topics in exceptionally clear and accessible language.

The book demystifies business principles through:

  • The combined skills of distinguished authors who draw on their teaching and writing experience to build student confidence
  • Straightforward explanations of daunting topics (accounting, financial statements, taxes, mortgages, etc.) tailored to students without a business background
  • Generous use of examples to convey ideas and applications
  • A helpful list of new terms in the appendix, conveniently keyed to the pages where they are used and explained
  • Frequent use of visual aids, such as tax forms, financial quotes as they appear in the newspaper, tables, and graphs
  • An accessible design featuring lists of topics keyed to headings at the beginning of each chapter, key terms and concepts bolded for easy identification, and frequent use of lists to clearly enumerate points and examples

Thoroughly updated to respond to recent developments, the fourth edition features:

  • New material on recent scandals and reforms in the chapters on accounting, forms of organization, trading, and mutual funds
  • The latest information on executive compensation
  • Extensive revisions to the chapters on tax and retirement planning, in light of recent and proposed reforms, especially in connection with Social Security
  • An expanded chapter on insurance that now includes health insurance, auto insurance, and more
  • New material on spinoffs and other divisive reorganization in the chapter on mergers, as well as discussion of taxable and tax-free transactions
  • New coverage of securities regulation, antitrust, intellectual property law, and international business transactions integrated throughout the text

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Broker-Dealer Law and Regulation, Fourth Edition

Whether you represent brokerage firms and their employees or shareholders and investors, your clients depend on your informed counsel to help them thrive in today’s securities markets. With Broker-Dealer Law and Regulation, the authoritative analysis and practical guidance you need to advise clients on their rights, duties and liabilities under today’s complex securities regulations is at your fingertips. Written by two of America’s leading securities authorities, this publication gives you reliable guidance on the latest federal and state law governing private litigation and arbitration between broker-dealers and their customers, as well as regulation by the SEC and the SROs.

The Fourth Edition has been completely revised to cover all of the important regulatory changes and developments in case law affecting broker-dealers and includes new chapters covering the structure of the securities markets, the regulation of broker-dealers in public offerings and SEC and SRO enforcement, as well as expanded analysis of the technological advances in securities trading and information dissemination.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction
    • Chapter 1: The Economics and Structure of the Securities Industry
    • Chapter 2: Broker-Dealers Within Financial Conglomerates
    • Chapter 3: The Securities Markets
    • Chapter 4: An Overview of the Regulatory System
  • Regulation and Compliance
    • Chapter 5: Broker Registration and Exemptions
    • Chapter 6: Broker and Associated Person Registration Process
    • Chapter 7: Broker Recordkeeping and Reporting
    • Chapter 8: Privacy and Anti-Money Laundering
    • Chapter 9: The Duty to Supervise
    • Chapter 10: Compensation in the Securities Industry
    • Chapter 11: Electronic Trading and the Securities Industry
    • Chapter 12: Financial Regulation of Broker-Dealers
    • Chapter 13: Broker-Dealers in Public Offerings
    • Chapter 14: SEC and SRO Enforcement and Disciplinary Proceedings
    • Chapter 15: Penny Stock Regulation
  • Private Rights of Actions
    • Chapter 16: Liability of Broker-Dealers Under Common Law
    • Chapter 17: Fraud Generally
    • Chapter 18: Churning
    • Chapter 19: The Suitability Doctrine
    • Chapter 20: Unauthorized Trading
    • Chapter 21: Market Manipulation
    • Chapter 22: Conflicts of Interest and the Securities Industry
    • Chapter 23: Damages in Actions Against Broker-Dealers
    • Chapter 24: Defenses in Actions Against Broker-Dealers
    • Chapter 25: Vicarious Liability

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BLUE BOOK 2013: Joint Committee on Taxation's General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in the 112th Congress

 Authors: Lois Ruffner Plank, Donald Morris, Bryan R. Plank and Christie Plank Ciraulo

Provides a detailed explanation of the tax-related provisions contained in over 40 pieces of legislation enacted in the 112th Congress during 2011 and 2012.

The Blue Book provides the legislative history for each Act, a provision-by-provision description of the prior law and new law, the reasons for the law change if the provision was reported out of committee before enactment, and the effective date of each law change. Descriptions prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation were included in the absence of other committee reports or when the Joint Committee issued a contemporaneous technical explanation of the bill. An Appendix shows the estimated budget effects of the tax legislation enacted in the 112th Congress for fiscal years 2010 – 2012.

