2010 IFA Seminar

2010 IFA International Tax Seminar

Wednesday May 19, 2010

Mont-Royal I & II
Centre Mont-Royal, 2200 Mansfield Street, Montreal QC

Co-Chairs:
Brian Mustard, CA, KPMG LLP, Montreal
Angelo Nikolakakis, Couzin Taylor LLP (allied with Ernst & Young LLP), Montreal

IFA 2010 Congress / National Reports
Subject I: Tax treaties and tax avoidance: application of anti-avoidance provisions
Speaker: Nathalie Goyette, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Montreal
Subject II: Death as a taxable event and its international ramifications
Speaker: Thomas W. Copeland, Fasken martineau LLP, Montreal
Residence of Individuals, Companies and Trusts 
 Part 1: Case Law Update
Panel: Drew Morier, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto
Douglas Cannon, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto
 Part 2: Panel Discussion
Panelists:  Jim Wilson, Wilson & Partners LLP, Toronto
 Kimberley Brooks, Associate Professor, H. Heward Stikeman Chair in the Law of Taxation, McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal
Tribute to David Ward
David Smith, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto and others
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Foreign Affiliate Tax Developments 
Panelists: Dave Beaulne, Senior Chief, Department of Finance
Speaker: Angelo Nikolakakis, Couzin Taylor LLP allied with Ernst & Young LLP, Montreal
Brian Mustard, KPMG LLP, Montreal
Cross-Border Financing
Panelists: Marie-André Beaudry, Stikeman Elliott, Montreal
Elinore Richardson, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto
Chris Van Loan, Blakes, Cassel and Graydon LLP, Toronto
Foreign Tax Developments
Part I: U.S. Tax Developments
Speaker: Ronald E. Creamer, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York 
Moderator: Janice McCart, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto
 
Part II: OECD Tax Developments
Speaker: Scott Wilkie, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto
Transfer Pricing Update
Panelists: Rob O’Connor, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto
Nathan Boidman, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal  |  slides
Carol A. Dunahoo, Baker & Mackenzie LLP, Washington DC 
Government Roundtables
Canada Revenue Agency Roundtable
 Moderators:  Ronald K. Durand, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto
   Stephen W. Bowman, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto
   
Department of Finance Roundtable
Moderators: Robert Raizenne, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Montreal
Nick Pantaleo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Toronto