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In partnership with the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), Wolters Kluwer has been publishing the printed version of the Toronto Stock Exchange Company Manual for over 10 years. We are pleased to be able to continue to publish it and provide you with the most up-to-date text of this invaluable resource.

As Canada's senior equities market, the TSX provides an efficient, liquid market for a broad cross-section of Canadian issuers. The TSX assists about 1500 issuers through services designed to increase retail and institutional investors. Whether your company is listed or considering listing on the TSX, this manual is the most comprehensive source of compliance information that you will need.

It includes practical information such as forms, including those needed to apply for listing, and the private placement questionnaire. It is updated by the TSX as required and you will receive these updates as part of your annual subscription service. It also gives you all the information you need to know about listing and maintaining a listing on the TSX, including:

• Benefits of a TSX listing
• The listing process
• Responsibilities of companies once listed
• Suspension and delisting criteria
• TSX timely disclosure policy and guidelines for dealing with the media

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Published: December 2011

The Executor's Handbook, 4th Edition is a comprehensive and practical resource designed to assist the administrator or executor of an estate in the administration process. Regardless of the province or territory you reside in, it provides you with the appropriate information and resources you will need to administer either a simple or complex estate.

This latest edition updates the existing content, and will also expand the commentary and legislative references to include valuable new estate administration information.

Specific attention has been given to the law as it applies in the province in Quebec, and the commentary has been expanded to reflect the difference in Quebec compared to the other provinces and territories.

Topics covered:

• Considerations regarding digital assets and online activity of deceased 
• Treatment of new registered plans (tax-free savings accounts and registered disability savings plans) at death
• Updated information on finding suspected or lost life insurance policies
• Updated information regarding income tax filings and considerations
• Updated probate tax information

About the Author
Leanne D. Kaufman is Vice-President of the Professional Practice Group at RBC Wealth Management, Estate and Trust Services. She oversees a team that provides ongoing legal, tax and technical guidance, advice and training to a national group of trust professionals, and senior management. Ms. Kaufman also has experience as an associate lawyer practicing commercial litigation.

Contributors
Anne Chaurette
K. Thomas Grozinger
Shamim Panchbhay

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Purchasers of the 8th edition will receive unlimited access to the recorded webinar conducted by the author. Click Here to view the agenda.

What's New in the 8th Edition?

• Strategic tips for contentious board and shareholders' meetings
• Relevant updates to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA)
• Expanded commentary
• an updated and easy-to-use Table of Concordance to other provincial Corporations Acts so you can easily compare and contrast jurisdictions

About the Author

Hartley R. Nathan, Q.C. is a senior member of the Corporate/Commercial Group at Minden Gross LLP in Toronto and is designated as a Certified Specialist (Corporate and Commercial Law) by the Law Society of Upper Canada. His practice concentrates on corporate commercial law, with an emphasis on corporate governance matters and corporate meetings.

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International Securities Law Handbook answers the need for a user-friendly source of information that addresses securities law in the most significant jurisdictions. This invaluable reference presents key elements of securities law and regulations in 30 jurisdictions.

Countries include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada (including Quebec), Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, The Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and United States of America.

Country chapters, each written by an expert in the particular country's securities law, appear alphabetically. Readers can also make easy comparisons between treatments of particular issues by different jurisdictions. International Securities Law Handbook is an easily accessible desk reference on multinational and cross-border transactions.

Topics covered:

• Description of the securities markets
• Principal laws regulating the securities markets
• Quasi-securities and derivatives
• Exemptions available
• Special cases such as employee share schemes, rights issues, and takeovers

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The Canadian Stock Exchanges Manual is an essential publication for anyone dealing with any of the stock exchanges in Canada.

Topics covered:

• Policies, by-laws, forms, and rules of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Funds Dealers Association (MFDA)
• Rules, policies, and forms of the Montreal Exchange
• Rules, by-laws, and annexes of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
• TSX Company Manual
• TSX Venture Corporate Finance Manual
• TSX Rule Book and Policies
• Rules, policies and procedures, notices, and forms of the CNSX Stock Exchange
• Universal market integrity rules (UMIR) of IIROC

Your subscription also includes the monthly newsletter, Canadian Securities Law News, that summarizes all recent developments in securities regulation across Canada.

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Published: 2001

Bennett's A-Z Guide to Bankruptcy: A Professional's Handbook provides a review of the bankruptcy process for lawyers, accountants, trustees, lenders, individuals, small business debtors, and corporations. This handy bankruptcy primer is written in clear and accessible language and includes a chapter of forms and precedents, legislation excerpts, and a glossary in order to provide the reader with a general outline of the bankruptcy process.

Topics covered:

• What is bankruptcy?
• What are the ways to go bankrupt?
• What property can you keep?
• Can creditors sue you after bankruptcy?

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Available: September 2011

Authors: Jerry J. McCoy, J.D.; and Kathryn W. Miree; J.D.

Provides comprehensive coverage of the legal, tax, and business aspects of forming and operating a family foundation. From grantmaking to investment management, accounting procedures to tax filings, and funding the foundation to protecting it from liability, this handbook provides coverage of all the issues a family foundation faces. This valuable resource provides forms, checklists, questionnaires, training forms, and other items to help provide the professional assistance every foundation needs.

