tax
Our Tax Group ranks among the best in Canada and includes individuals who have been recognized internationally as leading advisers in The Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory and The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory. Always sensitive to our clients' business objectives, we provide comprehensive and pragmatic Canadian tax advice on a wide variety of matters, including corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, securities, structured financing and derivative products, leasing, and cross-border transactions. Routinely advising clients on compliance matters, we are experienced in negotiating disputes with revenue authorities and litigating tax issues.
Our expertise includes:
domestic and international tax planning
We are experts in implementing a full range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, reorganizations and spin-offs. We advise clients on the tax consequences of corporate acquisitions and divestitures, vertical and horizontal amalgamations and wind-ups. Our expertise includes the development of outbound investment structures that permit Canadian residents to repatriate income and gains from foreign investments in a tax efficient manner. We assist domestic and international clients from a wide range of industries in developing transfer pricing methodologies and preparing advance pricing arrangements.
tax litigation and dispute resolution
Advising at every stage of the dispute process, from audits to administrative appeals and court challenges, our tax dispute settlement team brings together expertise in tax administration, court procedure, substantive tax law and tax policy. Our tax litigators are advocates as well as highly experienced practitioners with broad litigation experience gained from appearing in all levels of Canadian courts.
GST/HST, sales and commodity taxes
We represent clients with issues involving all types of commodity taxes, including Goods and Services Tax, Harmonized Sales Tax, Quebec Sales Tax, provincial retail sales taxes, federal excise taxes and duties, as well as provincial motor fuels and tobacco taxes.
customs and domestic trade remedies
We assist in minimizing Canadian customs duties and in securing duty relief, recovery, refunds and deferrals. We apply our expertise in pursuing domestic trade remedies for domestic and foreign producers, exporters, importers and other interested parties in all aspects of anti-dumping, subsidy countervail and safeguard proceedings.
charities and not-for-profit entities
We assist in establishing not-for-profit entities and obtaining status as registered charities in Canada. With a view to maintaining charitable or non-profit status under the Income Tax Act, we advise these organizations on corporate/commercial issues, governance matters and regulatory and compliance issues.
trusts, estates and succession planning
We offer comprehensive advice and expertise to address all aspects of effective estate planning. Our full range of wealth transfer solutions includes business and personal succession planning, will and probate planning, trust and estate administration, intergenerational wealth transfer strategies and domestic and international trusts.
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