An income trust is an entity whose securities entitle the holder to the net cash flows generated by an underlying business or income-producing property owned by the trust or another entity. Income trusts are reportedly more tax efficient than common equity firms. Following what some observers...

In June 2006, shortly after the Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) announced that Canada would be adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the Canadian Academic Accounting Association sponsored a session entitled “International Financial Reporting Standards Are Coming: Are...