Frequently Asked Questions​
When you receive a Notice of Reassessment from the CRA, you must act quickly. By law, you only have 90 days from the date of the Notice (not from the date you received the Notice) to dispute it. You should contact us as soon as possible to increase your chances of successfully disputing the tax issue.
We accept credit card, debit card, e-transfer, wire, and cash.
A tax lawyer is a crucial member of your tax team – however, a lawyer cannot work alone. We often work alongside accountants to help with tax filings, financial statements, and valuations. We also occasionally work with professional business valuators. We also work with other lawyers when a matter involves non-tax issues (such as real estate).
Disputing a tax matter with the CRA is often a prolonged process. Each client’s timeline will be different, but it is no uncommon for the time between the first CRA audit letter to a final resolution to take multiple years.
The easiest way to contact the office is either to call (519) 732-4354 or email cchapman@chapmantaxlaw.ca.
Taxes touch everything; from family law to corporations to estates to employment. A tax lawyer can help navigate Canada’s complex tax system to make sure you don’t pay any more taxes than you legally need to.
If you have a tax issue with the CRA, whether it’s large or small, business or personal, it is crucial you have a tax lawyer. It is not uncommon for a taxpayer to attempt to handle an audit by themselves, only for them to unintentionally worsen their situation. A tax lawyer can help you navigate the dispute process and minimize your exposure to the CRA.
An accountant tells you how much you owe. A tax lawyer determines whether you owe at all.
A tax lawyer is in the best position to determine the tax implications of a given tax plan or tax dispute, while accountants are in the best position to determine the amount of those tax implications.
Tax lawyers and accountants often work side-by-side when planning a tax strategy for a client and both have their own roles that need to be executed to ensure a success tax plan or tax dispute.
Chapman Tax Law takes great pride in being an efficient and affordable solution for clients. However, we can generally give an approximate total fee only after getting a better understanding of your fact situation and the tax issues.
We only have fixed fees for estate planning documents (for example, wills and powers of attorney).