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 The best-selling Shareholders' Agreements: a Tax and Legal Guide is a practical, easy to read reference guide to the major business, financial, and tax considerations involved when structuring shareholders' agreements. The book has been revised since the last edition to take into account changing tax legislation and updates to common legal precedents such as:

• Enhanced GAAR discussion with comments on recent Superior Court of Canada decision
• Changes relating to non-competition agreements
• New dividend taxation rules
• New issues on share purchase on death
• Increased lifetime SBC capital gains deduction
• Changes relating to non-resident vendors/purchasers

The above changes will impact the typical shareholders' agreement as it would relate to payment of dividends vs. retention of income at the corporate level, structuring buyouts in the most tax effective way and the role of holding companies.

Consequently, the content of the book has been updated in order to meet the needs of professionals such as lawyers, accountants, insurance agents, and financial advisors who are frequently asked to comment on these types of agreements. This is especially important since shareholders' agreements form an integral part of business succession and estate planning, which is an area of projected growth given an aging population.

Additional Content:

Shareholders' Agreements: a Tax and Legal Guide also includes boilerplate samples on the accompanying DVD. Working sample agreements and variable clauses will be included on the DVD for convenient agreement creation.

About the Authors:

Jack Bernstein is a Senior Tax Partner with the law firm of Aird & Berlis LLP and a CCH author. Jack is a leading practitioner in the areas of corporate tax and estate planning. He is a well-known lecturer with several professional associations and has written for a number of trade publications. Jack is the original author of the 1988 work.

Stuart Bollefer is also a Senior Tax Partner and a member of the firm's Tax Group, as well as Chair of the Wealth Management and Succession Planning Team. Stuart has more than 25 years of extensive experience providing domestic and international tax advice with respect to mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investment and business expansion, and estate and wealth preservation planning. Stuart acted as editor in chief and contributor in this edition.

Steven Kelman and Dennis Miller are Partners with Aird & Berlis LLP's Corporate Finance group, practising in the areas of corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, debt and equity financings, and shareholders' agreements. Steven and Dennis have presented at a numbe

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Implementing Estate Freezes provides expert, yet highly practical guidance on implementing estate freezes. The author, David Louis, C.A., LL.B. of Minden Gross LLP., is one of Canada's most respected tax commentators. It's an essential addition to the library of all estate planners!

Topics covered:

• Transferring Assets
• Internal and Holding Company Freezes
• Corporate Estate Freezes – Technical Issues
• Alternative Methods and Variations
• Capitalization Considerations and Shareholders Provisions for Estate Freezes
• Estate Freeze Work Sheets
• Section 85 Basics
• Valuation Issues
• Use of a Trust to Hold Common Shares
• Checklist for Section 85 Rollovers
• Control of the Corporation
• Paid-up Capital
• Section 86 Freezes
• Section 51 Freezes
• Stock Dividend Freezes
• Personal, Trust, and Corporate Attribution Rules
• Distributions from a Family Trust
• GAAR
• 'Melts', 'Thaws', 'Gels', and 'Refreezes'
• Shareholders' Agreements
• Redemption Rights
• Retraction Rights
• Family Law Issues
• Accounting Considerations

Features include:

• An appendix containing an extensive case study, "Inter Vivos Trusts - Current Tax Issues", that highlights potential complications, not only with regard to income tax, but also with regard to family law, trust law, corporate law, and cross border taxation issues
• Diagrams, charts, checklists, and precedents that will be valued by both novice and seasoned practitioners alike

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Making it easier to provide your clients with practical guidance

Canadian Wealth Management Guide is a comprehensive resource that delivers practical strategies and tactics for maximizing wealth while minimizing tax exposure for individuals, private companies and public corporations.

What sets it apart is that it is written for the investor using everyday language. It explains clearly how tax laws affect individuals and businesses so that you can incorporate text from the guide directly into your correspondence with clients. The focus is on the practical rather than the theoretical, making it easier for you to explain to clients how the law applies to them.

