2025 Tax Seminar Series
The 2025 Tax Seminar Series is produced to our Gold Standard, featuring 8 expert-led sessions from September to December. Each session delivers in-depth insights and strategies on today’s most important tax topics.
What You Get After Registering...
The annual Tax Seminar Series has become a trusted resource for tax professionals across Canada and beyond. Running from September through December, this series delivers timely, in-depth seminars on key tax topics. Whether you're an expert or a CPA looking to deepen your understanding of Canadian tax, the 2025 Tax Seminar Series is the place to be.
VIEW SEMINAR SCHEDULE ➞Earn 20 CPD Hours with 8 Seminars Made for 2025
Join our curated collection of 8 tax seminars tailored specifically for 2025. Earn 20 hours of CPD credit while learning the latest tax knowledge.
Learn Live with Experts and Get Answers
Connect directly with tax experts in live sessions. Ask questions and hear what’s on people’s minds. Learn alongside your peers.
Access 200+ Hours of Seminars in our Archive
Access our Tax Seminar Series Archive with content organized by topic. Plus, Technical Corner, resources, and references — all included for free.
STORY OF THE SEMINARS
You can now save your spot for the 2025 Tax Seminar Series. Upon completion, registrants will receive a Certificate of Completion for 20 hours of verifiable CPD.
Session 1 begins:
September 9, 2025
To register multiple staff members, increase the quantity to match the number of participants during checkout.
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2025 Tax Seminar Series Schedule
Registrants have the flexibility to attend each session at either 9 AM ET or 12 PM ET.
September 9
September 25
October 9
October 21
November 4
November 18
December 4
December 16
Module Preview
Module A
2025 Tax Update
A tax update session covering what's new for 2025 and a case law update reviewing recent developments.
Module B
Bare Trusts Are Back
Unfortunately, bare trust reporting is back on the menu for 2025 with filings due March 2026. The rules have been modified but many issues remain.
Module C
AMT, Your New Tax Partner
Review AMT changes from 2024 and share our experience with AMT issues for individuals and trusts. Learn about the typical AMT profiles that cause trouble and get tax planning ideas to recover AMT and minimize future exposure.
Module D
Ten Tax Issues You Don't Want
This session covers the costly mistakes you want to avoid – and how to prevent them: getting behind on debit balances, Part IV tax on inter-corporate dividends, unexpected deemed dividends, attribution issues where foreign tax credits are lost, superficial loss problems, wrong principal residence choices, flipped property issues, eligible dividends and NERDTOH complications, excessive salary problems, and kiddie tax issues.
Module E
US Tax Update
Review of the "big beautiful bill": increased exemption limits for U.S. estate tax, the U.S. Gold Visa Card, tax-exempt tips and overtime pay, and more.
Module F
Capital Gains Exemption
A detailed look at the capital gains exemption rules, purification strategies, good and bad structures, use of trusts, and practical planning ideas.
Module G
A Matter of Interest Expense
The rules that limit interest expense; general requirements, earnings limitations, thin capitalization rules, and other related issues.
Module H
Owner-Manager Remuneration (I)
Tax rates and integration, corporate tax (small business deduction, investment income, personal services business), forms of remuneration (salary v. dividend), AMT, capital gains remuneration, and shareholder loans.
Module I
Owner-Manager Remuneration (II)
Tax rates and integration, corporate tax (small business deduction, investment income, personal services business), forms of remuneration (salary v. dividend), AMT, capital gains remuneration, and shareholder loans.
Module J
Successful Income Splitting Strategies
Overcome hurdles like attribution and TOSI rules, review income splitting structures and strategies that work.
Module K
Capital Gain v. Income
Basic rules for distinguishing capital gains from income, with specific application to real estate, gains in the stock market and crypto investments.
Module L
Ethics and Tax Practice
Effective dating versus backdating, risks in tax practice and ways to reduce exposure.
Module M
When Is It Statute Barred
Understand the rules on when a year is statute barred, extended time periods, misrepresentation issues, and how to defend a statute barred position.
Module N
Year-End Tax Planning
Our year-end planning review will cover hot issues for 2025 and important year-end matters.
Meet Your Presenters
Michael Cadesky
FCPA, FCA, FTIHK, CTA, TEP (EMERITUS)
Michael Cadesky is the managing partner at Cadesky Tax and a committed contributor to the tax and accounting professions since 1980, earning the title of Fellow from CPA Ontario. He is a past governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, past chair of STEP Canada and STEP Worldwide, and past chair of the CPA Canada Tax Committee for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Michael is also the co-author of 11 books on tax subjects and the author or co-author of numerous papers and articles on Canadian and international taxation.
Hugh Woolley
CPA, CA, TEP
Hugh Woolley is an independent tax consultant who has taught income tax for over 30 years for a number of different professional organizations. Hugh has written courses for CPA Canada and over 10 papers for the B.C. Tax Conference as well as papers for the CTF's National Tax Conference and STEP Canada's National Conference. From 1990–1992 he worked at the CRA's Rulings Directorate in Ottawa writing "butterfly" tax rulings. Hugh is a past Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation.
Our Gold Standard ensures an exceptional learning experience. Access slides with detailed notes, advance reading materials, presentations with examples, planning points, cautions, live Q&A sessions, resources, and Technical Corner. Enjoy recorded sessions, practice aids, and in-depth reviews of the Income Tax Act, all designed to enhance your tax education experience.
Slides and Detailed Notes
Live Q&A Sessions
Recorded Sessions
Examples, Planning, Cautions
Practice Aids
Income Tax Act Reviews
Hear From Past Attendees
This is a first time for me as well. Your firm was recommended to by one of my friends. Great source of information.
Thank you Mike, Hugh and team! I enjoyed the practical and realistic solutions to various tax issues.
Thank you ALL for such high quality courses and answering the questions in detail! So glad I found you guys!
Thank you very much for the seminars. They are very informative and helpful.
Thank you for the wonderful presentation, materials, and handling of queries as always.
This is my first time taking the Cadesky Tax Seminars. I am learning a lot and watching archived courses too. You have done a great job. Thank you so much!
I really enjoy your seminar series. Your presentations are extremely thorough and you explain complex tax issues very clearly.
The presentations are relevant. The material is easy to follow. Worked examples are excellent. It is a great value.
