Capabilities
Engagement begins at reassessment, where leverage shifts.
Issue Definition & Objection Design
Objections are designed to preserve issue scope under the large-corporation regime. Issue lock occurs at this stage. Appellate optionality must remain intact.
Exposure Modelling & Governance Alignment
Resolution corridors modelled and dispute posture aligned with board-level risk expectations. Decision-ready analysis supports executive oversight and structured escalation. Early clarity preserves optionality.
Record & Evidence Structuring
At reassessment, the factual record begins to harden. Documentation and positioning are assessed and realigned before crystallization, ensuring the record supports the governing legal theory.
Tax Court Strategy & Leverage
Where necessary, the structure carries forward through the Tax Court stage. Pleadings and procedural discipline influence negotiation dynamics and resolution range.Legal Framing & Characterization
How the dispute is framed determines how it is evaluated and resolved. Characterization and statutory interpretation shape the posture taken at objection and beyond.
Insights
In large-corporation CRA disputes, management must make consequential decisions immediately after reassessment while information remains incomplete and positions unsettled. This does not reflect a...
In large-corporation CRA disputes, the period immediately following reassessment is defined by unresolved conditions. Information is incomplete. Interpretations remain unsettled. Exposure cannot yet...
A CRA dispute begins when CRA issues its reassessment. Management’s first test begins when it explains it to directors, shareholders, lenders, investors, or partners. The structure varies. The...
Key Takeaways CRA’s incentive design produces earlier, larger, and more persistent reassessments. The Large Corporation Rules convert those assertions into temporary capital constraints. For...
Executive Abstract A CRA dispute unfolds across multiple institutions with different incentives and objectives. After a reassessment is issued, control over the advice and guidance shapes how the...
Peter Aprile, Senior Counsel at Counter LLP, describes three inflection points that define how CRA challenges develop and are resolved. The framework reflects insights drawn from years of...





