iNCOME TAXES, SALES TAXES, AND TARIFFS
“Every man is entitled if he can to order his affairs so as that the tax attaching under the appropriate Acts is less than it otherwise would be”:
Inland Revenue Commissioners v. Duke of Westminster, [1936] A.C. 1 (Lord Tomlin)
INCOME TAXES
Our advisory income tax services address corporate, trust, individual, and personal tax optimization, as well as addressing tax issues in business transactions.
SALES TAXES
Our sales tax practices consists of advising on compliance issues relating to Canada’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) across transactions and domestic and cross-border supply chains.
TARIFFS
Our tariffs practice consists of (a) seeking tariff relief or reductions through duty drawback, duty deferral, and remission orders programs, (b) seeking reduced tariffs under free trade agreements (c) assisting on trade and import/export compliance, (d) navigating sanctions and trade restrictions, (e) custom audits and disputes, and (f) legal proceedings before the Canadian international trade Tribunal (CITT).
TAX DISPUTES AND TAX LITIGATION
We handle income tax, sales tax, and trade disputes, whether at the audit or administrative level, or before courts of law.
