Paul V.
Casuccio
Associate
Paul Casuccio's practice focuses on providing timely and effective commodity tax advice to his clients, primarily with respect to goods and services tax and Provincial retail sales tax issues.
Paul has assisted clients with their commodity tax planning in all manners of circumstances, including business asset acquisitions, cross-border transactions, outsourcing arrangements, and Canadian start-ups and reorganizations. Paul provides advice regularly to non-resident entities; Canadian not-for-profit and charitable organizations, including a number of major hospitals and health care providers; all types of financial institutions; as well as to both traditional and e-commerce-based Canadian companies.
Paul's practice also includes advocating on behalf of clients with the various tax and trade authorities in Canada with respect to both commodity tax and customs issues, and is experienced in making effective voluntary disclosures, obtaining favourable advance tax rulings, and in dealing with the AMPS penalty regime under the Customs Act. In addition, Paul has had numerous successes working with clients during tax audits to assist with settling matters informally, but also regularly works with clients engaged in formal dispute resolution with Canada's taxing authorities, from the objection stage through to trial at Ontario Court or the Federal Court of Canada.
Prior to joining the firm in 2002, Paul had a particularly distinctive scholastic career, winning numerous academic and community service awards, and graduating as the Silver Medalist of his law school class at Osgoode Hall.
Selected Experience
Publications
Presentations
Membership/Affiliations
- Contributing Editor, Sales and Use Tax Journal published by Federated Press
- Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
- Member, Ontario Bar Association
- Member, National Sales and Commodity Tax Section, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Toronto Commodity Tax Study Group
Honours and Awards
- Silver Medalist, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2001
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