The guide makes it quick and easy to find the information you need and is updated quarterly. Commentaries incorporate statutory law, case law and practical discussions, all the while discussing the technical aspects of the topic. Topics include:

• RRSP tax planning strategies
• "First Time" Home Buyers' Plan
• RRSP maturity options
• Income splitting
• Education planning
• Family tax planning
• Taxation of alternatives
• Professional corporations
• Employee equity investments
• Retirement compensation
• Employee loans
• Life insurance
• Immigration
• Emigration
• The principal residence
• Self employment, self incorporation
• Business succession issues
• Year-end tax planning
• Marriage
• Separation and divorce
• Planning for disabled persons

• Wealth Management Times newsletter, providing up-to-the minute coverage of the latest issues
• All relevant CRA Interpretation Bulletins and Information Circulars
• Free training and technical support

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

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

Key Topics include:

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

About the Author

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

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

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

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

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

• The full text of the Income Tax Act and Regulations as amended to July 2013
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• New and updated editorial notes with explanations, tips and traps
• Cross-references to additional sources of information, including:
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Significant differences can be expected in general financial statement presentation, as a result of the adoption of IFRS into Canadian GAAP. Such differences will include changes in both the presentation of a company’s balance sheet and income statement, such as differences in the nature of components presented, current and non-current classifications, presentation of line items, and required disclosures. Such changes will impact a company’s traditional key performance measures and ratios, and provide investors with new types of information. Typically, annual financial statements prepared under IFRS will be considerably longer than those prepared under previous rules, entailing considerably more disclosures. A thorough and early understanding of the impacts adoption of IFRS will have on financial statement presentation will be essential for managing stakeholder relations during and after the transition to IFRS. 

Available: April 2012

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

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Available: September 2011

Author: George Georgiades, CPA

• Provides over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement.
• Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes.
• Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual.
• Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities.

All of the sample disclosures in the GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Therefore, once you’ve identified the disclosure suited to your specific needs, you can simply select it from the CD-ROM, place it into your financial statements, and then modify it as necessary. Also included is a financial statement disclosures checklist that provides a centralized resource of the required and recommended GAAP disclosures and key presentation items currently in effect, using the style referencing under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as well as references to pre-Codification FASB literature. It is designed to assist the user in determining whether the required financial statement disclosures and key presentation matters have been addressed.

This Manual is arranged into the following major parts, consistent with the Codification’s broad structure:

• Part 1 General Principles (Topic Codes 100s)
• Part 2 Presentation (Topic Codes 200s)
• Part 3 Assets (Topic Codes 300s)
• Part 4 Liabilities (Topic Codes 400s)
• Part 5 Equity (Topic Codes 500s)
• Part 6 Revenue (Topic Codes 600s)
• Part 7 Expenses (Topic Codes 700s)
• Part 8 Broad Transactions (Topic Codes 800s)
• Part 9 Other

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Available: September 2011 

Provides expanded coverage of financial and estate planning strategies for implementing individualized solutions for the special problems associated with retaining accumulated wealth for retirement and estate planning purposes. With its comprehensive two-part approach to the complex issues that link retirement planning and estate planning, this book includes coverage of such topics as the final minimum distribution rules for individual retirement accounts and qualified plan distributions, the use of insurance as a qualified plan asset, and changes in the law to reflect the latest legislation.

Replete with scores of examples that illustrate and analyze estate planning strategies and their effects, it brings insight and expertise to the realm of estate and retirement planning by focusing on the tax-free transfer of wealth and by providing an insider's view of the various retirement benefits available to the corporate executive under both qualified and non-qualified retirement plans.

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Ensure consistent and accurate compliance with financial statement disclosure requirements.

With the increasing complexity of and changing requirements for financial reporting compliance the need for efficient, consistent, and accurate application of accounting standards has never been greater.

The Financial Statement Notes Library contains up-to-date, easily customizable templates for financial statement disclosures. Notes are easy to find and can be quickly cut and pasted into the financial statement you are working on.

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• Notes Customized - easily add information specific to your corporate clients’ industry.
• Transition Made - between previous GAAP and new ASPE.

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• Financial Instruments
• Employee Benefits
• Asset Retirement Obligations
• Intangible Assets
• Impairment
• Income Taxes
• Interests in Associated Companies and Joint Ventures
• Stock-based Compensations
• Business Combinations

Updated for compliance with new standards:

• All disclosures in the Library have been recently reviewed and updated for compliance with the new Canadian GAAP Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE), effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011.
• Notes are regularly reviewed and updated as necessary.
• A "Recent Update" page keeps you apprised of updates as they occur.

