3rd QUARTER
OIL & GAS UPDATE
Breakfast Seminar
October 6, 2005
Agenda
• Introduction
• Trust Financial Reporting Issues—Murray Suey
• Current Developments—Michael McKerracher
• New Auditing Standards—John Gordon
• Proposal on Accounting for Taxes—Chris Post
• Future of Income Trusts—Chris Post
• Scientific Research and Experimental Development—Gregory
Brennan
• Transfer Pricing—Michael Hoffman
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New Partners
• Audit:
– Jason Brown, Partner
• Tax:
– Curtis Lester, Partner
– Jodi Roworth, Associate
Partner
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Trust Financial Reporting
Issues
Murray Suey
403.691.8474
msuey@kpmg.ca
Trust Financial Reporting Issues
• Desire for more meaningful information about financial results
• Disclosure of terms of royalty and trust agreements and
obligations (CICA 1540.55)
• Clarification of distributable income and distributable cash
• Distributions as return of capital vs income
• Presentation of cumulative distributions as separate component
of equity
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Trust Financial Reporting Issues
• Disclosure of terms of all classes of equity
• Accounting for options with decreasing exercise prices
• Update on accounting for exchangeable shares
– Draft changes to EIC 151 posted on CICA website
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Current Developments
Michael McKerracher
403.691.8056
mmckerracher@kpmg.ca
Comprehensive Income, Equity, Financial
Instruments and Hedges
• Harmonize Canadian GAAP with US standards
• Comprehensive Income
– Separate financial statement
– Includes items that are recognized in comprehensive income but
excluded from net income
• Equity
– Incorporates amendments to be consistent with the other new
sections
– Replaces Surplus
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Comprehensive Income, Equity, Financial
Instruments and Hedges
• Financial Instruments
– All financial instruments are included on the balance sheet at fair
value
– All financial instruments classified into five categories which
determine measurement
• Hedges
– Specify when hedge accounting is permissible
– Inadequate documentation = no hedge accounting
– Ineffective portion of hedge is recognized in net income
• Effective—Fiscal years beginning after October 1, 2006.
• Early adoption—must adopt all four standards
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Accounting For Stock Based Compensation
(FASB 123R)
• US standard on Stock Based Compensation
– Equity awards are measured at the grant date fair value
– Liability awards are measured at the grant date fair value and then
re-measured at each balance sheet date
• No preference between Black-Scholes-Merton or Lattice model
• Must consider forfeitures in fair value calculation
• Should be rare in practice that a fair value of an award cannot be
determined
• There are differences between Canadian and US GAAP which
will cause reconciling items
• Effective: Annual periods beginning after June 15, 2005
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Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement
Obligations (EIC D54)
• Based on US standard—FIN 47
• Clarifies “conditional asset retirement obligation”
– Refers to a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement
activity in which the timing and (or) method of settlement are
conditional on a future event that may or may not be within
the control of the entity
– The obligation to perform the asset retirement activity is
unconditional even though uncertainty exists about the timing
and (or) method of settlement
• Effective—US fiscal years after December 15, 2005;
Canada—fiscal years ending after March 31, 2006,
retroactively
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Accounting For Business Combinations
(ED)
• Definition of a Business—expanded
• All Business Combinations measured at 100% with a minority
interest—even if less that 100% is bought
• Equity Instruments—measured at closing rather than date of
announcement
• Acquisition costs—expensed as incurred
• Comment Period ends October 28, 2005
• Effective—January 1, 2007
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New Auditing Standards
John Gordon
403.691.8118
johngordon@kpmg.ca
New Auditing Standards
• Quality Control Standards (CICA 5030)
• Audit Risk Standards (CICA 5095, 5141, 5143, 5300))
• Planning and Documentation Standards (several)
More time will be required by all parties involved
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Quality Control Standards
Our quality control standards
• Firm level standards
– Leadership, Human Resources, client acceptance, monitoring
• Engagement level standards
– Expand responsibilities of the engagement partner and others for
matters such as compliance with quality control and independence
standards
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Audit Risk Standards
To enhance how auditors assesses and respond to risks of error
and fraud
• Obtain and document an expanded understanding of:
– Entity and its environment and business risks
– Governance processes
– Information systems
– Significant risks, and associated controls
– Design and implementation of certain internal controls, even when a
substantive approach is anticipated
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Planning and Documentation Standards
Planning
• Engagement acceptance, planning and communication with
management and the audit committee
Documentation
• Guidance on documentation of significant issues and findings
• Documentation of matters inconsistent or contradictory with final
conclusions
• Documentation required on “report release date”
• Explicit documentation on items tested
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Proposal on Accounting
for Taxes
Christopher R. Post
403.691.8434
cpost@kpmg.ca
Proposal on Accounting For Tax Uncertainties
• Required to assume that an uncertain position will be subject to
review, and that the position is probable of being sustained
– Probable is higher than more likely than not
• Evidence that may support a conclusion
