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Income Tax - Planning for Business Succession (Live Webinar - Multi Segment)

DELIVERY FORMAT
Online Virtual
SEMINAR TYPE
PD Seminar
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Overview

This course provides a practical, technically focused overview of income-tax considerations in business succession planning for owner-managed private companies. 

 


This live virtual seminar is offered in collaboration with CPA Western Provinces. The content is applicable to all participants.

This course has offering(s) that take place over multiple segments:
Oct 21 & 22, 2026 | 8:30am-12:00pm
Dec 3 & 4 2026 | 8:30am-12:00pm

 

Course Description

Participants will learn how to identify planning opportunities and apply key tax concepts across the various stages of a business’s life cycle, from early-stage planning to estate freezes, reorganizations, divestitures, and post-mortem strategies.

Applicable for

  • Accountants in public practice advising owner-managed private corporations
  • In-house tax professionals supporting private enterprises facing succession or ownership transitions

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the stages of the owner-manager wealth cycle and assess their impact on succession planning.
  • Evaluate succession alternatives and apply key tax and non-tax considerations, including estate-freeze strategies and trust structures.
  • Recognize common tax risks such as post-mortem double taxation, surplus-stripping, and valuation-related issues.
  • Assess planning strategies for divestitures, including capital gains exemptions, purification techniques, and arm’s-length share-sale considerations.
  • Describe the high-level application of divisive reorganizations and the role they may play in succession planning.

Content

  • Tax and non-tax considerations across the business succession life cycle
  • The owner-manager wealth cycle and its implications for succession planning
  • Financing considerations for private corporations, including interest deductibility
  • Estate freeze techniques and commonly used corporate rollover provisions
  • Divisive reorganizations and surplus-stripping considerations
  • Arm’s-length and non-arm’s-length divestiture planning
  • Capital gains exemption strategies and purification techniques
  • Post-mortem planning approaches to mitigate double taxation

Course Dates & Registration

Oct 21 - 22, 2026
8:30AM - 12:00PM
Online Virtual
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid Jennifer Reid, CPA, CGA, TEP is a Partner in People Advisory Services Tax at EY in Calgary. Jennifer specializes in assisting private clients with international tax and estate planning issues such as immigration and emigration, dual citizenship considerations, foreign inheritance and foreign investment and asset ownership. Jennifer also assists in designing meaningful executive compensation plans where cross border considerations are front of mind. Jennifer has practiced tax services in Calgary for over 16 years, with a focus on private companies and their owners, as well as trusts and estates. She has experience assisting clients in planning their estate, including considerations such as insurance, trust and probate planning, cross-border planning as well as in transitioning businesses to the next generation or new owners in a tax-efficient manner. Jennifer’s previous experience in Big Four and boutique tax groups, as well as unique experience gained in leading a wealth planning group at a financial institution, allows her to take a holistic approach to tax planning for entrepreneurial and high net worth clients.
Available
Dec 3 - 4, 2026
8:30AM - 12:00PM
Online Virtual
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid Jennifer Reid, CPA, CGA, TEP is a Partner in People Advisory Services Tax at EY in Calgary. Jennifer specializes in assisting private clients with international tax and estate planning issues such as immigration and emigration, dual citizenship considerations, foreign inheritance and foreign investment and asset ownership. Jennifer also assists in designing meaningful executive compensation plans where cross border considerations are front of mind. Jennifer has practiced tax services in Calgary for over 16 years, with a focus on private companies and their owners, as well as trusts and estates. She has experience assisting clients in planning their estate, including considerations such as insurance, trust and probate planning, cross-border planning as well as in transitioning businesses to the next generation or new owners in a tax-efficient manner. Jennifer’s previous experience in Big Four and boutique tax groups, as well as unique experience gained in leading a wealth planning group at a financial institution, allows her to take a holistic approach to tax planning for entrepreneurial and high net worth clients.
Available
Oct 28 - 29, 2025
9:00AM - 12:30PM
Online Virtual
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid Jennifer Reid, CPA, CGA, TEP is a Partner in People Advisory Services Tax at EY in Calgary. Jennifer specializes in assisting private clients with international tax and estate planning issues such as immigration and emigration, dual citizenship considerations, foreign inheritance and foreign investment and asset ownership. Jennifer also assists in designing meaningful executive compensation plans where cross border considerations are front of mind. Jennifer has practiced tax services in Calgary for over 16 years, with a focus on private companies and their owners, as well as trusts and estates. She has experience assisting clients in planning their estate, including considerations such as insurance, trust and probate planning, cross-border planning as well as in transitioning businesses to the next generation or new owners in a tax-efficient manner. Jennifer’s previous experience in Big Four and boutique tax groups, as well as unique experience gained in leading a wealth planning group at a financial institution, allows her to take a holistic approach to tax planning for entrepreneurial and high net worth clients.
Past
Dec 12, 2024
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Online Virtual
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid Jennifer Reid, CPA, CGA, TEP is a Partner in People Advisory Services Tax at EY in Calgary. Jennifer specializes in assisting private clients with international tax and estate planning issues such as immigration and emigration, dual citizenship considerations, foreign inheritance and foreign investment and asset ownership. Jennifer also assists in designing meaningful executive compensation plans where cross border considerations are front of mind. Jennifer has practiced tax services in Calgary for over 16 years, with a focus on private companies and their owners, as well as trusts and estates. She has experience assisting clients in planning their estate, including considerations such as insurance, trust and probate planning, cross-border planning as well as in transitioning businesses to the next generation or new owners in a tax-efficient manner. Jennifer’s previous experience in Big Four and boutique tax groups, as well as unique experience gained in leading a wealth planning group at a financial institution, allows her to take a holistic approach to tax planning for entrepreneurial and high net worth clients.
Past

