Smart, effective tax planning is an essential component of virtually every successful business transaction. When tackling critical tax issues, businesses must navigate through a sea of complex and ever-changing corporate and individual tax laws. Success depends on effective preparation — from initial strategy and planning, to preparation of tax documentation and obtaining advance tax rulings, to mitigating litigation. The Business Structures & Tax Planning Group at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) is there to help ensure your business ventures are structured and implemented to maximize tax efficiencies and minimize risk.

FMC's lawyers proactively assist major public corporations, large and medium-sized private companies, trusts, partnerships and entrepreneurs doing business in Canada and internationally with all types of corporate transactions. We advise on appropriate business vehicles (corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, proprietorships, trusts, income funds, REITs and more) through all business issues including financing, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, employee compensation, loss planning and exit strategies.

With seasoned practitioners of both common and civil law in six of Canada's key business centres, FMC's tax planning lawyers provide you with a roadmap to achieving your business goals, and we help you get there.