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David J. Rotfleisch

Tax Law

David Rotfleisch

David J. Rotfleisch, CPA, CA, JD, is the founding Canadian tax lawyer of Rotfleisch & Samulovitch, P.C., a Toronto-based boutique income tax law firm (Taxpage.com). With over 30 years of experience as both a lawyer and chartered professional accountant, he has helped start-up businesses, resident and non-resident business owners and corporations with their tax planning, with will and estate planning, voluntary disclosures and tax dispute resolution including tax litigation. Contact David at david@taxpage.com.

Recent Blog Posts By David J. Rotfleisch

When can the CRA advance an alternative argument?
Subsection 152(9) of the Income Tax Act tips litigation in favour of the Crown

A taxpayer's rights to interest from the Canada Revenue Agency
A case comment on Glatt v Canada (National Revenue)

The CRA's ability to compel confidential reports
EY Canada, Atlas Tube Canada and the CRA's power to compel disclosure

Thoughts on the CRA and Canadian corporate tax gap
Are the numbers to be trusted? asks David J. Rotfleisch

Is crypto-currency trading exempt from GST/HST?
Crypto-Currency trading and the obligation to collect GST/HST

What the media missed in the Auditor General’s CRA report
Canada Revenue Agency does not accurately measure its performance

Is the CRA’s public shaming an effective deterrent of tax evasion?
The CRA is sending a clear message that tax evasion does not pay, says David J. Rotfleisch

Auditor General Slams CRA For Unfair Treatment Of Taxpayers
Michael Ferguson finds the CRA unable to measure its own activities

Aitchison: A distasteful but correct Tax Court decision
The Canada Revenue Agency tried to fit a square peg into a round hole 

Federal Court upholds CRA audit powers
Charter Challenge: Campbell v Attorney General of Canada, 2018 FC 683