Grant Thornton Feed: Public companies Keep informed, subscribe to our feed and get our latest updates. 2011-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 Grant Thornton Canada http://www.grantthornton.ca urn:uuid:-resources-insights-articles-OECD_on_course_for_draft_guidance_transfer_pricing_intangible_assets_November_2011.pdf 2011-11-24T09:55:27-05:00 An overview of the developments that came out of the three-day conference where representatives of OECD member country tax administrations met with multinational businesses and experts to discuss the future of the transfer pricing aspects of intangible assets. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/articles/OECD_on_course_for_draft_guidance_transfer_pricing_intangible_assets_November_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Alerte de votre conseiller—États financiers consolidés types 2011 urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_Etats_financiers_consolides_type_Octobre_2011.pdf 2011-11-15T12:32:15-05:00 Ce bulletin Alerte de votre conseiller présente la version 2011 des états financiers consolidés types, intitulée Reporting under IFRS: Example Consolidated Financial Statements 2011 and guidance notes, (disponible en anglais seulement) qui a été publiée par l’équipe IFRS de Grant Thornton International. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_Etats_financiers_consolides_type_Octobre_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Adviser alert—Example Consolidated Financial Statements 2011 urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Adviser_alert_ GTI_Example_Consolidated_FS_October_2011.pdf 2011-11-15T12:32:04-05:00 This adviser alert accompanies “Example Consolidated Financial Statements 2011,” a publication released by the Grant Thornton International IFRS team that illustrates the look and feel of IFRS financial statements and provides a realistic example of their presentation. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Adviser_alert_ GTI_Example_Consolidated_FS_October_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Adviser Alert: Exposure Draft—Investment Entities urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Adviser_alert_ED_Investment_Entities_November_2011.pdf 2011-11-15T12:27:34-05:00 A summary of the IASB’s proposal to define investment entities as a separate type of entity that would be exempt from the consolidation requirements of IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Adviser_alert_ED_Investment_Entities_November_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Alerte de votre conseiller—Exposé-sondage : Entités d’investissement urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_ES_Entites_d_investissement_Novembre_2011.pdf 2011-11-15T12:27:31-05:00 Un résumé du plan d’IASB qui propose de définir une entité d’investissement comme un type distinct d’entité qui serait exemptée des dispositions relatives à la consolidation de l’IFRS 10, États financiers consolidés. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_ES_Entites_d_investissement_Novembre_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Update on private and public company shares held in your RRSP urn:uuid:-resources-insights-articles-Update_on_private_and_public_company_shares_in_your_RRSP_October_2011.pdf 2011-10-20T10:27:34-05:00 If you hold private or public company shares in your RRSP, new measures originally proposed as part of the 2011 federal budget could have an impact on you. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/articles/Update_on_private_and_public_company_shares_in_your_RRSP_October_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Succeeding at succession: establishing your goals and objectives urn:uuid:-resources-insights-white_papers-GTI_Succession_goals_and_objectives_2011.pdf 2011-10-17T15:16:57-05:00 A Grant Thornton International white paper advising that a well-framed succession plan should include objectives that are aligned with your business strategies and goals—and then communicated to both your business and personal stakeholders. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/white_papers/GTI_Succession_goals_and_objectives_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Canadian AML compliance—insights from the regulators urn:uuid:-resources-insights-articles-AML_compliance_regulator_update_April_2011.pdf 2011-10-03T14:34:24-05:00 On February 24, 2011 the Canadian chapter of ACAMS hosted a panel discussion featuring representatives from three Canadian regulators—FINTRAC, OSFI and IIROC. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/articles/AML_compliance_regulator_update_April_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> The results are in—BC will revert back to the combined PST/GST system urn:uuid:-resources-insights-articles-BC_to_revert_back_to_the_PST_GST_August_2011.pdf 2011-08-26T15:49:22-05:00 On August 5, 2011, the last of the ballots were mailed in to determine the future of BC’s sales tax system. The results are now in. With a simple majority vote of 54.73% in favour of abolishing the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and returning to the PST/GST system, the voters of BC have had their say. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/articles/BC_to_revert_back_to_the_PST_GST_August_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> IFRS newsletter (August 2011) urn:uuid:-resources-insights-accounting_standards_developments-Grant_Thornton_IFRS_newsletter_August_2011.pdf 2011-08-23T10:14:48-05:00 A Grant Thornton newsletter that offers a summary of some developments in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) along with insights into topical issues and comments <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/accounting_standards_developments/Grant_Thornton_IFRS_newsletter_August_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> International Business Report 2011—Mining hot topic: government intervention urn:uuid:-resources-insights-reports-IBR_2011_mining_hot_topic_govt_intervention.pdf 2011-08-22T11:01:55-05:00 Mining: The mining sector faces an uncertain future. Increasing and unpredictable|,|government intervention across the globe is adding further complexity to a sector that is already heavily laden with risk. