Welcome to the Online Tour for Byrd & Chen's Canadian Tax Principles, 2011-2012 Edition.

The 2011-2012 edition of Canadian Tax Principles continues to include the features that have made it one of Canada's leading taxation texts. These include:

• Exercises that deal with specific and clearly defined taxation issues. These Exercises are integrated into the text and solutions are provided in the Study Guide.
• Self Study Problems that extend the student's understanding of more complex issues. Solutions are provided in the Study Guide.
• Extensive and varied Assignment Problems for use in the classroom. Solutions to these problems are provided only to instructors. We have added over 100 new Assignment Problems to this edition.
• Tax Software Problems designed to be solved using Intuit Canada's ProFile tax return preparation software provided on the Student CD-ROM. The solutions to the Self Study Software Problems are provided in the Study Guide. The solutions to the Assignment Tax Software Problems are provided only to instructors.
• Comprehensive Cases that are cumulative in that they incorporate issues from previous chapters.
• Sample tax returns for individuals and corporations.
• Practice Exams for students with detailed solutions and marking guides (chapters 1–11).
• Key Terms at the end of each chapter. These terms and their definitions are compiled in a Glossary in the Study Guide.

Each copy of this text includes two CD-ROMs and a Study Guide.

The Study Guide, which comes packaged with the text at no additional cost, contains the following items:

• "How to Work Through the Chapter" for each chapter.
• Learning Objectives for each chapter.
• Solutions to the Exercises, Self Study Problems, and Self Study Tax Software Problems in the textbook.
• Two sample personal tax returns and one sample corporate tax return.
• A 20-page Glossary.

The Student CD-ROM contains:

• Intuit Canada's ProFile Tax Suite. This includes tax preparation software for:
  • individuals (T1),
    
  • corporations (T2), and
    
  • trusts (T3), plus
    
  • the FX module containing other taxation forms.

• Practice exams for students with detailed solutions and marking guides for Chapters 1 to 11.
• PowerPoint Slides for Chapters 1 to 13.
• Key Terms Self Tests (Glossary Flashcards and Matching Quizzes).
• The Study Guide in PDF format for Chapters 1 to 11.
• Tax return files to accompany the sample tax returns in the Study Guide.
• Supplementary Readings on specialized tax topics.

The FITAC-CTP CD-ROM contains:

• An electronic text version of the 2011-2012 edition of Canadian Tax Principles in the CICA's FITAC Folio Views^® infobase.
• The current edition of the complete Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations, and a complete set of Canada Revenue Agency's Interpretation Bulletins and Information Circulars, all from the CICA (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants).

Check out the Companion Website at www.pearsoncanada.ca/byrdchen/ctp2012.

There you will find:

• Updates and corrections to the textbook
• PowerPoint slides for Chapters 14 to 21
• Key Terms Self Tests
• Glossary Flashcards
• Links to relevant websites
• A "Guide to Using Your Student CD-ROM"