TAX CONCEPTS
ACQUISITIONS
DISCLOSURES/STANDARDS
TAX UPDATES
AUDIT STRATEGY
100

Insurance premiums, childcare services, educational services, dental services

What are examples of exempt supplies for GST purposes?

100

A transaction where the acquired company has inputs, processes, and outputs

What is a business combination

100

Cash surrender value of life insurance, cloud computing, alternative minimum tax

What are items that have enacted changes to ASPE standards coming into effect in the next two years?

100

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A proposal under budget 2024 that may help ease the burden of the new capital gains inclusion rate on family owned qualifying small business

What is the Canadian entrepreneur’s incentive?

100

An auditing technique that involves testing internal controls to ensure that financial reporting is reliable, assets are safeguarded, and fraud is prevented

What is a control based audit approach?

200

These are examples of asset additions that are not subject to subsection 1100 (half year rule)

What are small tools and linens, and related party purchases

200

The first step in doing the acquisition method for a business combination

What is “identify the acquirer”

200

This is the maximum maturity length at time of purchase of items that can be considered cash equivalents.

What is 90 days?

200

The optimal age to take CPP if you live to the age of 85

What is 69 years of age?

200

These are two key fraud risks assumed to be in every audit

What are Management override of controls and revenue recognition?

300

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This tax election permits eligible transferors to elect jointly with a transferee corporation, on the transfer of property, to fix an “agreed amount” which both parties use to account for the transfer for income tax purposes, allowing for a tax deferred transfer or property

What is a Section 85 rollover

300

In a sale of a business, this is one of the key benefits for a seller to wish to sell shares rather than selling assets.

What is the ability to utilize the lifetime capital gains deduction?

300

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This additional disclosure is a requirement in any file that applies the taxes payable method when it accounts for its income taxes, but is not required when using the future taxes method

What is a rate reconciliation? 

300

The amount that the first year CCA claim is adjusted by for assets available for use in 2024 and 2025 under AIIP rules

What is 2x the half year rule?

300

Assets, revenue, equity, net income, EBITDA

What are potential basis' for materiality?

400

The maximum taxable capital an associated group can have before your SBD is fully ground

What is $50 million?

400

In a share sale, these amounts get added to the cost of the share for tax purposes.

What are transaction costs, including legal fees and commissions?

400

Disclosure of these amounts is required in your financial statements, due to the fact that directors can be held personally liable if they are not paid.

What are government payables?

400

This CCA class for zero emission vehicles has a limit of $61,000 per vehicle

What is Class 54?

400

This is the risk of errors in the absence of controls for a specific balance

What is inherent risk?

500

A balance that generally reflects taxable income that has not benefited from the small business deduction or any other special tax rate.

What is GRIP?

500

When an company has significant influence over an investment, these are its accounting policy choices for how to account for that investment.

What is cost method or equity method?

500

These types of transactions are required to be disclosed in the financial statements, regardless of whether they are above your trivial threshold or not.

What are related party transactions?

500

The new effective tax rate on capital gains for corporations

What is 31.11%

500

This amendment to this handbook section affects audits with year ends of Dec 31/24 and later, and adjust our approach to audits that have multiple components

What is CAS 600?

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