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Welcome to CPA Canada!
The CICA and CMA Canada joined together January 1, 2013, to create CPA Canada as the national organization to support unification of the Canadian accounting profession under the CPA banner.Our integrated CPA Canada website will launch in January 2014. Until that time, all our existing resources, services and information are available through the CICA and CMA Canada legacy sites.
Bienvenue à CPA Canada!
L’ICCA et CMA Canada se sont regroupés le 1er janvier 2013 afin de créer CPA Canada, l’organisation nationale qui soutient l'unification de la profession comptable canadienne sous la bannière CPA.Le nouveau site CPA Canada sera mis en ligne en janvier 2014. Entre-temps, toutes nos ressources et tous nos services sont accessibles sur les sites de l’ICCA et de CMA Canada.
Frank Colantonio, CA
Director – Continuing Education
The 2010 GST Leaders’ Forum was held May 5 & 6 in Caledon, ON. A group of recognized GST accounting and legal service professionals from across Canada was invited to explore some of the most pressing issues they are facing and to share knowledge experience and ideas in an open and professional environment.
The Forum was facilitated by CICA Continuing Education as part of our commitment to support thought leadership events and advance best practices in financial reporting and business in Canada.
The output from the GST Leaders Forum includes:
1. A submission to The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
2. A Special Guest Presentation called VAT Harmonization in Europe, by Stephen Bill, VAT Unit, European Commission
3. A submission to The Senate of Canada, Senate Committee on National Finance
Please note that information, interpretations, opinions and recommendations reflected in these documents are those of the GST Leaders’ Forum and do not represent the views of The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, its members or its staff.
P.S. – A special information session relating to the GST Leaders Forum will be held on during the 2010 Commodity Tax Symposium, September 27 – 28, at The Ottawa Westin Hotel. For complete Symposium details and registration, CLICK HERE.
Sales Tax Harmonization is more than a Sales Tax Matter
Dean Grubb, Associate Partner, Vancouver Deloitte & Touche LLP
Angela Chang, Senior Manager, Vancouver Deloitte & Touche LLP
The implications of sales tax harmonization are enterprise wide as it has affects many facets of
your entire business, including product pricing (and customer management), capital and operating
spending (including vendor management), systems and compliance procedures. Sales tax harmonization
also carries with it income tax implications?
Ontario announced its intention to harmonize its provincial sales tax with the federal
goods and services tax (GST) in March 2009. BC followed suit four months later. The 13% Ontario
harmonized sales tax (OHST) and the 12% BC harmonized sales tax (BC HST) will take effect on July 1, 2010.
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