A Toronto GST / HST Tax Lawyer
For All Your Tax Needs
A GST-HST tax lawyer working in Toronto can advise you about the many complicated issues surrounding sales tax and GST and HST concerns. An experienced attorney is essential to help you avoid different problems associated with the management of the collection and remission of appropriate sales taxes. When you find yourself in the midst of a conflict or needing to prepare for an audit, the support of an attorney is instrumental in helping you to feel prepared and to minimize the potential penalties.
If you don’t have legal representation on your side, advance tax planning and dealing with emerging issues is difficult or impossible. With a Toronto tax lawyer who knows the landscape and can help you with current issues and a long-range view, you know what to expect and how to avoid many common problems.
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Knowing how and when HST applies is hard for business owners, especially those who are regularly doing business with people or organizations located in different provinces. A comprehensive plan to minimize risk and ensure compliance is necessary to protect business interests. What seems like small mistakes on your end can turn into big problems in the event that an investigation or audit is opened, so it pays to be prepared with the support of a Toronto HST lawyer.
An HST lawyer is someone whose practice is primarily focused on GST or HST issues. The harmonized sales tax in Canada is part of the overall goods and services tax system, under the Excise Tax Act. HST attorneys in Toronto will be familiar with most issues arising in the context of HST. Many lawyers will focus exclusively on certain types of HST issues.
Do You Really Need a GST / HST Lawyer in Toronto to Help?
You need award winning tax lawyers in Ontario who are thoroughly committed to representing you to the fullest and giving you comprehensive assistance for the duration of their representation. You need an experienced attorney who has the expertise that you need when it comes to complicated tax issues surrounding GST and HST.
Addressing these problems sooner rather than later can decrease the possibility of problems for your business and can also show that you have done everything possible to protect yourself and to remain in compliance with these important laws.
It can be difficult for businesses to figure out how much GST or HST to charge and this information should be handled by an attorney who understands all complex aspects of this tax representation, including applying zero-rating rules for non-residents, and how to handle audits, objections and appeals. The sooner that you retain an experienced attorney, the easier it will be to address a personalized plan for representation and development of a complaint strategy to ensure that your needs are represented.
Tax Articles
Case Study: How Rotfleisch & Samulovitch helped reduce the tax owed by ON Corp to CRA from $140,000 to $3,000
Brief Situation Overview The taxpayer operates an online store via Shopify that sells all kinds of jerseys to customers in North America, the UK, France [...]
Case Commentary: Ayoub v The King, 2025 TCC 48 – Beware home builders must pay HST/GST when renting or using property personally (Self-Supply Rule) GalleryCase Commentary: Ayoub v The King, 2025 TCC 48 – Beware home builders must pay HST/GST when renting or using property personally (Self-Supply Rule)
Case Commentary: Ayoub v The King, 2025 TCC 48 – Beware home builders must pay HST/GST when renting or using property personally (Self-Supply Rule)
In March 2025, the Tax Court of Canada delivered its judgment on Ayoub v The King, 2025 TCC 48, related to the assessment by the [...]
Case Commentary: 1351231 Ontario Inc. v The King – Why GST/HST must be paid on the sale of a residential unit used for Airbnb
In March 2025, the Federal Court of Appeal delivered the judgment on 1351231 Ontario Inc. v The King, 2025 FCA 53, dismissing the appeal by [...]