Chia-yi Chua

Practice Areas

Chia-yi Chua is Senior Counsel in McCarthy Tétrault’s National Tax Group. His practice focuses on complex tax disputes. Chia-yi acts for corporate taxpayers in all of Canada’s significant industries, including the financial services, telecommunications, resource, retail, hospitality, and transportation sectors. He has represented these clients at every level of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

He has been recognized for his market-leading practice and has been ranked in the top-tiers of international directories including Chambers Canada, where he is described as having a “stellar reputation in the tax litigation field in Canada” and “praised for his skills in strategy and his ability to explain complex issues to clients”. Clients say “he really understands and listens to what the client is saying and also provides…options on how to proceed”.

Chia-yi regularly addresses the Tax Executives Institute, Inc. to present on current tax litigation topics. He is a frequent speaker at conferences of auditors and appeals officers, and addresses Tax and Finance departments of top North American corporations.

Career

British Columbia Bar, 1997

Ontario Bar, 1995

Professional Memberships

Advocates’ Society

Publications

The Impact of Expanded CRA Audit Powers on TCC Appeals, Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 12, Number 3, August 2022

Personal

Singapore’s Honorary Consul-General in Toronto