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May 8, 2023 – How the FCA Evolved the Source-of-income Test and Applied Its Decision in Paletta
Since 2008, Natalie has dedicated her practice exclusively to resolving tax disputes, providing trusted expertise to private company CEOs and high-net-worth individuals.
Natalie consistently devises innovative litigation strategies, and she has achieved highly favourable outcomes for numerous clients.
Natalie has:
- Jim & Yvonne Schunk, Private Business Owners
- Yuriy Tiraspolskiy, President , Consagro Inc.
- Vikram Gulati, CPA, CGA
Natalie regularly presents on tax matters and contributes articles, sharing her expertise in tax avoidance, shareholder benefits, and various tax issues. She also offers her insights on different methods to create advantages in tax disputes. And she has developed courses to teach tax litigators about early case assessment, strategy in litigation, and decision science.
Natalie also offers mentorship and coaching to litigation lawyers and rising stars outside of Counter’s team, fostering growth and litigation excellence within the broader legal community.
Additionally, Natalie leads Counter’s ‘1% for Good’ pro bono initiative, leveraging her in-depth tax and litigation expertise and passion for justice. At this time, the ‘1% for Good’ initiative is pursuing projects that will increase CRA and DoJ accountability.
Natalie’s accomplishments were recognized with the Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40.
This award honours lawyers who have made outstanding contributions in their careers. It is voted on by an advisory panel of leading legal experts.
Natalie was featured in the Society of Decision Professionals’ Member Spotlight for 2022.
The Society of Decision Professionals (SDP), a membership organization dedicated furthering the practice of decision analysis and decision quality. SDP is currently the only certifying body for decision professionals.
Natalie was honored to receive a Fastcase 50 Award in 2020.
Fastcase 50 is an international award that recognizes lawyers, legal technologists, and judges who inspire others in the legal industry through their intelligence, creativity, and leadership.
May 8, 2023 – How the FCA Evolved the Source-of-income Test and Applied Its Decision in Paletta
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May 23, 2023 - We’re delighted to announce our newly updated chapter on Corporate Residence & Tax Disputes in Canada (2023), published by Thomson Reuters, is now available.
May 08, 2023 - Thompson Reuters considers the authors “leading tax experts and litigators”. The authors agreed to grant TR partial rights to this work. This article first appeared in TR’s Tax Dispute and Resolution...