Improving Your Virtual Learning Experience

Live webinars have varying levels of expected interaction, with some requiring microphone and camera capabilities to support a proper learning experience – please email pdreg@bccpa.ca if you have concerns. 

In general, we encourage participants to have their cameras turned on to enhance their virtual learning experience. This practice promotes a stronger connection with the instructor and fellow participants, and fosters improved communication and collaboration.

Live Webinar FAQs can be found here.  

 

Registration terms and conditions, including the cancellation policy can be found here. If you require further assistance, please contact the PD Department. 

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Course Details
Cost
$425
Members
$475
Non-Members
Eligible Hours
7
CPD Hours
0
Ethics Hours
0
AML Hours
Passport
10
Credits
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Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.

Taxation

Income Tax - Planning for Business Succession (Live Webinar - Multi Segment)

DELIVERY FORMAT
Online Virtual
SEMINAR TYPE
PD Seminar
You are currently viewing the description and registration page for the Online Virtual delivery format. To view and register for other available formats, click on your selection below.
Other Available Formats
Course Details
Cost
$425
Members
$475
Non-Members
Eligible Hours
7
CPD Hours
0
Ethics Hours
0
AML Hours
Passport
10
Credits

Overview

This course provides a practical, technically focused overview of income-tax considerations in business succession planning for owner-managed private companies. 

 


This live virtual seminar is offered in collaboration with CPA Western Provinces. The content is applicable to all participants.

This course has offering(s) that take place over multiple segments:
Oct 21 & 22, 2026 | 8:30am-12:00pm
Dec 3 & 4 2026 | 8:30am-12:00pm

 

Course Description

Participants will learn how to identify planning opportunities and apply key tax concepts across the various stages of a business’s life cycle, from early-stage planning to estate freezes, reorganizations, divestitures, and post-mortem strategies.

Applicable for

  • Accountants in public practice advising owner-managed private corporations
  • In-house tax professionals supporting private enterprises facing succession or ownership transitions

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the stages of the owner-manager wealth cycle and assess their impact on succession planning.
  • Evaluate succession alternatives and apply key tax and non-tax considerations, including estate-freeze strategies and trust structures.
  • Recognize common tax risks such as post-mortem double taxation, surplus-stripping, and valuation-related issues.
  • Assess planning strategies for divestitures, including capital gains exemptions, purification techniques, and arm’s-length share-sale considerations.
  • Describe the high-level application of divisive reorganizations and the role they may play in succession planning.

