Me Louis Tassé LAWYER
Professional Activities
Me Louis Tassé focuses his practice primarily on tax litigation, handling cases related to both income tax and sales tax. He has deep and varied experience litigating tax cases for the Crown and is well-versed on controversies affecting corporate taxpayers and understands the Crown’s perspective in litigating tax cases.
Prior to joining Alepin Gauthier, Me Tassé practiced in one of the largest professional services and accounting firms in the world, representing clients in disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and the Québec Ministry of Revenue. Most notably, Me Tassé successfully represented Kruger (income tax), Salaison Lévesque Inc. (sales taxes), ADP Canada Co. (large corporations tax), Ikea Ltd. (sales taxes), and Joseph Ribkoff Inc. (sales taxes). His track record of reported cases involves both income and sales taxes in the Québec courts, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Tax Court of Canada, and his early career experience with Justice Canada and Revenue Canada. Louis also has extensive experience in voluntary disclosures both for income tax and sales tax matters, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Revenu Québec. Me Tassé is a prolific writer and has been quoted on three different occasions by the Tax Court of Canada and the Québec Court.
Education
University of Montreal, LL.B.
ADMISSION TO THE BAR
Admission to the Quebec Bar, 1990
Professional Affiliations
Member, Association de planification fiscale et financière, Tax Administration Conference Committee;
Member, Canadian Tax Foundation Member;
Member, Association de planification fiscale et financière;
Former Governor, Canadian Tax Foundation;
Publications - events
"Preventing, Navigating and Resolving Tax Disputes", Canadian Tax Foundation, May 2018.
"Commodity Tax – Case Law Update", Tax Executives Institute, May 2017.
"Preventing, Navigating and Resolving Tax Disputes: A Dialogue with the Tax Court of Canada", Canadian Tax Foundation, April 2017.
Jurisprudence fiscale et administrative", Association de planification fiscale et financière, 2016.
"Les agences de placement"."Les agences de
placement", Association de planification fiscale et financière, March
2015.
“Invoices of Accommodation:
The Salaison Lévesque Inc. Case”, Tax Planning International Indirect Taxes,
June 2015.
"Pot-pourri en administration fiscale", Association de planification fiscale et financière, 2015.
"Panel sur les développements récents en administration fiscale",
Association de planification fiscale et financière, 2014.“Placement Agencies and Subcontracting – Entitlement to ITC and ITR”, APFF 21 Commodity Tax Symposium, 2014.
“Lessons from the Great White North and Down Under – Thoughts on Recent Transfer Pricing Decisions”, Tax Notes International, 2009.
Me Louis Tassé