Taxing litigation matters

Adrienne Woodyard, of the Toronto office, shares valuable tips on how lawyers can best assist clients battling with the Canada Revenue Agency in her article, "Taxing Litigation Matters."

For counsel, managing the audit dynamic and the flow of information is critical. Taxpayers are often suspicious of the CRA and fearful of disclosing too much, but resisting an auditor's requests for information is a bad strategy. Tax disputes can erupt simply because of a taxpayer's reluctance or inability to locate and produce what the auditor has requested. Audits can also go awry if the information provided is incomplete, inaccurate or simply not understoo

Published in Canadian Lawyer Magazine ('Arguably the Best' column), February 28, 2011. 

View the article Taxing Litigation Matters online.