Join us at the beautiful Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa for Canada's Premier In-House Conference for Tax Professionals Sunday May 3 to Wednesday May 6.

Tax Executives Institute, Inc. (TEI), Region 1 is working on another excellent program featuring workshops, income and commodity tax streams with participation from government officials and many prominent tax experts.

This is a conference not to be missed. Early bird discount available until March 13 so register now to save.

Conference Fees

Early Bird Until March 13

· TEI Members $800+ HST

· Non-Members $900 + HST (online convenience fees additional)

March 14– April 24

· TEI Members $900+ HST

· Non-Members $1000 + HST (online convenience fees additional)

Hotel Room Reservations - For Registered Delegates

Call Fairmont Chateau Laurier at 1.800.441.1414 or click here to reserve online (block expires April 3). Fairmont Level room rate $359 + tax per night but these rooms are limited in number so book soon. Rate available 3 days pre and post (subject to availability).

Dress Code

· Business casual for sessions and Sunday Reception

· Business attire for Tuesday gala

Terms and Conditions

Conference registration fee is full conference including Sunday welcome reception and Tuesday gala reception. Single day passes are not available. Registration fees are final and cannot be refunded.

Substitutions welcome with advance written notice.

Questions

Registration, hotel room block: Jane-Ann Crombeen

Conference Team: 
Polly Mah - TEI Region 1 (Canada) Vice President
Sandy Shanks - Chair, TEI Canadian Income Tax Committee
Martin Behagg - Chair, TEI Canadian Commodity Tax Committee

Conference Program Topics (Subject to Change)

Opening Keynote Speaker:

• Dr. Jack Mintz - one of Canada’s most distinguished and influential academics in public policy

Plenary Sessions:

• Commentary from the Canada Revenue Agency
• Commentary from the Department of Finance
• Ethics
• Case Law Updates with a Justice Canada lawyer
• Preparing for Change: Tariff Management and Supply Chain Resilience among CUSMA negotiations
• Tax Issues in Commercial Agreements
• Audit, CRA’s powers and best practices

Income Tax Breakout Sessions:

• Recent Trends and Transactions in M&A
• GMTA Elections and Pillar II developments (including US side-by-side and permanent safe harbours)
• Disputed Tax Amounts – treatment in select jurisdictions
• Transfer Pricing Update
• The use of ITA subsection 152(9) to create new Grounds for Audit Challenges After the expiry of Statutory Limitation Periods for Reassessment
• Remote work compliance: Navigating inter-provincial tax obligations in Canada’s new workplace reality 

Commodity Tax Breakout Sessions:

• PST Update
• Tips and traps with GST/HST Elections – including section 156, 167, 273 and subsection 177(1.1)
• International VAT Trends with discussion on how Canada fits in
• AI in indirect Tax: Modernizing Your Tax Function

More Sessions to Be Added

Speakers (Subject to Change)

• Dan Jankovic, Monica Cheng and Ahmed Elsaghir – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Speaker(s) to be confirmed – Baker McKenzie
• Speaker(s) to be confirmed – Barsalou Lawson Rheault
• Speaker(s) to be confirmed – Bennet Jones
• Robert Nearing, Pamela Cross and Kevin Bianchini – Borden Ladner Gervais
• Bobby Solhi and Braek Urquhart – Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
• Tamara Rozansky – Deloitte
• David Robertson – EY Law
• Speaker(s) to be confirmed – Felesky Flynn LLP
• André Bergeron – Gowling WLG
• Joy Nott – KPMG
• Randy Schwartz, Simon Douville and Dominic Bédard-Lapointe – McCarthy Tetrault
• Speaker(s) to be confirmed – Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
• Geneviève Léveillé – PwC Canada
• Courtney Brown – RSM Canada LLP
• Speaker(s) to be confirmed – Thorsteinssons LLP

More Speakers to Be Added