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The Canadian Spin-Off Edge

Favorable tax treatment awaits Canadian parent companies that structure reorganizations as "amalgamations," although such deals could be considered taxable transactions in the United States.

August 9, 2010

The anti-Morris Trust rules do not operate in Canada. That's the bottom line of a recent court ruling involving a complex reorganization transaction that eventually garnered favorable tax treatment for the parent company. Read more...

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