Business transactions
Purchase and sale of a business
For tax-sensitive business transactions involving shares, assets, due diligence, and transaction structure.
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TAX AND TAX PLANNING
Practical tax guidance for planning, compliance, and higher-stakes decisions
Tax Law at Granville Law Group
Tax planning is not just about reducing tax. It is about making decisions with a clearer understanding of legal, financial, and long-term consequences.
Whether you are managing personal tax issues, planning for a business, changing your residency status, leaving or returning to Canada, or dealing with a dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency, the structure of the decision matters.
Our focus is practical, plain-language guidance that helps you understand the rules, reduce avoidable risk, and move forward with greater confidence.
Service pathways
Choose the tax issue that best fits your situation
This page is your starting point. Use the pathways below to go directly to the main Granville tax service pages for deeper guidance.
Residency issues
Residency
For questions about whether Canada still considers you a tax resident and what that status means.
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Leaving and returning to Canada
For departure tax, re-entry questions, reporting obligations, and planning around international moves.
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CRA Disputes
For reassessments, objections, audits, and disputes requiring a clearer legal response.
Go to service pagePlanning ahead
Tax Planning
For proactive tax strategy involving ownership, structure, business planning, and long-term consequences.
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Where tax-law support often matters most
Residency change
When you are moving, living across borders, or spending significant time in multiple places, your tax status may be less clear than it looks.
Leaving Canada
Departure planning can involve more than logistics. It may trigger tax consequences that are easier to manage before the move.
Returning to Canada
Coming back can create new planning questions around residency, reporting, and how your assets and income are treated.
CRA pressure
Reassessments, objections, audits, and unresolved tax issues often need a faster, more structured legal response.
Business and family planning
Ownership, corporate structure, and personal planning decisions often carry tax effects that are better addressed in advance.
Risk and timing
Tax issues can become more expensive when they are handled too late
Tax problems are not always obvious at the moment a decision is made. Residency choices, leaving or returning to Canada, business transactions, and CRA disputes can all create consequences that become harder to resolve after the fact.
Early legal guidance can help you understand timing, documentation, exposure, and the best path forward before the issue becomes more disruptive.
Schedule a consultation
Speak directly with Alina Nikolaeva
Call Alina Nikolaeva at 604-443-5678 to schedule a consultation. Send a message if you would prefer to reach out first.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is tax planning and why is it important?
Tax planning involves organizing your financial affairs to minimize tax liabilities while complying with tax laws. It helps optimize your financial position and can prevent unexpected tax burdens.
2. How can Granville Law Group assist with tax planning?
Granville Law Group provides strategic advice on legal tax-saving measures, business structuring, and financial planning to help you manage taxes more effectively.
3. What are the tax implications of changing residency?
Changing residency can affect your tax obligations, including whether you are taxed in Canada on worldwide income and whether departure tax or other reporting obligations may apply.
4. What is departure tax in Canada?
Departure tax may apply when a person ceases to be a resident of Canada for tax purposes. It can trigger tax consequences on certain assets as though they were disposed of at fair market value.
5. Can Granville Law Group help if I am leaving or returning to Canada?
Yes. Granville Law Group can help assess residency, departure, re-entry, reporting, and planning issues so that your move is handled with a clearer understanding of the tax consequences.
6. What is a CRA dispute?
A CRA dispute may involve reassessments, objections, audits, or disagreements about tax liability, reporting, or compliance. These issues often require a structured response and a clear legal strategy.
7. Can Granville Law Group help with a dispute with the CRA?
Yes. Granville Law Group assists clients with assessing CRA issues, responding to disputes, and planning the next steps based on risk, process, and possible resolution pathways.
8. Why should I speak with a lawyer about tax planning?
Legal tax planning can affect business structure, ownership, transactions, residency, and dispute exposure. A lawyer can help identify legal consequences and planning opportunities that are easy to miss.
Granville Law Group
Trusted Legal Advisors in Vancouver
At Granville Law Group, we provide strategic legal guidance in tax planning, corporate and commercial law, trusts, and estate planning for individuals, families, and businesses across Vancouver and British Columbia.
Our team is led by Alina Nikolaeva, a lawyer with extensive experience in law and tax. She advises clients on planning, structure, compliance, and higher-stakes legal-tax issues with a practical and detail-focused approach.
Whether you are planning ahead, changing your residency status, navigating CRA pressure, or managing business tax issues, Granville Law Group provides clear, personalized advice you can act on.
Schedule your consultation today: 604-669-6580
✉️ avn@granvillelaw.com