On June 29, 2009, Tim Hortons Inc. announced that, pending shareholder approval, the chain's operations would be reorganized under a new publicly traded company, also named "Tim Hortons Incorporated", incorporated under the ''[[Canada Business Corporations Act]].''. The change was being made primarily for tax purposes.<ref>{{Cite press release | title = Registration statement filed for proposed reorganization of Tim Hortons as a Canadian public company | publisher = Tim Hortons | date = June 29, 2009 | url = http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/about/news.html?c=195616&p=irol-news&nyo=0 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090812054548/http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/about/news.html?c=195616&p=irol-news&nyo=0 | archive-date = August 12, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.thestar.com/business/article/658823 | title = Tim Hortons returns officially to Canada | date = June 30, 2009 | first = David | last = Friend |work=Toronto Star }}</ref> On September 28, 2009, Tim Hortons Inc. announced it had completed the reorganization of its corporate structure to become a Canadian public company.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tim Hortons Inc. Completes Public Company Merger and Reorganization |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/28/c9433.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001165026/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/28/c9433.html |archive-date=2009-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Campion-Smith |first=Bruce |date=September 24, 2009 |title=Doughnuts over diplomacy |work=[[Toronto Star]] |location=Toronto |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/700134 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126032518/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/700134 |archive-date=2009-11-26}}</ref>
[[File:8481 boulevard Newman - 87.jpg|thumb|Cashiers at a Tim Hortons. In November 2010, the company extended the [[Interac]] debit payment system throughout most of its stores.]]