Fresh off the presses, the Tax Court mailed out this recent case about a two decade long conflict with the CRA over an assessment that ended up with criminal charges and a trial in which the judge found that significant breaches of the defendants Charter rights were made. The write-up is long and complicated but does highlight one major norm that sometimes gets overlooked, the appearance of justice is as important as the administration of justice. The respective judges in both the criminal and tax court cases both emphasized that documentation of the entire process for coming to an assessment decision must be transparent and intelligible, both for the court to see the reasoning but also for the defendant/appellant to make use of for their case. This also applies at the initial Appeals stage. A ZheroTax pro knows what documentation to request from the CRA to ensure that the auditor made a transparent and intelligible decision backed by documentation. If there are holes in the assumptions made by the auditor a ZheroTax professional can often find them and turn an appeal denied into a reassessment in the taxpayer’s favour.

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