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Wesley R. Novotny

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T: 403.298.3447

Calgary

Novotny Wesley
 
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T: 403.298.3447


Calgary

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Wesley Novotny provides tax advice on a wide range of corporate and personal tax matters. He advises clients on domestic and cross-border corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions. He has experience in providing legal opinions on questions of tax law and drafting tax disclosures for public documents. Wes also assists owner-operator businesses with corporate reorganizations and personal tax planning. He also provides advice on questions of farm taxation and reorganizations of farm businesses.

Wes also advises clients in disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) at the audit and appeals stages as well as before the Tax Court of Canada. He also has experience assisting clients with voluntary disclosures and in dealing with CRA collections.

Wes is a Director of the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society and a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation. He has completed levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Depth Tax Course and the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society course on Taxation of Oil and Gas Companies.

Wes clerked for Madame Justice Alice Desjardins and Mr. Justice Robert Décary of the Federal Court of Appeal from 2007 to 2008. Wes attended McGill University as a Loran Scholar. He continues to be involved with the Loran Scholars Foundation and has served as the Southern Alberta co-Administrator and Administrator for the Loran selection process since 2009.

Wes is a frequent speaker and writer on tax related matters and has presented papers at Canadian Tax Foundation and Canadian Petroleum Tax Society conferences and seminars.

Education

McGill University, BEng, 2000, with distinction University of British Columbia, MASc, 2003 Dalhousie University, LLB, 2006, dean's list University of Cambridge (UK), LLM, 2009, first class honours 

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2008 (inactive) Alberta, 2009 

Recent Experience

Crocodile Gold Corp., (TSX) in its combination with Newmarket Gold Inc. (TSXV) pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement for approximately $185 million.
Feedlot Health Management Services Ltd., in its successful appeal to the Tax Court of Canada in a case involving the interpretation of fundamental aspects of Canada's scientific research and experimental development taxation regime.
MEG Energy Corp,. in its completed initial public offering of its common shares on August 6, 2010.  A total of 20,000,000 shares were issued at $35.00 per share, for aggregated gross proceeds of $700,000,000.

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Articles

Bennett Jones on Tax Disputes

April 10, 2019
       

Updates

Orders for Consolidation and Common Hearings Under Tax Court Rule 26

January 04, 2019
       

Updates

Budget 2017: Changes to Canadian Exploration Expense and Flow-Through Shares

March 24, 2017
       

Speaking Engagements

Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Conference (2016)

November 27-29, 2016
       

Speaking Engagements

Canadian Petroleum Tax Society September Luncheon

September 22, 2016
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Names Eight New Partners

March 07, 2016
       

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