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Fair Value Measurements Answer Book (formerly the FAS 157 Answer Book) is the most comprehensive and authoritative resource for getting quick and accurate information about the adoption, planning, and implementation of ASC Topic 820's fair value measurement standards.

Includes all the ASC Topic 820 support materials you need to remain in compliance with all requirements, including common Q&A's, helpful practice aids, official FASB documents, and sample SEC filings.

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Available: September 2011

Author: William D. Mitchell, J.D.

Provides expanded coverage of financial and estate planning strategies for implementing individualized solutions for the special problems associated with retaining accumulated wealth for retirement and estate planning purposes. With its comprehensive two-part approach to the complex issues that link retirement planning and estate planning, Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book (2012 Edition), includes coverage of such topics as the final minimum distribution rules for individual retirement accounts and qualified plan distributions, the use of insurance as a qualified plan asset, and changes in the law to reflect the latest legislation.

Replete with scores of examples that illustrate and analyze estate planning strategies and their effects, Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book, 2012 Edition, brings insight and expertise to the realm of estate and retirement planning by focusing on the tax-free transfer of wealth and by providing an insider's view of the various retirement benefits available to the corporate executive under both qualified and non-qualified retirement plans.

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• Estate Planning (2013 Edition) (U.S.) 
• Family Foundation Handbook (2013) – U.S.

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Available: December 2010

This comprehensive and authoritative resource provides full, unabridged text of the complete Internal Revenue Code in two volumes. CCH offers this tax information in a timely and reliable manner that business and tax professionals have come to expect and appreciate.  This Winter Edition of Internal Revenue Code reflects all new statuatory tax changes enacted as of December 1, 2010. 

CCH's Internal Revenue Code is presented in a reader-friendly format, with an expanded 7-1/4" x 10" oversized page and larger type fonts for enhanced readability.  And, it features a two-volume format to allow for a more legible single-column presentation of the Code provisions themselves.  

Reproduced is the complete Internal Revenue Code dealing with income, estate, gift, employment, and excise taxes, along with all the procedural and administrative provisions.  Current text of the statutes is presented, and a history of each tax code section, or subsection if appropriate, is provided in the amendment notes. The amendment notes specifically identify the changes made by prior Acts and serve as a means of reconstructing the former text of a Code section or subsection if reference to prior law is required. The detailed Topical Index located at the end of both volumes reflects all matters covered, so researchers can quickly pinpoint any information needed, and rate tables are also helpfully included.  

CCH's readability, detailed amendment notes and accuracy have proven beneficial year after year-and are now further enhanced by the easy-to-use format featuring 7-1/4" x 10" oversized pages, with larger type fonts for enhanced readability. Serious tax professionals who rely on the Code in the normal course of their work know they can count on CCH's Internal Revenue Code over any other volumes available. The CCH Code is also great tool for students in tax courses who need the latest Code provisions, and it has served for decades as a useful tool for new hires and for firm-wide distribution.

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Available: December 2011

This comprehensive and authoritative resource provides full, unabridged text of the complete Internal Revenue Code in two volumes. This Winter Edition of Internal Revenue Code reflects all new statuatory tax changes enacted as of December 1, 2011.

Reproduced is the complete Internal Revenue Code dealing with income, estate, gift, employment, and excise taxes, along with all the procedural and administrative provisions. Current text of the statutes is presented, and a history of each tax code section, or subsection if appropriate, is provided in the amendment notes. The amendment notes specifically identify the changes made by prior Acts and serve as a means of reconstructing the former text of a Code section or subsection if reference to prior law is required.

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New rules for financial statement users

With the transition to International Financial Reporting Standards in Canada, accountants, financial analysts and advisors, corporate finance professionals, institutional and individual investors and other financial statement users will need to re-educate themselves in understanding and interpreting financial statements issued by public companies.

Under IFRS traditional performance measures such as key financial ratios or income measures have the potential to change simply due to changes in accounting figures. In the UK for example, when their transition to IFRS occurred, some companies went from a profit to a loss position and vice versa, simply due to changes in accounting rules, rather than performance.

