Erez Bahar of Davidson & Company LLP addresses how to streamline your auditing and accounting practices to increase internal efficiency and reduce audit costs.
The Legal Perspective
Jonathan Lotz of Heenan Blaikie LLP provides insight into liability, current corporate strategies, and how to reduce your legal fees.
The Industry Perspective
Jay Martin of Cambridge House International welcomes the audience, and the panel of experts that will provide practical pointed advice to weather the current economic downturn.
Employee or Independent Contractor?
The importance of determining the difference between employees & independent contractors, and what a contract should look like.
Flow Through Shares
Flow-through and super flow-through shares, exploration expenditures, look-back rules, and what the CRA looks for when auditing flow-through share offerings.
Current GST/HST Issues for Public Companies
The current landscape for claiming ITCs by holding companies, and the CRA’s policy & program on ITC claims.
Tax Issues for Public Company Stock Options
Stock option plans and benefits, cash out plans, and how incorporated contractors and independent consultants report & exercise stock options.
The Recruiter’s Perspective
Andrew Pollard of the Mining Recruitment Group closes the day’s panel with a lighthearted discussion on executive recruitment trends in the mining industry.