Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Description
This course offers practitioners, business owners and other tax professionals relevant technical and practical knowledge of important income tax considerations for when it is time to buy, sell, or undertake an intergenerational transfer of a private Canadian business.
Merger and acquisition activity in Canada continues to thrive, notwithstanding profound circumstantial changes. The process of buying or selling a business in Canada, or transitioning it to one's children or other successors, can constitute one of the most exciting yet stressful times in the life of entrepreneurs, their key executives, members of their families and their professional advisors. The purpose of this course is to alleviate some of the stress by providing an understanding and update of Canadian income tax issues for purchasers and vendors of businesses in Canada and their professional tax advisors.
The focus of this course will be on transactions between Canadian private business owners and/or their privately-held corporations as well as issues arising from their dealing with family members, public corporations, and non-residents. Following introductory comments on commercial and tax due diligence issues, a discussion of technical and practical content on relevant rules, anti-avoidance measures, planning opportunities, and updates from government and the courts will be offered in the context of commonly-used transaction structures and business vehicles. In particular, the course will explore separate and comparative material on "share deals" vs. "asset deals," along with a presentation of issues common to both kinds of deals including high-level introductions to partnerships and unit trusts as alternative vehicles. Several hypothetical case studies will be reviewed to illustrate major concepts.
NOTE: This course description has been revised and reflects updates for 2023. If you have any questions, please contact pdevents@cpaontario.ca
Topics Include:
Topic |
Description |
Commercial Factors |
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Share Deals |
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Asset Deals |
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Intra-Family and Intergenerational Transfers |
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Other Issues |
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Key Takeaways
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify and act on opportunities to be of service to your clients as potential private purchasers and vendors of businesses in Canada, in a manner that is consistent with codes of ethical business culture and professional independence / conflict of interest.
- Comprehend, explain and act on key income tax concepts that are most relevant to purchasers and vendors of businesses in Canada prior to a proposed transaction, at the time of a transaction, and at times subsequent to the transaction.
- Participate meaningfully in negotiations on behalf of buyers or sellers in negotiating transaction structure and assessing impact on taxes to both sides.
- Identify and assist with related tax compliance.
- Identify, assess and address both pitfalls, and situations that offer opportunities for tax savings.
- Apply the most important recent legislative and interpretive changes to the rules in delivering planning and other advice, and related compliance services.
Who Will Benefit
Practitioners, industry members, and owners / key executives in privately owned Canadian businesses, who are tax professionals and who want technical and practical knowledge and updates in taxation issues relevant to the purchase and sale of a business in Canada.
Prerequisite(s)
- Access to a copy of the Canadian Income Tax Act and related technical research resources.
- Participants should have a good working knowledge of the Canadian Income Tax Act, including related technical research skills and experience in providing income tax advisory and compliance services.
- Have several years of experience in providing Canadian income tax compliance and advisory services.
How to Access The Course
To access the course please visit our BlackBoard site, and log-in using the same login and password used for the Registration Portal.
Please allow up to 15 minutes after registration for the course to appear on your BlackBoard page.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.