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Commodity Tax Symposium

September 27-28, 2010
(Pre and post Symposium workshops September 26 & 29)
Westin Ottawa Hotel
Ottawa, ON

Program Outline:

"The Symposium" is the annual gathering place for progressive professionals working or advising in commodity taxation. Containing a series of plenary sessions, concurrent presentations and keynote speaker addresses on critical issues relating to GST, PST, HST, QST and Customs and Trade, the Symposium provides unprecedented networking opportunities in the marketplace. Harmonization will be a key topic in 2010.

Who Should Attend:

For professionals who are serious about working in, or advising businesses in the area of indirect taxation:

  • CAs, lawyers, consultants and academics who research, and advise in the areas of GST, HST, PST, customs and trade, and other indirect taxes
  • Senior executives and other professionals who lead internal commodity tax groups in industry and not-for-profit environments
  • CRA, Department of Finance and Provincial Ministry of Finance representatives charged with policy and compliance initiatives relating to sales taxes and other indirect taxes.

Topics Include:

  • Relevant insights and advice on risk management related to commodity taxation issues
  • Discussion and debate about policy direction
  • The most important sales tax issues confronting the community
  • Updates on the most important GST, PST and HST cases over the last year
  • The PST Roundtable featuring top provincial policy makers
  • Ministère du Revenu du Québec policy issues
  • Annual CRA Roundtable

CPD Credits:

Up to 22 hours

Tuition:

From $1,695 (plus applicable taxes).
Includes optional Symposium CD-ROM
Workshops extra

Post-Symposium CD-ROM:

Once again, technical papers and recorded sessions, captured live and synchronized with the PowerPoint presentation from this year's Symposium will be available on CD-ROM. Symposium registrants will have the opportunity to order this valuable resource with their registration at the Symposium rate of $195.

Non-registrants can also order the CD-ROM from CICA's Learning Centre approximately 6 weeks after the event.

For a full range of online products, visit CICA's Learning Centre:

www.softconference.com/cica