The Blue Book's explanations serve as a useful guide in understanding the intent and meaning of the new tax laws and, along with committee and conference reports, is considered substantial authority for the tax treatment of an item for purposes of avoiding the Code Sec. 6662 accuracy-related penalty on substantial understatements of income tax (Reg. §1.6662-4(d)(3)(iii)).

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Best Practices in Financial Planning for Accountants Archived Webinar 2012

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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Bennett on Bankruptcy, 17th Edition

Published: December 2014


Gain critical insights on the current status of the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act in a book from legal expert, Frank Bennett.

Perfect for Corporate and Commercial Lawyers, Trustees, Accountants, Debtors, Lenders, Directors, Corporate Secretaries, or In-House Corporate Counsel, Bennett on Bankruptcy, 17th Edition explains leading cases from a practitioner’s point of view.

What's new:

  • Over 100 new cases
  • Commentary continues to be revised and expanded
  • Two new Ontario Template Receivership Orders as well as new practice directions
  • A new Ontario Template CCAA Order
  • Four new or revised Directives, including the Procedure Governing Trustee Professional Conduct Proceedings and the updated Surplus Income requirements
  • Seventeen new Notices
  • One Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act form has been revised
  • Reference to the Discussion Paper on the 2014 Statutory Review of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act

About the Author
Frank Bennett, L.S.M., LL.M., is the past Chair of both the provincial and national Bankruptcy and Insolvency sections of the CBA, a council member and currently chair of the Foreign Conference Committee of the Ontario Bar Association, a former member of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Advisory Committee to Industry Canada, a frequent lecturer, and author of several books and articles.


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Bennett on Bankruptcy Precedents, 2nd Edition

Published: December 2008


Bennett on Bankruptcy Precedents, 2nd Edition is a collection of forms and precedents adapted from the prescribed forms under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. These are designed to guide the bankruptcy practitioner through the complete bankruptcy process, from the initial retainer and court filings through to discharge and appeals.

What's included:

  • Precedents
  • Companies' Creditors Arrangements Act
  • Commentary
  • A DVD containing the forms and precedents in electronic format

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Auditor's Risk Management Guide: Integrating Auditing and ERM (2013) (U.S.)

Comprehensive how-to book that guides the reader on performing risk management-based audits. The book covers the Enterprise Risk Management Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO).

Following the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley and its strict corporate governance and accountability provisions, developing better risk management techniques is becoming more important in meeting higher audit committee expectations.

The first part of the Auditor's Risk Management Guide provides a broad understanding of corporate governance, ERM principles, and different auditing approaches. It also provides step-by-step instructions on how to execute the risk management-based audit, including frequently asked questions.

The second part of the book is devoted to detailed case studies that illustrate the risk management-based audit methodology and tools in different scenarios, beginning with a business risk assessment and working through common audit areas such as closing the books, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. Practice Pointers and Observations throughout provide additional commentary to assist the reader in understanding the methodology.

A free CD-ROM is included with the book provides electronic versions of the various work programs, checklists, and other tools in the book.

PART I: Risk Management-Based Auditing
1.      Overview of Enterprise Risk Management
2.      The Enterprise Risk Management Funnel
3.      Evolution of Auditing Approaches
4.      Strategy: The Beginning of the Journey
5.      Risk Assessment: Business Level
6.      Risk Assessment Qualification Techniques
7.      Entity-Level Control
8.      Risk Assessment: Process Level
9.      Process Design Phase
10.      Testing Phase
11.      Risk Infrastructure Assessment
12.      Action Planning Phase: The Real Value
13.      Monitoring and Follow-Up
14.      Auditing the ERM Process
15.      The Future of Risk Management-Based Auditing
16.     Frequently Asked Questions

PART II: Case Studies
17.  Case Study: Business Risk Assessment
18.  Case Study: Risk Management Infrastructure
19.  Case Study: Close the Books
20.  Case Study: Inventory
21.  Case Study: Procurement
22.  Case Study: Accounts Payable and Disbursements
23.  Case Study: Accounts Receivable and Collections
24.  Case Study: Quality Assurance
25.  Case Study: Payroll and Relat

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Atlantic Tax Reporter

Complete, up-to-date coverage of tax law in the region 

With frequent updates, Atlantic Tax Reporter is an essential resource for tax professionals who have clients with business interests in any of the four Atlantic jurisdictions – New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

As a subscriber, you have access to full coverage of the latest tax developments in these jurisdictions as well as valuable time-saving tools and commentary. Content includes:

  • Statutes and regulations pertaining to:
    • Income tax (personal and corporate)
    • Retail sales tax in PEI, capital tax, tobacco tax, mining tax and fuel tax
  • Official government publications related to personal and corporate income tax
  • Commentary on various taxes, including harmonized sales tax (applicable in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia)

Bonus features:

  • Provincial Tax News monthly newsletter
  • Handy federal and provincial tax charts
  • Inter-provincial sales tax charts
  • Budget dispatches
  • News releases
  • Case digests
  • Full-text case law
  • Administration and personnel charts
  • A summary of the progress of provincial legislation

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 Atlantic Tax Reporter also find these publications instrumental to their practice:

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Archived Webinar: Legal Project Management: Why, What and How

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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Archived Webinar: Conflicts of Interest: Professional Duties and Best Practices for In-House Counsel

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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Archived Webinar - They Bought the Farm - Tax Benefits on Farm Transfers

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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Archived Webinar - The Use of Trusts in Estate and Business Planning

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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Archived Webinar - GST/HST and Real Property Transactions

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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Archived Webinar - Death and Taxes - When Life's Two Certainties Collide

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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Arbitration Advocacy in Changing Times

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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Arbitrating Under the 2012 ICC Rules: An Introductory User's Guide

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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Arbitrability: International and Comparative Perspectives

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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Antitrust Law: An Analysis of Antitrust Principles and Their Application

The authority of Antitrust Law is second to none. It has been cited more than 50 times by both the Supreme Court and FTC and more than 1,000 times by the federal courts. Most recently it was cited by the Supreme Court in Pacific Bell v LinkLine Communications.

No other source gives you all the law to avoid antitrust liability as you plan marketing strategies, develop pricing policies, structure mergers and prove - or defend against - antitrust injury, monopolization, conspiracy and other allegations. It includes real-world examples and in-depth examination of thousands of cases.

In 2008, the USDOJ Antitrust Division presented Hovenkamp with the prestigious John Sherman Award. This annual award is given for outstanding contributions to the field of antitrust law, the protection of American consumers and the preservation of economic liberty.

The latest release includes Volumes 3, 3A and 3B of the Third Edition, which have been revised and greatly expanded.

Table of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: Objectives of the Antitrust Laws
  • Chapter 2: Domain of the Antitrust Laws: Jurisdiction, Immunities, and Exclusion from Coverage
  • Chapter 3: The System of Remedies: Basic Issues
  • Chapter 4: The Economic Basis for Antitrust Policy
  • Chapter 5: Market Power and Market Definition
  • Chapter 6: Monopolization
  • Chapter 7: Monopolization: Particular Exclusionary Practices
  • Chapter 8: Power and the Power-Conduct Relationship in Monopolization and Attempt
  • Chapter 9: Mergers: Generally and Horizontal
  • Chapter 10: Vertical Mergers
  • Chapter 11: Conglomerate Mergers
  • Chapter 12: Partial Acquisitions and Post-Acquisition Evidence
  • Chapter 13: Interlocking Directors
  • Chapter 14: Conspiracy, Horizontal and Vertical
  • Chapter 15: "Rule of Reason" and "Per Se Rule" - General Issues
  • Chapter 16: Vertical Distribution Restraints Limiting Intrabrand Competition
  • Chapter 17: Tying Arrangements
  • Chapter 18: Exclusive Dealing and Related Practices
  • Chapter 19: Horizontal Agreements: An Introduction
  • Chapter 20: Horizontal Agreements Limiting Participants' Output
  • Chapter 21: Horizontal Agreements Facilitating Development, Production, or Distribution
  • Chapter 22: Horizontal Agreements Excluding Rivals
  • Chapter 23: The Robinson-Patman Act
  • Chapter 24: State Antitrust Law: A Brief Introduction
  • Complete Table of Contents
  • Chapter Table of Cases
  • Index

 

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Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Manual

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Manual has been carefully compiled to give you everything you need to speed up the resolution of disputes in the following practice areas:

  • Commercial Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Family Law
  • School Mediation
  • Employment and Labour Law
  • Landlord and Tenant Law

Key topics include:

  • Dispute Resolution Spectrum
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Mini-trials
  • Negotiation
  • Liability of ADR Neutrals
  • Court-annexed ADR
  • Preparing for and Attending Mediation
  • ADR in the Workplace

The manual also provides checklists, legislation, rules of various arbitration and mediation organizations, selected international material, a directory of dispute resolution centers and services, as well as sample agreements, clauses and practical “how to” advice. Included with your subscription is the quarterly newsletter, ADR Forum.

