EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2022, SHARON BENNETT HAS RETIRED. THE LAW PRACTICE OF BENNETT TAX LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION IS NOW PERMANENTLY CLOSED.

Welcome to Bennett Tax Law, a boutique law firm specializing in the design and implementation of tax-effective solutions for private companies and wealthy individuals; the provision of tax and compliance advice to trade unions, charities, non-profit organizations and public sector clients; and tax dispute resolution services.

Sharon Bennett

Sharon A Bennett

sharon@bennetttaxlaw.com

Sharon Bennett is the principal of Bennett Tax Law. Sharon was called to the Ontario bar in 1985, has been actively engaged as a business lawyer and trusted advisor since that time, and practised for more than 20 years as a tax specialist with a large law firm in Toronto and Waterloo Region.

Sharon's corporate law experience encompasses a comprehensive range of transactions and tax-focussed arrangements for multi-national corporations, joint ventures, and closely-held private companies, including mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, international tax planning, debt and equity financing, stock options, executive compensation, insolvency arrangements and scientific research and experimental development. Her estate and trust law experience includes succession planning for private companies, family trusts, divisive reorganizations, and the use of business trusts in the non-profit and charitable sector.

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Business Services

  • complex corporate reorganizations
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • private company tax planning
  • debt and equity financing
  • employee compensation and relocation
  • shareholder agreements and disputes
  • commercial agreements
  • foreign investment into Canada
  • international expansion of Canadian business
  • international tax planning

Tax Dispute Resolution

  • management of tax audits
  • objections to income and sales tax assessments
  • appeals to Tax Court of Canada and Superior Court (Ontario)
  • management of tax collections
  • voluntary disclosures
  • rectification applications

Private Client Services

  • wealth protection
  • succession planning
  • family trusts
  • immigration trusts
  • departing from Canada