– Unambiguous tax law
– Unqualified should opinion
– Similar positions clearly presented in prior returns that have been
accepted or not challenged
– Similar positions taken by other taxpayers that were favorably
resolved
• Amount to be recognized is best estimate of the amount that
would be sustained (single best estimate—not probability
weighted)
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Proposal on Accounting For Tax Uncertainties
De-recognition
• A previously recognized amount would continue to be recognized
unless it fell below a more likely than not level
• De-recognition is different than a valuation allowance, which only
related to realizability
Potential impact of the proposed rules
• Eliminates diverse practice
• Less flexibility around use of “cushion” to reflect uncertainty
• Earnings may be more volatile
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The Future of Income
Trusts
Christopher R. Post
403.691.8434
cpost@kpmg.ca
The Future of Income Trusts
• Department of Finance launches consultations on tax and other
issues related to business income trusts—September 8, 2005
• Minister of National Revenue postpones providing advance tax
rulings respecting income trusts—September 19, 2005
• Reaction to these events
• Possible outcome
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Finance’s Consultation Paper
• Follow-up on previous budget promise
• Purpose is to promote discussion and third party input
• Submissions received up to December 31, 2005
• Canadian Tax Foundation to host symposiums
• Issues for consideration:
– Impact of tax treatment on how businesses are organized
– Impact on federal tax revenues
– Potential role of tax-exempt investors
– Impact of tax treatment on the Canadian economy
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Advance Tax Rulings Postponed
• Canadian Minster of Finance says while consultations are
underway it would be “inappropriate” to issue advance tax rulings
(September 19)
• Press Release indicates “Finance is closely monitoring the
developments in the FTE (trust) market” and the government will
“consider what, if any, transitional measures would be
appropriate”
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Reactions
• Minor reaction to consultation exercise
• Significant reaction to halting advance tax rulings
• Market reaction 1
– CDN$9 billion loss in value
– 5% to 10% decrease in trading price of conversion candidates
• Created an environment of uncertainty and instability
1
National Post, September 28, 2005
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Possible Outcome
• Status quo
• Reduce tax on dividends from corporations
• Impose tax on trusts
• Eliminate duplication of corporate and personal taxes (i.e.
achieve better integration)
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Scientific Research &
Experimental Development
Gregory Brennan
403.691.8013
gbrennan@kpmg.ca
Headlines in the Technical Oil & Gas Journals
• Improved Reservoir Economics
• Incremental Hydrocarbon Recoveries
• More Profitable—Greater Efficiencies—Lower Cost Per Foot
• Environmental and Safety Issues
• Sustainable Development of Alberta’s Resource
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Scientific Research & Experimental
Development—“SR&ED”
• SR&ED is a Defined Term in the Income Tax Act
• Qualifying expenditures carried out on SR&ED projects in
Canada earn the SR&ED Tax Credit
• 20% credit against Federal taxes payable—cash / equivalent
• Enhanced Deductions—SR&ED capital costs can be pooled and
effectively written off 100%
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What Qualifies for SR&ED?
• Conventional Oil & Gas Exploration
• Unconventional Gas Recovery
• IOR & EOR Applications
• In-Situ Recovery & Upgrading
• CO2 Sequestration & Storage
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Obtaining SR&ED Tax Credits
• SR&ED application with Federal Income Tax return
• 18 month deadline
• Technical project description
• Separate SR&ED accounting—project
• Canada Revenue Agency review / audit
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Enhanced SR&ED Capabilities within KPMG
• Merger with Al Logan, Ph.D.—International Technology Ventures
(ITV)
– Technical resources enhanced—additional to existing strong SR&ED
team
– Additional capabilities to KPMG clients
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Transfer Pricing Update
Michael Hoffman
403.691.7984
mdhoffman@kpmg.ca
Impact of Transfer Pricing Adjustments
• Consider the initial impact of a $5 million transfer pricing
adjustment.
Amount
% of
Adjustment
$1,850,000
37%
$750,000
15%
$1,250,000
25%
Interest on withholding tax (4 years at 9%)
$500,000
10%
Transfer pricing penalty (if applied)
$500,000
10%
Corporate income tax (suppose 37%)
Interest on tax (4 years at 9%)
Withholding tax on deemed dividend
Advisor fees and internal costs to taxpayer
Total initial impact of adjustment
Varies
> $4,850,000
> 97%
All amounts are in Canadian funds.
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Transfer Pricing Audit Environment
• Increased audit activity
– CRA has been hiring more staff and providing more training
• Vast majority of audit adjustments are due to transfer pricing
• Important to have strong contemporaneous transfer pricing
documentation in place
– Auditors ask for this documentation at start of audit
– Foreign-prepared documentation may not be sufficient for Canadian
purposes
– CRA is applying transfer pricing penalties when taxpayers have not
met reasonable efforts standard for documentation
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Oil & Gas Transfer Pricing Issues
• Canada often has unique transfer pricing issues
• Functions and risks are inconsistent with transfer pricing policies
• Leasing charges and the treatment of repairs and maintenance
and lost-in-hole assets
• Unintended and complex intangible property ownership
• Energy trading and the use of capital
• Arm’s length interest rates
• Management fees—what are you getting for these charges?
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QUESTIONS?
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