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Corporate Income Tax: Consequences to Avoid

Navigate the complexities of corporate income tax in Canada, understanding key strategies and avoiding common pitfalls.

Created byMichelle Causton
4.5
(243 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Jan 25, 2024
Corporate Income Tax: Consequences to Avoid

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the foundational elements of corporate income tax and how changes in the tax system impact businesses.
check_circleIdentify and avoid common tax pitfalls, ensuring compliance with the laws and regulations.
check_circleApply effective tax planning strategies to optimize tax positions while adhering to ethical considerations.
check_circleInterpret and navigate complex tax provisions, such as anti-avoidance rules and specific sections of the Income Tax Act.
check_circleEvaluate and implement strategies for income splitting, asset transfers, and understanding the importance of fair market value in tax planning.

About This Course

In the intricate world of corporate income tax, staying compliant while effectively navigating the labyrinth of regulations is crucial for practitioners and businesses alike. "Corporate Income Tax: Consequences to Avoid" is a comprehensive course designed to demystify the complexities of corporate income tax in Canada. Spearheaded by experts Chris Mines and Michelle Cost, AC CPA, this course illuminates the multifaceted nature of corporate taxation, focusing on the pitfalls to avoid and strategies to optimize tax positions.

Key topics covered include:

  • The static and dynamic elements of corporate income tax and their implications on businesses.
  • Major changes in Canada's tax system, highlighting the need for a fundamental shift and the challenges posed by the current framework.
  • Detailed analysis of tax consequences, both intentional and accidental, and the repercussions of these on businesses.
  • Critical examination of anti-avoidance provisions in the Income Tax Act and their practical impact on corporate tax planning.
  • Insights into ethical considerations in tax practice and the importance of staying within the bounds of the law.
  • Strategies for tax planning, including deferring tax, changing income types, and income splitting between entities, along with the associated risks.
  • Comprehensive understanding of complex provisions in the Income Tax Act, such as section 55(2), and their implications on inter-corporate dividends and capital gains.
  • Navigating through the intricacies of family business transfers, inheritance issues, and the provisions of Bill C-208.
  • The significance of fair market value in various tax scenarios and the challenges associated with its determination.

Your Instructor

Michelle  Causton
Michelle Causton

FCPA, FCGA, MBA

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Michelle Causton is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. She is a past-president of CGA Ontario with extensive governance experience on regulatory and not-for-profit boards. She is a retired professor from Nipissing University and Canadore College. Michelle has delivered workshops, seminars and training sessions across Canada and the Caribbean on a variety of topics. Having worked in public practice for many years, she understands the pressures of accounting and the practical application of rules, regulations and best practices. As a life-long learner herself, Michelle is passionate about how to best share information, knowledge (and occasionally wisdom). Her focus is now on-line learning but she won’t say no to an opportunity to speak in person or virtually. Michelle says: “We all learn best when it is interesting and relevant. Appropriate humour can make lessons memorable.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

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