Number of Volumes: 2


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Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios (2015) (U.S.)

Philip Wilson

The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries.

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you important average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin.

It comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
  • Mining
  • Utilities
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Wholesale trade
  • Retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Information
  • Finance and insurance
  • Real estate and rental leasing
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
  • Management of companies (holding companies)
  • Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
  • Health care and social assistance
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation
  • Accommodation and food services
  • Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and religious, grant-making, civic, and professional organizations)

8 ½" x 11"   824 pages

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Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios (2014)

Author: Dr. Leo Troy

The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries.

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size. You'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin.

Comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
  • Mining
  • Utilities
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Wholesale trade
  • Retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Information
  • Finance and insurance
  • Real estate and rental leasing
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
  • Management of companies (holding companies)
  • Administrative and support and waste management and remediation
    services
  • Health care and social assistance
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation
  • Accommodation and food services
  • Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and religious, grant-making, civic, and professional organizations)

824 pages

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Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios (2013)

Author: Dr. Leo Troy

The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries. 

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you important average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin.
The Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
  • Mining
  • Utilities
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Wholesale trade
  • Retail trade
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Information
  • Finance and insurance
  • Real estate and rental leasing
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
  • Management of companies (holding companies)
  • Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
  • Health care and social assistance
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation
  • Accommodation and food services
  • Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and religious, grant-making, civic, and professional organizations)

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Affordable Care Act – Law, Regulatory Explanation and Analysis (2015) (U.S.)

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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ADR in Business: Practice and Issues Across Countries and Cultures, Volume II

Published: January 2011


Whether the ‘A’ stands for ‘appropriate’, ‘amicable’, or ‘alternative’, all out of court dispute resolution modes, collected under the banner term ‘ADR’ , aim to assist the business world in overcoming relational differences in a truly manageable way.

The first edition of this book (2006) contributed to a global awareness that ADR is important in its own right, and not simply as a substitute for litigation or arbitration. Now, drawing on a wealth of new sources and developments, including the flourishing of hybrid forms of ADR, the subject matter has been largely augmented and expanded on two fronts: in-depth analysis (both descriptive and comparative) of methodology, expectations and outcomes and extended geographical coverage across all continents.

ADR in Business: Practice and Issues Across Countries and Cultures, Volume II covers twenty-nine ‘intertwined but variegated’ essays (to use the editor’s characterization) that provide substantial insight in such specific topics as:

  • ADR’s flexible procedures as controlled by the parties
  • ADR’s facilitation of the continuation of relations between the parties
  • Privilege and confidentiality
  • Involvement of non-legal professionals
  • The identity and the role of the ‘neutral’ as well as the role of the arbitrator
  • The implementation of ICC and other international ADR rules
  • The workings of Dispute Boards and
  • The role of ADR in securing investment and other specific objectives

In its compound thesis – growing in relevance every day – that numerous dispute resolution methods exist whose goals and developments are varied but fundamentally complementary, the multifaceted approach presented here is of immeasurable value to any business party, particularly at the international level.

Practitioners faced with drafting a dispute resolution clause in a contract, or dealing with a dispute that has arisen, will find expert guidance here, and academics will expand their awareness of the issues raised by ADR, in particular as it relates to arbitration. A broad cross section of interested professionals will discover ample material for comparative study of how disputes are approached and resolved in numerous countries and cultures.

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A Practical Guide to Estates and Trusts, 3rd Edition

A Practical Guide to Estates and Trusts provides pertinent estate and trust compliance information for professionals who complete tax returns for estates and trusts. Accountants and lawyers who provide advice on the administration of estates or trusts will find the tips and checklists provided by the author, helpful in the planning process.

Since the last edition was published, there have been substantial changes that impact estate planning in the form of budgetary pronouncements, legislative changes, new case law, and CRA administrative positions.

The new edition of A Practical Guide to Estates and Trusts has been updated to include:

  • all legislative changes to October 2010
  • new CRA administrative filing requirements
  • new CRA technical interpretations
  • new court cases with respect to trust residency determination

Other topics covered include:

  • Estate Administration
  • Calculating Income Taxes Payable
  • Income and Capital Interest in Trusts
  • Family Trusts
  • Executor's Compensation
  • Estate Accounting
  • Capital Gains Deduction
  • Allocations – Designations
  • Anti-Avoidance Rules
  • The 21-Year Deemed Disposition Rule

The author provides guidance on completing appropriate Canada Revenue Agency forms. Selected Interpretation Bulletins and Information Circulars are reproduced to further assist in the completion of the relevant forms.

 

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