Description and explanation of how financial statements will change under IFRS

IFRS Literacy: Understanding the New Financial Statements provides a description and explanation of how financial statements will change under IFRS, along with valuable expert analysis and insight into true financial statement literacy in the post-IFRS transition market. The content of this work focuses on practical application and analysis of IFRS-based statements, drawing upon actual examples from both the Canadian and international financial markets. In its electronic subscription format, this content is updatable and fully searchable.

IFRS Impact highlights key differences under previous Canadian GAAP

Each chapter includes highlighted comments on the impact of IFRS on particular financial statement items. This commentary feature highlights key differences of financial statements prepared under IFRS from those issued under previous Canadian GAAP, noting common changes in accounting policies, amounts, disclosures and presentation. Extracts from published financial statements illustrate these differences.

Unique Canadian perspective for Canadian readers

IFRS Literacy: Understanding the New Financial Statements provides a unique Canadian perspective for Canadian readers, and is designed to appeal to a broad cross-section of financial statement users, including accountants, financial analysts and advisors, corporate finance professionals, and institutional and individual investors.

Topical coverage includes:

• Basic Building Blocks of Financial Statements
• Values and Limitations of Key Performance Ratios
• Assessing Risk and Measurement Uncertainties
• Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)
• Identifying "good" companies and fairly-priced stocks
• Specific impacts of transition to IFRS

About the Author

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Available: June 2012    

This comprehensive and authoritative resource provides full, unabridged text of the complete Internal Revenue Code in two volumes. CCH offers this tax information in a timely and reliable manner that business and tax professionals have come to expect and appreciate. This Summer Edition of Internal Revenue Code reflects all new statutory tax changes through May 1, 2012.

Reproduced is the complete Internal Revenue Code dealing with income, estate, gift, employment, and excise taxes, along with all the procedural and administrative provisions. Current text of the statutes is presented, and a history of each tax code section, or subsection if appropriate, is provided in the amendment notes. The amendment notes identify the changes made by prior Acts and serve as a means of reconstructing the former text of a Code section if reference to prior law is required.  Rate tables are also helpfully included. 

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• Federal Estate & Gift Taxes: Code & Regulations (Including Related Income Tax Provisions), As of 03/2012
• U.S. Master Tax Guide®, 2012
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David J. Cartano, J.D.

Analyzes all the tax laws applicable to individual retirement accounts.

The first part of the book discusses the 15 different types of IRAs, including the four most recent types authorized by the tax laws: the Roth IRA, the education IRA, the SIMPLE IRA, and the deemed IRA.

The second part discusses the various areas of tax law relating to the operation and administration of an IRA. There is a separate chapter on each area of the tax law.

The third part of the book deals with taxation of distributions from an IRA, including premature distributions, minimum distributions during lifetime and after death, withholding taxes, and estate taxes. It also deals with the tax rules applicable to the different types of the beneficiaries receiving distributions from an IRA, including foreign beneficiaries, charitable beneficiaries, trust beneficiaries, estate beneficiaries, spouse and nonspouse beneficiaries, and individual and non-individual beneficiaries.

Contents Includes:

• Introduction
• Traditional IRA
• Spousal IRA
• Roth IRA
• Coverdell Education Savings Account
• Rollover IRA
• Transfer IRA
• SEP IRA
• SARSEP IRA
• Individual Retirement Annuity
• Conduit IRA
• Employer and Employee Association Trusts
• Payroll Deduction IRA
• SIMPLE IRA
• Deemed IRA Under Employer Plan
• Prohibited Transactions
• Disclosure Statement
• Investments
• Bankruptcy, Tax Liens and Creditors
• Trustees and Custodians
• Reporting Requirements
• Divorce and Property Settlement Agreements
• Rulings
• Excise Taxes and Penalties
• ERISA
• State Taxes
• Taxation of Distributions
• Premature Distributions
• Minimum Distributions During Lifetime
• Minimum Distributions on Death
• Withholding Taxes
• Foreign Beneficiaries
• Estate Beneficiaries
• Trust Beneficiaries
• Charitable Beneficiaries
• Beneficiary Designation Forms
• Estate Taxes