CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

The Big Picture: What's New in the New Age? 

• $1 billion for CRA enforcement
• massive global tax reform
• increasing tax on the wealthiest 1%
• tax avoidance vs. tax evasion

Ian Gamble — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver

Nowhere to Hide: New Audit Initiatives and Voluntary Disclosures

• offshore compliance initiatives
• domestic initiatives
• voluntary disclosures — changes may be coming

Tom Boddez — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver

Break

Principal Residence Taxation 

• what is the principal residence exemption
• changes made in 2016

Parveen B. Karsan — Karsan Law Group, Vancouver

Foreign Buyers Tax/Vacancy Tax 

• when does the foreign buyers tax apply
• when does the vacancy tax apply
• surprises and grey areas

Noah Sarna — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver

Networking Lunch

PST/GST 

• PST — hot audit issues four years later
• GST — changes in legislation and jurisprudence

Rosemary J. Anderson, CA — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver

Corporate Taxation Update

• corporate reorganizations
• transfers
• s. 55
• possible changes to professional corporations and small business deductions

Soraya Jamal — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Break

Personal Taxation Update 

• atribution rules
  • what they are, what they are intended to do, and why they are no longer seen as a tax policy solution
• stock option rules
  • important considerations when granting stock options to employees

Josh Schmidt — Schmidt & Gilmour Tax Law LLP, Vancouver

Trusts and Estates Update 

• graduated rate estates
• use of trusts as will substitutes to avoid tax and wills variation

Sam S. Liang — Legacy Tax & Trust Lawyers, Vancouver

Closing Questions and Comments