Taxation of Inbound Investment 2013

Highlights:

• Review the impact of the Fifth Protocol to the Canada-U.S. Income Tax Convention

• Examine the current issues surrounding taxable Canadian property

• Assess the elimination of withholding tax on cross-border interest payments

• Analyze the potential consequences of the new limitation on benefi ts provision

• Explore issues involving sales tax

• Review the planning and structuring of inbound investments tax-effi ciently

• Understand payroll obligations

• Examine withholding tax requirements on nonresidents

• Assess the implications of changes to the permanent establishment rules

• Prepare for the mandatory arbitration of treaty disputes

• Examine recent cases relevant to inbound investment

Participants:

• Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

• Chapman and Cutler LLP

• Deloitte

• Ernst & Young LLP

• Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

• Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP

• Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

• Miller Thomson LLP

• Thorsteinssons LLP