Jonathan Lafrance

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Jonathan Lafrance is a tax litigator. Based in Montreal, he has developed a national practice helping clients resolve their tax disputes. Over the years, Mr. Lafrance has argued cases before the Court of Quebec, the Superior Court of Quebec, the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal in the context of tax disputes against the federal and provincial tax authorities. He also represented clients in Supreme Court of Canada cases, including one on the merits and three at the leave to appeal stage.

Since joining us, Mr. Lafrance has represented clients in more than 100 court cases leading to either a decision on the merits or favourable out-of-court settlements.

Mr. Lafrance has represented clients in a variety of matters, including income tax, GST/HST, collection measures, protection of tax information, judicial review, fuel tax, tobacco tax, property tax, rectification and rescission. He regularly assists individuals, public and private corporations as well as registered charities in the context of tax audits. He regularly assists public corporations and registered charities with financial governance, tax and regulatory obligations.

Mr. Lafrance teaches tax litigation at the University of Sherbrooke. Prior to joining us, Mr. Lafrance was a judicial clerk with the judges of the Tax Court of Canada.

He has authored several articles and is an active speaker in the tax community.