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Tax Considerations for New Managers In Public Practice

Empower yourself to proactively navigate complex tax scenarios, master client-centric planning, and provide strategic, value-driven advice as a new manager in public practice.

Created byClearline Consulting
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(23 reviews)
IntermediateUpdated Oct 31, 2025
Tax Considerations for New Managers In Public Practice

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand tax implications of salaries vs. dividends.
check_circleIdentify key tax attributes like RDTOH and GRIP.
check_circleLearn strategies for income smoothing and shareholder loans.
check_circleApply estate freeze techniques and preferred share redemptions.
check_circleNavigate Tax on Split Income (TOSI) rules and exceptions.
check_circleDevelop proactive tax planning for diverse client needs.

About This Course

This course, "Tax Considerations for New Managers In Public Practice," is crucial for new managers transitioning into a more significant role in tax planning and compliance. It offers practical insights into navigating various tax scenarios, ensuring you can provide sound advice to clients and confidently manage their tax affairs. Understanding these considerations is vital for effective client management and strategic financial planning.

  • Salaries and Dividends: Learn to determine the most tax-efficient compensation strategies for shareholders, considering personal lifestyles, age, tax attributes, and income splitting.
  • Tax Attributes: Explore the effective utilization of tax attributes like non-capital and capital losses, RDTOH balances (eligible and non-eligible), GRIP, and Capital Dividend Account (CDA) for optimal tax advantage.
  • Integration: Understand the concept of corporate-personal tax integration, analyzing the trade-offs between salaries and dividends, and the impact of active vs. investment income.
  • Managing Shareholder Balances: Gain insights into handling shareholder loans, including repayment strategies, deemed benefits, and avoiding common pitfalls to ensure compliance and prevent adverse tax implications.
  • Income Smoothing: Discover techniques to stabilize and minimize tax burdens by proactively planning for significant withdrawals over multiple years, thereby avoiding high-tax spikes.
  • Estate Freezes and Redemptions: Master the tools for succession and estate planning, including implementing estate freezes using preferred shares and family trusts, and managing share redemptions to optimize intergenerational wealth transfer.
  • Tax on Split Income (TOSI): Navigate the complexities of TOSI rules, understanding exceptions related to age, active engagement, excluded businesses, and reasonable rates of return to ensure compliant income splitting.

This course equips new managers with the knowledge and practical skills to confidently address complex tax situations, enhance client service, and contribute effectively to their firm's success.

Your Instructors

Clearline Consulting
Clearline Consulting
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Clearline Consulting provides practitioners and their staff with the tools, training and advice they need to succeed and build thriving accounting firms. From tax compliance to estate planning, file monitoring to assisting with practice review, staff training to customized consulting solutions, our team exists to serve the needs of small to mid-sized public practice firms across Canada. Our collaborative, integrated approach means your firm has access to and support from knowledgeable practitioners who are in front of the ever-changing standards environment. Our core services include supporting firms with the implementation of the quality management standards, external file monitoring, services for accounting, assurance and taxation maters, provisions of templates and resources, practice management and risk mitigation consultations.

Shane Schepens, CPA, CA
Shane Schepens, CPA, CA

Tax Partner, Clearline Consulting CPA

Shane is a Tax Partner at Clearline Consulting and Clearline CPA. As such, he primarily focuses on income tax planning, reorganizations, and succession planning for Canadian owner-managed businesses in various industries. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Northern BC and obtained his CA designation in 2003. Shane started his accounting career in 2000 by working for a large international accounting firm for approximately ten years in their Prince George, Calgary, and Burnaby offices. Shane worked an additional five years for a mid-sized accounting firm located in Surrey, before opening his own accounting and tax practice in Surrey which operated for four years. Now as Clearline Consulting’s Tax Partner, Shane will be assisting practitioners with their client’s tax compliance, planning and corporate restructuring needs.

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