David J. Rotfleisch
Tax Law

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

A taxpayer need not answer questions during a CRA tax audit
The CRA's response to a Federal Court Of Appeal decision
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Recent tightening of the Voluntary Disclosures Program
The Canada Revenue Agency's VDP and the Gauthier decision
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CRA woeful disregard for taxpayer rights
Tax lawyer David Rotfleisch on latest Canada Revenue Agency communique
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When can the CRA advance an alternative argument?
Subsection 152(9) of the Income Tax Act tips litigation in favour of the Crown
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A taxpayer's rights to interest from the Canada Revenue Agency
A case comment on Glatt v Canada (National Revenue)
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The CRA's ability to compel confidential reports
EY Canada, Atlas Tube Canada and the CRA's power to compel disclosure
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Thoughts on the CRA and Canadian corporate tax gap
Are the numbers to be trusted? asks David J. Rotfleisch
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Is crypto-currency trading exempt from GST/HST?
David J Rotfleisch on crypto-currency trading and the obligation to collect GST/HST
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What the media missed in the Auditor General’s CRA report
Canada Revenue Agency does not accurately measure its performance
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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
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Auditor General slams CRA for unfair treatment of taxpayers
Michael Ferguson finds the CRA unable to measure its own activities
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Aitchison: A distasteful but correct Tax Court decision
The Canada Revenue Agency tried to fit a square peg into a round hole
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Federal Court upholds CRA audit powers
Charter Challenge: Campbell v Attorney General of Canada, 2018 FC 683
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Fighting the Canada Revenue Agency no longer like fighting city hall
The Ludmer decision represents a judicial thawing of CRA liability
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U.S. tax ruling means winter is coming for online retailers
Tax rulings are catching up with the Amazons of retail
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Multiple taxpayers successfully sue the Canada Revenue Agency
Damages in negligence: Ludmer et al c. Attorney General Of Canada
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Voluntary Disclosures Program under continued attack from Canada Revenue Agency
VDP changes are headed to the courts, predicts tax lawyer David J. Rotfleisch
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The reasonable minimum standard when challenging CRA tax audits
A look at the leading case and subsequent case law
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CRA discipline statistics shockingly low for number of service complaints
Tax lawyer David Rotfleisch says taxpayer abuse should be disciplined as well
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A world of difference between CRA civil and criminal tax audits
The Income Tax Act is clear on Canada Revenue Agency civil and criminal audits. But what happens when the goal of a CRA civil audit is to lay criminal charges?
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Canada Revenue Agency: solicitor-client privilege for commonly interested parties
Solicitor-Client privilege bars the CRA from compelling legal-advice documents when a taxpayer discloses to a party with a common interest, says tax lawyer David J. Rotfleisch
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Canada Revenue Agency farcical in treatment of taxpayers
David Rotfleisch on CRA behaviour, from malicious prosecution to the dead parrot voluntary disclosures program
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How effective is the CRA at closing Canada’s tax gap?
How good is the Canada Revenue Agency at closing the tax gap? We’ll find out this year from the Parliamentary Budget Office if the CRA has indulged in PR spin.
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Death Knell: The Canada Revenue Agency Voluntary Disclosures Program
Tax Lawyer David Rotfleisch says that, contrary to popular opinion, the CRA's changes to the VDP will affect the poor and middle class more than the rich
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What are the ethical obligations of a tax professional?
Tax Lawyer David J. Rotfleisch on the ethical obligations of accountants and lawyers in practice
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