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/reports/IBR_2011_mining_hot_topic_govt_intervention.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Bulletin de nouvelles sur les IFRS, numéro spécial (Juillet 2011) urn:uuid:-resources-insights-accounting_standards_developments-Grant_Thornton_bulletin_IFRS_juillet_2011.pdf 2011-08-04T10:46:03-05:00 Un bulletin d’information de Grant Thornton qui offre un résumé de certains développements concernant les Normes internationales d’information financière (IFRS) ainsi qu’un aperçu de certains sujets de l’heure et des commentaires. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/accounting_standards_developments/Grant_Thornton_bulletin_IFRS_juillet_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> IFRS newsletter special edition (July 2011) urn:uuid:-resources-insights-accounting_standards_developments-Grant_Thornton_IFRS_news_special_ed_July_2011.pdf 2011-08-04T10:34:58-05:00 A Grant Thornton newsletter that offers a summary of some developments in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) along with insights into topical issues and comments. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/accounting_standards_developments/Grant_Thornton_IFRS_news_special_ed_July_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Alerte de votre conseiller—Rapports financiers intermédiaires en IFRS – conseils pour les deuxième et troisième trimestres urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_rapports_financiers_intermediares_en_IFRS_conseils_pour_les_deuxieme_troisieme_trimestres_juillet_2011.pdf 2011-07-26T15:54:11-05:00 Un resumé d’un communiqué publié par le CVMO qui présente des conseils sur les rapports financiers intermédiaires des deuxième et troisième trimestres. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_rapports_financiers_intermediares_en_IFRS_conseils_pour_les_deuxieme_troisieme_trimestres_juillet_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Adviser alert—IFRS interim financial reports – Tips for Q2 and Q3 urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Adviser_alert_OSC_IFRS_Interim_financial_reports_Tips_for_Q2_and_Q3_July_2011.pdf 2011-07-22T11:44:48-05:00 A summary of a communication issued by the OSC, which provides tips for Q2 and Q3 interim financial reports. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Adviser_alert_OSC_IFRS_Interim_financial_reports_Tips_for_Q2_and_Q3_July_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Alerte de votre conseiller –États financiers consolidés intermédiaires types 2011 urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Adviser_alert_Interim_consolidated_financial_statements_May2011_FR.pdf 2011-06-27T11:47:03-05:00 L'équipe des IFRS de Grant Thornton International a publié la version 2011 des états financiers consolidés intermédiaires types (Example Interim Consolidated Financial Statements), disponible en anglais seulement, qui a fait l'objet d'une révision et d'une mise à jour visant à illustrer les modifications apportées aux IFRS qui sont en vigueur pour les exercices ouverts à compter du 1er janvier 2011. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Adviser_alert_Interim_consolidated_financial_statements_May2011_FR.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Alerte de votre conseiller—un rappel avant le dépôt de votre premier rapport financier intermédiaire en IFRS urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_Rappel_premier_rapport_financier_intermediaire_IFRS_Juin_2011.pdf 2011-06-17T13:55:15-05:00 Un communiqué vise à rappeler aux émetteurs les éléments clés des premiers rapports financiers intermédiaires en IFRS. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_Rappel_premier_rapport_financier_intermediaire_IFRS_Juin_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Adviser alert—a reminder before you file your first IFRS interim financial report urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Adviser_Alert_IFRS_OSC_A_reminder_before_you_file_your_first_IFRS_interim_FS_June_2011.pdf 2011-06-17T12:29:07-05:00 An alert surrounding the second communication by the OSC reminding issuers of key elements of first IFRS interim financial reports. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Adviser_Alert_IFRS_OSC_A_reminder_before_you_file_your_first_IFRS_interim_FS_June_2011.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Alerte de votre conseiller—Déficiences dans les premiers rapports financiers intermédiaires en IFRS déposés par les émetteurs urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_IFRS-Deficiences_premiers_rapports_financiers_intermediaires.pdf 2011-06-13T10:41:11-05:00 La Commission des valeurs mobilières de l'Ontario (CVMO) a publié un communiqué qui est fondé sur son examen préliminaire des premiers rapports financiers intermédiaires en IFRS que les émetteurs ont déposés à ce jour. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Alerte_de_votre_conseiller_IFRS-Deficiences_premiers_rapports_financiers_intermediaires.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a> Adviser alert—OSC filing deficiencies in issuers' first interim financial statements urn:uuid:-resources-insights-adviser_alerts-Adviser Alert - IFRS - OSC Filing deficiencies in issuers first interim fs.pdf 2011-06-09T15:34:17-05:00 The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has issued a communication based on their preliminary review of first IFRS interim financial report filings to date.|,|Issuers who file documents with these deficiencies will be requested to re-file their interim financial reports, with revised interim CEO/CFO certificates. <a href="http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/insights/adviser_alerts/Adviser Alert - IFRS - OSC Filing deficiencies in issuers first interim fs.pdf?jsmobile=0" >click to open PDF</a>