Content

  • Tax and non-tax considerations across the business succession life cycle
  • The owner-manager wealth cycle and its implications for succession planning
  • Financing considerations for private corporations, including interest deductibility
  • Estate freeze techniques and commonly used corporate rollover provisions
  • Divisive reorganizations and surplus-stripping considerations
  • Arm’s-length and non-arm’s-length divestiture planning
  • Capital gains exemption strategies and purification techniques
  • Post-mortem planning approaches to mitigate double taxation

Course Dates & Registration

Oct 21 - 22, 2026
8:30AM - 12:00PM
Online Virtual
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid Jennifer Reid, CPA, CGA, TEP is a Partner in People Advisory Services Tax at EY in Calgary. Jennifer specializes in assisting private clients with international tax and estate planning issues such as immigration and emigration, dual citizenship considerations, foreign inheritance and foreign investment and asset ownership. Jennifer also assists in designing meaningful executive compensation plans where cross border considerations are front of mind. Jennifer has practiced tax services in Calgary for over 16 years, with a focus on private companies and their owners, as well as trusts and estates. She has experience assisting clients in planning their estate, including considerations such as insurance, trust and probate planning, cross-border planning as well as in transitioning businesses to the next generation or new owners in a tax-efficient manner. Jennifer’s previous experience in Big Four and boutique tax groups, as well as unique experience gained in leading a wealth planning group at a financial institution, allows her to take a holistic approach to tax planning for entrepreneurial and high net worth clients.
Available
Dec 3 - 4, 2026
8:30AM - 12:00PM
Online Virtual
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid Jennifer Reid, CPA, CGA, TEP is a Partner in People Advisory Services Tax at EY in Calgary. Jennifer specializes in assisting private clients with international tax and estate planning issues such as immigration and emigration, dual citizenship considerations, foreign inheritance and foreign investment and asset ownership. Jennifer also assists in designing meaningful executive compensation plans where cross border considerations are front of mind. Jennifer has practiced tax services in Calgary for over 16 years, with a focus on private companies and their owners, as well as trusts and estates. She has experience assisting clients in planning their estate, including considerations such as insurance, trust and probate planning, cross-border planning as well as in transitioning businesses to the next generation or new owners in a tax-efficient manner. Jennifer’s previous experience in Big Four and boutique tax groups, as well as unique experience gained in leading a wealth planning group at a financial institution, allows her to take a holistic approach to tax planning for entrepreneurial and high net worth clients.
Available
Oct 28 - 29, 2025
9:00AM - 12:30PM
Online Virtual
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid Jennifer Reid, CPA, CGA, TEP is a Partner in People Advisory Services Tax at EY in Calgary. Jennifer specializes in assisting private clients with international tax and estate planning issues such as immigration and emigration, dual citizenship considerations, foreign inheritance and foreign investment and asset ownership. Jennifer also assists in designing meaningful executive compensation plans where cross border considerations are front of mind. Jennifer has practiced tax services in Calgary for over 16 years, with a focus on private companies and their owners, as well as trusts and estates. She has experience assisting clients in planning their estate, including considerations such as insurance, trust and probate planning, cross-border planning as well as in transitioning businesses to the next generation or new owners in a tax-efficient manner. Jennifer’s previous experience in Big Four and boutique tax groups, as well as unique experience gained in leading a wealth planning group at a financial institution, allows her to take a holistic approach to tax planning for entrepreneurial and high net worth clients.
Past
Dec 12, 2024
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Online Virtual
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid Jennifer Reid, CPA, CGA, TEP is a Partner in People Advisory Services Tax at EY in Calgary. Jennifer specializes in assisting private clients with international tax and estate planning issues such as immigration and emigration, dual citizenship considerations, foreign inheritance and foreign investment and asset ownership. Jennifer also assists in designing meaningful executive compensation plans where cross border considerations are front of mind. Jennifer has practiced tax services in Calgary for over 16 years, with a focus on private companies and their owners, as well as trusts and estates. She has experience assisting clients in planning their estate, including considerations such as insurance, trust and probate planning, cross-border planning as well as in transitioning businesses to the next generation or new owners in a tax-efficient manner. Jennifer’s previous experience in Big Four and boutique tax groups, as well as unique experience gained in leading a wealth planning group at a financial institution, allows her to take a holistic approach to tax planning for entrepreneurial and high net worth clients.
Past

Improving Your Virtual Learning Experience

Live webinars have varying levels of expected interaction, with some requiring microphone and camera capabilities to support a proper learning experience – please email pdreg@bccpa.ca if you have concerns. 

In general, we encourage participants to have their cameras turned on to enhance their virtual learning experience. This practice promotes a stronger connection with the instructor and fellow participants, and fosters improved communication and collaboration.

Live Webinar FAQs can be found here.  

 

Registration terms and conditions, including the cancellation policy can be found here. If you require further assistance, please contact the PD Department. 

Interested in similar content?

Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.

Level up with CPA PRO. Designed by the CPA profession for CPAs, these courses help you adapt to industry changes and advance your career with the latest industry content delivered in a way that works
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