6-K

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Month of November, 2004
Commission File No. 000-24876

TELUS CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 

21st Floor, 3777 Kingsway
Burnaby, British Columbia V5H 3Z7
Canada

(Address of principal executive offices)
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F   o Form 40-F   x

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2 (b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Yes   o No   x

EXHIBITS
 

Exhibit No.	Description
1	Supplemental United States GAAP Disclosures for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 (unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the report of the auditors thereon

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:   November 30, 2004
 

TELUS CORPORATION
By:	/s/   Audrey Ho
	Name:	Audrey Ho
	Title:	Vice President, Legal Services and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX
 

Exhibit No.	Description
1	Supplemental United States GAAP Disclosures for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 (unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the report of the auditors thereon

EX-1

Exhibit 1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Directors of TELUS Corporation:

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of TELUS Corporation as at December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the years then ended, and have issued our report dated February 2, 2004, except as to Note 16(c), which is as of February 12, 2004; such financial statements and report are included in the 2003 Form 40-F. We have also audited the following Supplemental United States GAAP Disclosures of TELUS Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, which are included herein and which were prepared to comply with the requirements of Item 18 of Form 20-F. This supplemental disclosure is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion thereon based on our audits. In our opinion, the Supplemental United States GAAP Disclosures for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, when considered in relation to the 2003 and 2002 basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

/s/   Deloitte & Touche LLP

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Registered Chartered Accountants
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
November 30, 2004

TELUS CORPORATION

SUPPLEMENTAL UNITED STATES GAAP DISCLOSURES FOR THE THREE-MONTH AND
NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 AND 2003 (unaudited),
AND THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003 AND 2002

The following information should be read in conjunction with the TELUS Corporation (the “Company”) unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, and the TELUS Corporation audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002. Significant differences between Canadian and United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) are described in Note 20 and Note 22 of the Company’s interim consolidated financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, and the TELUS Corporation audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In addition to the significant differences described in the aforementioned Notes, presentation of the following disclosure would be required under United States GAAP as specified in Item 18 of Form 20-F:

1. Additional Disclosure

Under United States GAAP, discrete disclosure is required of cost of sales and service and selling, general and administrative expenses. Cost of sales and service include cost of goods sold and costs to operate and maintain access to and usage of the Company’s telecommunication infrastructure. Selling, general and administrative costs include sales and marketing costs (including commissions), customer care, bad debt expense, real estate costs and corporate overhead costs such as information technology, finance (including billing services, credit and collection), legal, human resources and external affairs.

Employee salaries, benefits and related costs are included in one of the two components of operations expense to the extent that the costs are related to the component functions.

	Three months				Nine months
Periods ended September 30 (unaudited) (millions)	2004		2003		2004		2003
Operations expense:
Cost of sales and service	$	612.2	$	572.2	$	1,790.0	$	1,707.3
Selling, general and administrative		500.6		479.5		1,469.5		1,468.0
	$	1,112.8	$	1,051.7	$	3,259.5	$	3,175.3

Years ended December 31 (millions)	2003		2002
Operations expense:
Cost of sales and service	$	2,299.3	$	2,467.5
Selling, general and administrative		2,002.6		2,020.6
	$	4,301.9	$	4,488.1