2008 International Update:

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Cross-Border Tax Issues

The University of San Diego School of Law - Procopio International Tax Institute

This conference was held May 1- 2, 2008 at Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego.

To view photos from the 2008 conference, click here.

Conference Topics Included:

• General Aspects of Mexico's New Fiscal Tax Reform
• U.S.-Mexican Complex Trust Taxation Considerations (Mexico's new REFIPRE regime and new US tax regulations)
• Cross Border Tax Planning Strategies for Real Estate: How to structure Private and Public Real Estate Holdings
• Cross Border Transfer of Intangibles: Migration from and to the US, Canada and Mexico
• Dissecting US, Canadian and Mexican Tax Case Law: Recent cases and comparative analysis
• International Aspects of Mexico's New Tax Reform: The tax nature of IETU and availability of foreign tax credits.
• Foreign Informational Reporting Requirements - A Preparer's Primer
• The New Return Preparer Penalty Regime - Don't Think You're a Preparer? Think Again!
• US-Canada New Tax Treaty Protocol: Significant Impacts and Planning Opportunities
• US Local Taxation of International Operations (California, Texas and Florida tax regimes)
• International Aspects of Mexico's New Tax Reform: The consequences for the Maquiladora Industry and Capital Markets.
• International Audits - Current Enforcement Concerns and Common Issues
• Expatriating - A comparison of Tax Consequences When Individuals and Entities Decide to Leave NAFTA Home
• Taxing Cross Border Athletes and Entertainers: Central Withholding Agent Agreements, Loan out companies, Tax Treaty Exemptions.
• International Ethics in Cross-Border Investment and Tax Planning

For more information or to be added to our mailing list to receive information on the 2009 conference, please contact Francisco Sanchez Losada at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves and Savitch, LLP at 619.515.3225 or via email at fsl@procopio.com.