Canada-US Business Council of Chicago and the International Trade Association of Greater Chicago: Doing Your Homework on the GST July 21, 2010

Presentations by:
Christina Zurowski, CA
Senior Director, Tax, Client & Consulting Services
Brendan Moore & Associates
Ontario, Canada

and

Mark Gasbarra, CPA, CFA
Managing Partner, Global Tax Services
Clifton Gunderson LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

What is the GST? How does it work? Can I get my money back from Canada? When is a sales tax not a sales tax? When it's called a Goods and Service Tax (GST), and it's collected by the Canadian Revenue Agency
(CRA). With the exception of tourists who pay GST on most purchases while visiting Canada, most Americans - including many business owners - never encounter the tax and have no idea how it works. That's changing as more and more American companies do business, or consider doing business, north of the border and are seeing this tax being added to the bill. The GST is becoming a fact of life, and the better American companies understand it, the better they can plan strategies to reduce its impact. Please join us for this cross-border presentation on the GST.

TIMES:
11:45 a.m. - Registration
12:00 p.m. - Luncheon & Program
2:00 p.m. - Adjourn

Please Make Your Reservations Early!
Contact the ITA/GC by 4:00 p.m., Monday, July 19
Tel: 773/725-1106
[email protected]
Fax: 773/725-2294
American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa are welcome.
A reservation is an obligation to pay: reservations not canceled 48 hours prior to the meeting will be billed.

Christina Zurowski joined Brendan Moore ("BMA") from Ernst & Young, where she spent the past five years working exclusively in the commodity tax practice. During the course of her 15-year career in commodity tax, Christina has been a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences. She has exceptional expertise and strategic insight into the commodity sales tax industry. Brendan Moore & Associates is a
professional services firm dedicated exclusively to providing Canadian sales tax solutions to North America's premier organizations.

Mark Gasbarra leads Clifton Gunderson's tax practice as Managing Partner of Global Tax Services and has behind him three decades of international tax experience serving the complex tax needs of Fortune
500 companies. He formed U.S. Tax Advantage, LLC (USTA) in 2005 with the vision of creating a global tax services practice while leveraging the benefits of superior tax technology. Clifton Gunderson is the 14th largest U.S. accounting firm and the largest member of HLB International, one of the world's largest networks of independent professional accounting firms & business advisors.