I lost my battle with the CRA, but I won the war | Dale Barrett

By Dale Barrett ( November 18, 2019, 10:32 AM EST) -- My firm cannot make the claim that we have won all of our cases in the Tax Court of Canada, but what we can tell you is that every single case we have won in court — either in trial or a settlement — was lost at the objection stage. And in many cases, besides losing our objection, we were also unable to convince an auditor of our client’s position. In these types of cases, two different Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) departments had thought we were wrong before we were able to convince a judge otherwise. So before a win or settlement in tax court, the taxpayer often has to lose twice....

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