Advocacy and Taxation in Canada, edited by David W. Chodikoff and James L. Horvath, brings together contributions from 30 writers including distinguished judges, leading academics, and legal and accounting experts dealing with all aspects of tax litigation and substantive tax law. Specific chapters cover a wide variety of topics including oral and written advocacy; expert evidence; fundamentals of business valuation; statutory interpretation; taxation of derivatives; indirect tax; GST; GAAR; aboriginal law; and much more.
This book will be of interest to anyone that wants to know more about tax law and/or is interested in practicing the "special art" of tax litigation.
The foreword is by the Honourable Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci, Supreme Court of Canada.

David W. Chodikoff, BA (Spec Hons) (York), MA (Dalhousie), LLB (Dalhousie), specializes in tax litigation (civil and criminal). He is the national tax litigation lead and a partner at Miller Thomson LLP. David was a former counsel and a Crown prosecutor at the Department of Justice (Canada). He has over 100 reported decisions and has conducted more than 550 cases before the courts in Canada. In 2013, David was selected as one of the leading tax controversy advisors in the world and was included in the International Tax Review’s “Tax Controversy Leaders Guide of 2013.” David has edited and contributed to six tax publications, including Tax Litigation, 2d ed, a multi-jurisdictional comparison of the subject in thirty countries. David is the recipient of numerous national and international awards. David is in Martindale-Hubbell and is AV Preeminent® Rated.

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James L. Horvath, CA, FCBV, ASA, B.Math, MBA, is a Partner with Deloitte, who over the past 33 years has specialized in business and securities valuations, and related intellectual property. Having completed over 3,000 valuation assignments, including the supervision of large, complex multidiscipline valuation engagements, he has worked in a wide variety of industries and given expert testimony on valuation matters on multiple engagements. Jim also has extensive international experience, having worked on valuations, mergers, and acquisitions in over 60 countries. He has authored several books and numerous articles on valuation, and both in Canada and internationally is a frequent speaker on valuation methods and issues.

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The Honourable Frank Iacobucci is Interim President of the University of Toronto and a former Supreme Court of Canada justice.

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