2013 IFA International Tax Seminar
Thursday May 23 – Friday May 24, 2013
Centre Mont-Royal 2200 Mansfield Street, Montreal (Quebec) H3A 3R8 Canada
Co-Chairs:
Brian Bloom, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Ken Buttenham, CA, PwC LLP
Seminar is approved for 7.5 credits by the:
Quebec Bar
Law Society of British Columbia
Law Society of Upper Canada
| Program – May 23, 2013 | ||
| 8:00 | Registration/Refreshments | |
| 9:00 | Opening Remarks/IFA 2013 Congress Reports | |
| Brian Bloom, Davies, Ward, Phillips and Vineberg LLP, Montreal | ||
| Ken Buttenham, PwC LLP, Toronto | ||
| IFA 2013 Congress Reports | ||
| Subject 1: Sandra Slaats, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto | ||
| Barbara Worndl, Aird & Berlis LLP, Toronto | ||
| Subject 2: Jeffrey Shafer, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto |
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| Nic Diksic, Ernst & Young LLP, Montreal | ||
| 9:15 | Planning for Foreign Controlled Corporations Resident in Canada | |
| Moderator: | Ken Buttenham, PwC LLP, Toronto | |
| Speakers: | Jamie Mitchell, PwC LLP, Toronto | |
| Angelo Nikolakakis, Couzin Taylor LLP (allied with Ernst & Young LLP), Montreal | ||
| 10:15 | Rrefreshment Break | |
| 10:45 | Foreign Affiliate Update | |
| Moderator: | Stephen Bowman, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto | |
| Speakers: | Brian Mustard, KPMG LLP, Montreal | |
| Raj Juneja, Davies, Ward, Phillips and Vineberg LLP, Toronto | ||
| Heather O’Hagan, KPMG LLP, Toronto | ||
| 12:00 | Luncheon and Address | |
| Special Guest Speaker – William B. P. Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the C.D.Howe Institute | ||
| 2013 Copenhagen Congress Presentation Robert Raizenne, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Montreal |
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| 1:30 | Permanent Establishments Update | |
| Moderator: | Allison Christians, McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal | |
| Speaker: | Marc Darmo, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver | |
| Siobhan Goguen, Felesky Flynn LLP, Calgary | ||
| 2:10 | U.S Developments and Implications for Canadian Planning | |
| Moderator: | Allison Christians, McGill University, Faculty of Law | |
| Speaker: | Ronald E. Creamer, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York | |
| 2:50 | OECD – Beauty or the Beast? | |
| Moderator: | Brian Bloom, Davies, Ward, Phillips and Vineberg LLP, Montreal | |
| Speaker: | Richard Tremblay, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto | |
| 3:30 | Refreshment Break | |
| Government Roundtables | ||
| 4:00 | Canada Revenue Agency Roundtable | |
| Moderators: | Claire Kennedy, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto | |
| Sandra Slaats, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto | ||
| 5:00 | Department of Finance Roundtable | |
| Moderators: | Scott Wilkie, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto | |
| Sandra Jack, Felesky Flynn LLP, Calgary | ||
| 5:30 | Close | |
| 6:00 | Le Sofitel – Cocktail Reception | |
| 7:30 | Le Sofitel – Dinner | |
| May 24, 2013 | ||
| 7:30 | Refreshments | |
| 8:15 | Annual General Meeting – IFA Canada | |
| 8:30 | Recent Cases | |
| Moderator: | John Tobin, Torys LLP, Toronto | |
| Speakers: | Ryan Rabinovitch, McCarty Tétrault LLP, Montreal | |
| Alan Bowman, Goodmans LLP, Toronto | ||
| 9:30 | Recent Rulings and Administrative Developments | |
| Moderator: | Marie-Andrée Beaudry, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Montreal | |
| Speakers: | François Chagnon, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Montreal | |
| Michael McLaren, Thorsteinssons, Vancouver | ||
| 10:30 | Refreshment Break | |
| 11:00 | Transfer Pricing Update | |
| Moderator: | Janice McCart, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto | |
| Speakers: | Michael Hoffman, KPMG LLP, Calgary | |
| Jennifer Rhee, Richter LLP, Montreal | ||
| Michael O’Connor, Sun Life Financial, Toronto | ||
| 12:00 | Buffet Lunch | |
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Registration Information click here.
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