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Bonnie Chiapponi

Operations Lead

Drives operational excellence to enhance tax litigation performance.

Bonnie leads strategic initiatives that optimize Counter Tax Litigators’ operations, ensuring efficiency, seamless execution, and alignment with the firm’s tax litigation strategy. Her work strengthens firm-wide processes, enabling lawyers to maintain focus on securing high-stakes litigation outcomes.

With a background in executive operations and process improvement, Bonnie ensures that Counter Tax Litigators’ infrastructure supports the demands of complex tax disputes. She specializes in streamlining workflows, integrating cross-functional initiatives, and reinforcing the systems that drive litigation performance.

This structured, execution-driven approach enhances Counter Tax Litigators’ ability to deliver precision, strategy, and successful tax litigation results.

I’m a Senior VP who has previously hired large law firms. I was referred to Counter to fix a tax dispute from the sale of an investment property I co-owned with two non-residents. I wish I hired Counter sooner.

- David Cuddy, Senior Vice-President, Finance & Business Operations, CFL

Counter worked smart and hard to help us win the appeal. We worked together to reorganize all the evidence, and we presented a clear and coherent case. We won and avoided roughly $600,000 in tax, penalties, and interest.

- Fred Levy, CPA, CA, LPA, MBA

Simply the best is how I would describe Counter Tax. They were on top of everything that CRA and the MOF were throwing at us, and kept us informed and well-advised on next steps. By the way, they won both cases.

- John Locke, President, Campbellford Wholesale Inc.

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Tips for Accountants Navigating Audits: Part 3

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Tips for Accountants Navigating Audits: Part 2

Tips for Accountants Navigating Audits: Part 2

Resolving Tax Disputes (3rd edition) studies tax disputes, conflict levels, and basic strategies. It helps accountants to limit early-stage mistakes and reduce liability.One of the chapters in RTD3...

Tips for Accountants Navigating Audits: Part 1

Tips for Accountants Navigating Audits: Part 1

Resolving Tax Disputes (3rd edition) studies tax disputes, conflict levels, and basic strategies. It helps accountants to limit early-stage mistakes and reduce liability.One of the chapters in RTD3...