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Tax: Litigation

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Provided by John Sorensen

Canada

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John Sorensen is a tax partner based in Gowling WLG's Toronto office, where he is head of the Business Law Department in the Toronto office.

A partner based in Gowling WLG's Toronto office, John provides prudent advice and expeditious, cost-effective solutions to tax problems. He has extensive experience resolving income tax and GST/HST disputes at the audit and appeal stages, as well as before the courts. His practice also includes voluntary disclosure, taxpayer relief, rectification, rescission, and remission order applications.

John frequently speaks and writes on tax dispute resolution topics, including for the Canadian Tax Foundation, Tax Executives Institute, and the International Fiscal Association.

He has also been ranked in the International Tax Review, The Best Lawyers™ in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.

Career

Year of Call: 2006 – Ontario

Professional Memberships

Chair of the Advocates' Society tax litigation section

Member of the board of directors of the Advocates' Society

Member of the board of governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation

Publications

A co-editor and contributing author to Taxation of Private Corporations and Their Shareholders, 5th ed. (CTF, 2020) and Tax Disputes in Canada: the Path Forward (CTF, 2022)

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