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Sales Taxes (including VAT, GST, and PST)

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When supplying, acquiring or importing goods or services anywhere in the world, you need a dedicated advisor who knows your industry sector and can work with you on indirect tax issues. The tax lawyers at Dentons can take you from the initial planning and structuring stages through documentation, registration and compliance.

We have extensive experience with all the various kinds of transactional taxes, including sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, VAT and other indirect taxes. If a dispute should arise, whether with a commercial party or a tax authority, we help you reach a cost-effective settlement, or if you want, we defend your interests before the relevant tribunals or courts.

Whether you need guidance on indirect taxes or customs and excise duties, Dentons provides timely, practical advice and exceptional service to you in all our industry sectors.

Experience

Canadian purchaser: Advising on 405 linocuts by Pablo Picasso worth $20 million and the charitable donation of this highly significant art to an art gallery in Saskatchewan. Our advice covers issues relating to the purchase, export of the art from England and importation of the art into Canada, donation, transportation, insurance and taxation of this noteworthy donation, the largest in the province's history.
Major North American retailer: Advising on successful appeals before the Tax Court and Federal Court of Appeal in establishing that Canadian VAT does not apply to payments made by a credit card issuer under card acceptance and co-branded card agreements.
Leading Spanish company within manufacturing in the automotive industry: Advising on corporate, tax, employment, and litigation matters in Spain and Romania. The team helped the company to grow the business in Romania and to analyze all the legal implications regarding the company’s operations in this country. The team is one of the representatives of the company's strategic committee, which values its expansion in other countries.
Multinational dairy products corporation: Advising and assisting the second largest dairy products group in the world and the second largest food products group in France on all tax aspects of its acquisition policy across Europe with special focus on the markets in Germany, France and Poland. Among the different specific services, our tax lawyers mainly focused on tax structuring work, an in-depth tax due diligence, financing schemes and Transfer Pricing schemes.
Premier Gold Mines: Advising with respect to its CA$104 million acquisition of Goldstone Resources Inc. The acquisition consolidates 100 percent ownership of the Hardrock Project in Canada that is host to a multimillion-ounce National Instrument 43-101 compliant resource estimate.
Surrey City Centre: Advising in a case where the taxpayer, Surrey City Centre (a subsidiary of ICBC and one of BC's largest Crown corporations), was assessed for failing to pay C$3 million in government sales tax (GST) on a C$41 million damage settlement. The court allowed the taxpayer's appeal and held that the payment was not subject to GST because the payment was made by the Provincial Crown, which is exempt from GST.
Teledyne Technologies Inc.: Advising on its $337 million acquisition of publicly traded DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) (DALSA) by plan of arrangement. Teledyne is a leading provider of sophisticated instrumentation, digital imaging products and software, aerospace and defense electronics, and engineered systems with operations primarily located in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico. DALSA, now Teledyne DALSA, Inc., is an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets digital imaging products and solutions, in addition to providing specialized semiconductor foundry services, with core competencies in advanced integrated circuit and electronics technology, software, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer processing.
TerreStar Networks Inc.: Advising on the DISH Network Corporation acquisition of its assets, valued at C$1.37 billion. The transaction is unique in that DISH agreed to advance, and did advance, approximately 97 percent of the purchase price prior to the transaction receiving Canadian and US regulatory approval and for being one of the first deals under the new liberalized rules for foreign ownership of Canadian satellites. DISH completed its acquisition of TerreStar on March 9, 2012.

Recognition

International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices

October 23, 2023

Dentons’ global Tax practice was recognized as a leader across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa in the World Tax and World Transfer Pricing 2024 directories by International Tax Review (ITR).

International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices

October 12, 2022

Dentons’ global Tax practice was recognized as a leader across Europe, the UK, the US, Canada, Latin America and Africa in the World Tax and World Transfer Pricing 2023 directories by International Tax Review (ITR). Altogether, ITR granted Dentons 52 individual rankings, including five in the Women in Tax category, recognizing the Firm’s leading women lawyers.

Insights

E-invoicing in the B2B sector in the European Union

August 13, 2024

EU: The EU Commission published its draft directive, VAT in the Digital Age (“ViDA”), on 8 December 2022. Some EU countries have already introduced regulations with regard to the future mandatory implementation of e-invoicing in the B2B sector. In this publication, we provide you with a brief overview of the regulations already in force in this regard for selected EU countries.

Canada’s new Digital Services Tax Act now in force: Overview and implications

July 15, 2024

Canada: On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 received royal assent enacting Canada’s Digital Services Tax Act (DST Act). However, Bill C-59 set out that the DST Act would not come into force until a day that was fixed by order of the Governor in Council. The Governor General in Council fixed the day that the DST Act came into force as June 28, 2024. Accordingly, the DST Act now applies.

Fall Economic Statement 2023: Everything you need to know about new and previously-announced tax measures

November 22, 2023

On November 21, 2023, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance released the Canadian Federal Government’s 2023 Fall Economic Statement.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices

October 23, 2023

International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices

October 12, 2022

Victory for the Dentons team: The Federal Court of Appeal rules in favour of Villa Ste-Rose Inc.

February 26, 2021

In a long-awaited decision, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Villa Ste-Rose Inc. represented by partner Camille Janvier-Langis, and concluded that the tax authorities were not justified in imposing interest and penalties on the taxpayer.

Sales Taxes (including VAT, GST, and PST)

Sales Taxes (including VAT, GST, and PST)

Experience

Recognition

International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices

International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices

Insights

E-invoicing in the B2B sector in the European Union

Canada’s new Digital Services Tax Act now in force: Overview and implications

Fall Economic Statement 2023: Everything you need to know about new and previously-announced tax measures

News and Events

Recent Press Releases

International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices

International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices

Victory for the Dentons team: The Federal Court of Appeal rules in favour of Villa Ste-Rose Inc.

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