                          1.  Introduction

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• U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide (2012)
• Estate Planning (2012 Edition) (U.S.)

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Available: October 2010

Authors: Jerry J. McCoy, Kathryn W. Miree, J.D.

The Family Foundation Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the legal, tax, and business aspects of forming and operating a family foundation. From grant making to investment management, accounting procedures to tax filings, and funding the foundation to protecting it from liability, this handbook provides coverage of all the issues a family foundation faces. This valuable resource provides forms, checklists, questionnaires, training forms, and other items to help provide the professional assistance every foundation needs.

2011 Highlights:

• A new section on L3Cs and B Corporations and the role those new entities play in grantmaking.
• New regulations, revenue rulings, and private letter rulings impacting family foundations.
• The most recent statistics of related to family foundation trends and profiles from The Foundation Center, the Council on Foundations, the IRS, and the Association of Small Foundations.
• The most recent data on family foundation investment returns, asset allocations, and administrative expenses with a special emphasis on salary data.
• Updated statutory references for state volunteer protection laws.
• Updated statutory references for states that have adopted the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (which is quickly replacing Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Acts across the country) and the impact that will have on foundation management.
• The most current list of resources for family foundations including resources, publications grants and administrative software, online research sites, charitable trade groups, and socially responsible investment funds and firms.
• The new statutory rules under the Pension Protection Act affecting Type III supporting organizations, and the Proposed Treasury Regulations associated with those rules.
• Expanded discussion of the uncertain status of the federal estate tax and the tax on generation-skipping transfers as this edition went to press.
• An additional alternative for the person considering a family foundation – the medical research organization.
• Expanded discussion of the privacy and disclosure aspects of a family foundation with some potential strategies for the person who regards this as a major concern.

Content:

• Introduction.
• Family Foundation Basics
• How To Create A Family Foundation
• Using Charitable Trusts To Fund The Family Foundation
• Designing The Family Foundation
• Operating Restrictions
• Grantmaking
• Foundation Administration
• Special Issues
• Bibliography
• Table of Cases
• Table of Statute

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The Canadian SR&ED Tax Incentives Handbook shows you how to take full advantage of one of the most generous R&D tax incentive programs in the world.

Every year, the Canadian government awards up to $4 billion in cash refunds and tax credits for Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED). The Canadian SR&ED Tax Incentives Handbook provides accountants, tax experts, lawyers, scientists and technologists with practical tools that assist in the management of SR&ED programs in order to realize the greatest tax advantage. Author Lucie Bélanger, of the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, provides comprehensive commentary on all matters, including:

• Eligibility of activities and expenditures for the SR&ED program
• How to identify SR&ED activities in commercial projects
• Management and documentation of SR&ED projects
• The review of SR&ED contracts by tax authorities
• New CRA administrative policies
• Recent changes to the Income Tax Act

The Canadian SR&ED Tax Incentives Handbook includes practical examples, summaries of recent court decisions, keys to identifying SR&ED activities, and case studies by sector. Although comprehensive in its coverage and references, it offers practical strategies and tactics covering the most common SR&ED issues. Written by practitioners for practitioners, this essential guide provides the answers you need to ensure SR&ED planning is accurate, complete, efficient and by the rules.

Topics include:

• Eligible SR&ED activities as defined in the law
• Excluded activities
• Common practice
• Tribunals and the concept of SR&ED
• The CRA’s interpretation of the concept of experimental development
• Issues with respect to the eligibility of the activities
• SR&ED projects and business projects
• Fundamental and applied research
• Industrial research
• Experimental development projects within business projects
• Research and development of products and processes
• Strategic development of products and processes
• Innovation and business strategy
• Introduction of new technologies and development of products and processes
• Purchases of technology, know-how or SR&ED results
• Purchase, development and improvement of production equipment
• Projects involving industrial control and automation
• Moulds and tools
• Eligible experimentation activities and trial runs
• Software development
• Documentation

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Available: December 2010

CCH's State Tax Handbook is the perfect quick-answer tool for tax practitioners and business professionals who work with multiple state tax jurisdictions. This reference provides readers with an overview of the taxation scheme of each state and the District of Columbia, as well as multistate charts on income taxes (personal and corporate), sales and use taxes and tax administration. It saves lots of time for busy practitioners, serving as a convenient single source of key state tax information for professionals instead of them having to wade through multiple sources to find this information.

The book is set out in four parts, which together paint an overall picture of the states' levies, bases and rates of each tax, principal payment and return dates, and other important information on major state taxes.

The State Tax Handbook provides a comprehensive "Taxes by State" section, which helpfully summarizes in one place the tax rules for each state, including key information such as tax rates and filing/payment dates. It details the taxing authorities for each jurisdiction, including addresses, phone numbers, websites and taxes governed by each office. This helpful section also includes a discussion on collection of out-of-state taxes. The major features of each state's revenue system are outlined in uniform arrangement which makes reference from state to state easy.   

At-a-glance multistate charts detail important issues to assist state tax compliance and planning. More than 120 charts are provided, covering discrete topics such as income tax rates, state corporate and personal income tax reporting requirements, filing extensions, state taxation of passthrough entities; allocation and apportionment, AMT on preference items, manufacturing exemptions, sales for resale, consolidated returns, and estimated tax requirements. 



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