Learn to Navigate Tax Case Challenges with Strategic Defenses, Statute Bar Considerations, and Successful Legal Outcomes.
Stay ahead in the dynamic field of tax practice with insights from the CPA Small Practitioners' Forum 2024. This comprehensive course dives into high-impact tax cases, dissecting critical court decisions that shape current tax law and compliance strategies. Learn from real-world examples of tax disputes involving employee compensation plans, trust structures, shareholder loans, and aggressive tax planning maneuvers.
Our expert panel breaks down each case, highlighting the lessons and strategies to apply in your own practice. Engage in thought-provoking discussions and gain actionable knowledge to navigate statute-barred periods, avoid potential pitfalls, and manage CRA audits effectively. This is your opportunity to deepen your understanding and elevate your advisory services.
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The CPA Small Practitioners’ Forum was created to offer an inviting, semi-causal, and easygoing professional development weekend that provides substantial professional development value to small practitioners. All profit earned by the CPA Small Practitioners’ Forum is donated to the Alberta CPA Education Foundation, so you are helping young people in Canada get scholarships for university. All these courses are reviewed by the delegates at the Forum in Banff annually so we have a great lineup that is adjusted every year to keep things relevant to small practitioners. If you work at a public accounting firm in Canada with employees of 1-50 people, you are our target demographic and you should find this course useful.
Lawyer | Felesky Flynn
Kyle’s practice covers a wide range of taxation law matters with a focus on corporate and personal tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, estate planning and dispute resolution with taxation authorities. Kyle is a sessional instructor in tax law at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law and is a regular presenter on tax topics in other forums. Kyle received many academic awards in law school including the Law Society of Saskatchewan Gold Medal, the Thomas Dowrick Brown Prize for Most Distinguished Graduate and Desjardins Top Eight Academic All-Canadian. He was also the captain of the University of Saskatchewan Men’s Huskie Hockey Team during law school and won various athletic awards during his hockey career.
Partner | Felesky Flynn
With over 25 years of tax experience, John specializes in tax planning, estate planning and dispute resolution for private corporations and family farm organizations. He holds his Bachelor of Laws, along with his Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA), Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA) and Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designations. John lends his wealth of knowledge and specialized relational “soft” skills as a regular presenter at various tax related forums. He is recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Best Lawyers in Canada and made the short list of nominations of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers of 2020 in the Changemaker category.
