38th annual Canadian tax conference May 2-4, 2004. Gatineau, Quebec.The 38th Annual Canadian Tax Conference was held May 2-5 in Gatineau, Quebec. TEI's Canadian Income and Commodity Tax Committees put together top notch sessions with outstanding speakers, including panel sessions with CRA See Community Reinvestment Act. and Finance during which senior officials discussed current issues and developments. Other technical sessions included, tax appeals process, tax audit experiences, GST GST abbr. Greenwich sidereal time GST (in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) Goods and Services Tax hot topics, cross-border financing tips and traps, CRA access to information, GST planning opportunities, and a jurisprudence update. The other purpose of the conference, and the primary reason it is held in the National Capital Region, is the opportunity to network with Federal Revenue and Finance officials. Auditor General of Canada The role of the Auditor General of Canada is to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of federal government operations. The Auditor General reports to the House of Commons, not to the government. Sheila Fraser Sheila Fraser (born September 16, 1950 in Dundee, Quebec, Canada) is the current Auditor General of Canada. She earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University in 1972. She then became a chartered accountant in 1974 and FCA in 1994. delivered the keynote address during the Tuesday luncheon. The conference also featured the Liaison Golf outing on Monday. From left: TEI 1. (communications) TEI - Terminal Endpoint Identifier. 2. (text, project) TEI - Text Encoding Initiative. President Ray Rossi, Toronto Chapter Treasurer Sherrie Ann Pollock of Royal Bank of Canada Bank of Canada Canada's central bank, established under the Bank of Canada Act (1934). It was founded during the Great Depression to regulate credit and currency. The Bank acts as the Canadian government's fiscal agent and has the sole right to issue paper money. , Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser, and TEI Region r Vice President Mario Tombari. From left: Monika Siegmund, Carolyn Ritchie, Chantal Joly, and John MacFarlane. From left: Mike Willis of Lafarge Canada, Inc, Luc Bernier of Stikeman Elliott, Alex Lessard of Department of Finance, and Terry McMeans of Cognos Incorporated. From left: TEI Region I Vice President Mario Tombari, and Dale Neumann and Sherrie Ann Pollock of Royal Bank of Canada. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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