Event Calendar
Commodity Tax Symposium
October 1-2, 2012
(workshops September 30 & October 3)
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.
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:
- The View from the Tax Court of Canada
- Implementation of a U.S. VAT
- Post HST-Implementation Hot Topics
- Fair Market Concepts in HST
- Imported Services – The Old and the New
- The Dirt on Residential Real Estate
- The HST and Investment Plans
- De Minimis Financial Institutions
- The most current Customs Issues
- Important Case Law and Jurisprudence
- Annual CRA Roundtable
... and much more!
CPD Credits:
Up to 22 hours
Tuition:
$1,595 (plus HST)
Workshops extra
Includes FREE Post-Event CD-ROM
Post-Event CD-ROM:
Once again, recorded sessions, captured live and synchronized with the PowerPoint presentations from this year's event will be available on CD-ROM.- Registrants will receive a complimentary copy of this valuable CD-ROM approximately 6 weeks post-event.
- Can't make it to the event? Non-registrants may also order the CD-ROM from the CA Learning Centre. Available for delivery approximately 6 weeks post-event.