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Butterfly reorganizations are among the most complex subjects in Canadian tax. Be fully versed with the most comprehensive resource available. Now available online, use your subscription to:

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This third edition of Understanding Section 55 and Butterfly Reorganizations is an essential reference for tax and legal professionals specializing in mergers and acquisitions. This extensively revised edition is the definitive source for in-depth analysis and authoritative information, including:

• Various technical amendments released over the years that have altered the tax rules governing butterfly reorganizations.  
• Department of Finance comfort letters indicating Finance’s intention to propose additional changes to various aspects of section 55.
• Tax court decisions that have prompted the Canada Revenue Agency to change its interpretation of how section 55 applies in certain circumstances (e.g., in the calculation of safe income) and the meaning of certain terms in the tax law (e.g., "series of transactions", "in contemplation of").
• Current reorganization techniques, practical examples and case studies of butterfly reorganizations within Canada.

Understanding Section 55 and Butterfly Reorganizations, 3rd Edition provides a comprehensive analysis of section 55 in its entirety, including the calculation of safe income. Topics covered include:

• Subsection 55(2): The Basics
• Paragraph 55(3)(A) Exemption
• What Is a Butterfly?
• The Pro Rata Distribution Requirement
• The Butterfly Exemption Denial Rules
• Exceptions to the Butterfly Exemption Denial Rules and Various Interpretive Rules
• Related Issues

Rick McLean, CA, is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Services Group at KPMG LLP and leader of KPMG’s Corporate Reorganizations Tax practice in Toronto.  Rick specializes in and has extensive experience in structuring Canadian and international mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and corporate reorganizations, including public company spin-off transactions. Rick advises both public and private companies on M&A and corporate reorganization tax issues. The book includes contributions from KPMG Tax professionals across Canada who specialize in providing tax advice on complex corporate reorganization and M&A transactions.

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International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS 2011 is the only official printed edition of the consolidated text of the IASB's authoritative pronouncements as issued on January 1st  2011.

This edition includes the latest version of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), International Accounting Standards (IASs), IFRIC and SIC Interpretations and the supporting documents—illustrative examples, implementation guidance, bases for conclusions and dissenting opinions - as issued by the IASB on  January 1st  2011.

For convenience, this RED book edition is presented in two parts:

• Part A (the Conceptual Framework and requirements) contains the latest version of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), International Accounting Standards (IASs), and IFRIC and SIC Interpretations.
• Part B contains the accompanying documents, such as illustrative examples, implementation guidance, bases for conclusions and dissenting opinions.

This edition also includes the IFRS Foundation Constitution, the IASB Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, the Preface to International Financial Reporting Standards, the Due Process Handbooks for the IASB and IFRIC, an updated Glossary of Terms, and a comprehensive Index.

This edition does not contain documents that are being replaced or superseded but remain applicable if the reporting entity chooses not to adopt the newer versions early.

Part A is 1344 pages (one book) containing the standards/interpretations
Part B is 1984 pages (one book) containing the accompanying documents, bases for conclusions etc.

Published:  March 2011

Related Titles

• Accounting Research Manager
• CCH's IFRS for Canada
• International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide (2012)
• iGAAP: IFRS for Canada Online

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Available: November 2011

This book organizes accounting pronouncements into two parts: general standards and industry-specific standards. The Practice Pointers featured throughout this edition point out, in plain English, how to apply the standards just discussed.

The 2012 International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide includes the following topics:

Part I: Overview (a recap of the International Accounting Standards Board and the formation of IFRAC)

Part II: General Standards

• Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates, and Errors
• Borrowing Costs
• Business Combinations
• Cash Flow Statement
• Changing Prices and Hyperinflationary Economies
• Consolidated Financial Statements
• Construction Contracts
• Earnings Per Share
• Employee Benefits
• The Equity Method
• Events After the Balance Sheet Date
• Financial Instruments
• Foreign Currency Translation
• Government Grants and Government Assistance
• Impairment of Assets
• Income Taxes
• Intangible Assets
• Interim Financial Reporting
• Inventories
• Investment Property
• Leases
• Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
• Property, Plant, and Equipment
• Provisions, Contingent Liabilities, and Contingent Assets
• Related-Party Disclosures
• Revenue
• Segment Reporting
• Share-Based Payment

Part III: Industry-Specific Standards

• Agriculture
• Insurance Contracts
• Mineral Resources: Exploration and Evaluation  

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Understanding the Taxation of Partnerships is now available online. Use your online subscription to: 

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Understanding the Taxation of Partnerships is the only publication in Canada that provides a comprehensive analysis of tax issues affecting one of the most common forms of business organization. This publication provides in-depth analysis of the tax issues that must be considered when a partnership is used as a business or investment vehicle.

The sixth edition of this indispensable reference is a complete guide to understanding Canadian income tax rules including important developments in case law and administrative practice affecting partnerships. This edition has been updated to include:

• changes to the Canada–US treaty that have affected the use of partnerships in cross-border planning;
• the SIFT partnership rules;
• recent cases that have implications for partnerships; and
• additional material on partnerships in the foreign affiliate context.

Other topics covered include:

• how partnerships differ from joint ventures and other entities;
• computation of partnership income;
• the "at-risk" rules;
• transfers of property to and from partnerships, and other reorganizations involving partnerships;
• professional partnerships; and
• partnerships in the international context.

The 6th Edition is current to September 30, 2010.

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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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Published: October 2013

Since the entry into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, several arbitral tribunals have rendered awards dealing with claims of breach of Article 1105. Some of these awards have been very controversial and have had a tremendous impact on the development of the concept of fair and equitable treatment (FET) and the evolution of international investment law. Yet, in spite of the fundamental importance of these awards, no comprehensive study had been undertaken to determine the meaning and the content of the FET standard under NAFTA Article 1105.

This book’s systematic analysis of the provision and its case law fills this analytical gap. Because Article 1105 is in many ways different from typical FET clauses contained within most investment treaties, the author examines the particular parameters under which it must be interpreted. He also analyzes how these specific features have influenced NAFTA tribunals’ interpretation of the provision, and how their assessments differ from awards rendered by other tribunals outside NAFTA.

Among the issues treated in the course of the analysis are the following:

• The origin, development, nature and content of the concept of the ‘minimum standard of treatment’ and its interaction with the FET standard
• The specific parameters under which Article 1105 must be interpreted, including contextual elements such as subsequent agreement and practice between the NAFTA Parties on matters of interpretation
• The context in which the Free Trade Commission issued its Note of Interpretation in 2001 and how NAFTA tribunals have applied it
• Whether or not the concepts of legitimate expectations, transparency, arbitrary conduct, discriminatory conduct, good faith, denial of justice, and due process have been considered by NAFTA tribunals as specific elements of protection to be accorded to investors under Article 1105
• The many facets of these elements and the threshold of severity that NAFTA tribunals have required for finding a breach of Article 1105
• The interaction between Article 1105 and other NAFTA provisions on national treatment, Most-Favored-Nation treatment, and expropriation
• How NAFTA tribunals have assessed damages for breach of Article 1105

This comprehensive guide to NAFTA case law on Article 1105 is an important contribution to the on-going controversial debate about the scope and content of the FET standard under international law. It will be of great interest to counsel for investors and States as well as to arbitrators, academics and anyone interested in investor-State arbitration.

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Authors: David Alexander, Professor of Accounting & Finance and Simon Archer

Organizes accounting pronouncements into two parts: general standards and industry-specific standards. The Practice Pointers featured throughout this edition point out, in plain English, how to apply the standards just discussed.

Part I: Overview (a recap of the International Accounting Standards Board and the formation of IFRAC)

Part II: General Standards

• Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates, and Errors
• Borrowing Costs
• Business Combinations
• Cash Flow Statement
• Changing Prices and Hyperinflationary Economies
• Consolidated Financial Statements
• Construction Contracts
• Earnings Per Share
• Employee Benefits
• The Equity Method
• Events After the Balance Sheet Date
• Financial Instruments
• Foreign Currency Translation
• Government Grants and Government Assistance
• Impairment of Assets
• Income Taxes
• Intangible Assets
• Interim Financial Reporting
• Inventories
• Investment Property
• Leases
• Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
• Property, Plant, and Equipment
• Provisions, Contingent Liabilities, and Contingent Assets
• Related-Party Disclosures
• Revenue
• Segment Reporting
• Share-Based Payment

• Agriculture
• Insurance Contracts
• Mineral Resources: Exploration and Evaluation