"Avoiding U.S. Tax—What Too Few People Know" - Patrick Westaway, Partner - Dale & Lessmann LLP
Our speaker's topic for this week is very timely since a number of members and guests will be visiting the US this summer, for business and/or pleasure. Mr. Westaway will provide an overview of tax regulations that help minimize the taxes that are payable in the US.
Topic: Doing business or buying property in the US (For Canadians)
Title: "Avoiding U.S. Tax—What Too Few People Know"
Too little attention is paid to uniquely cross-border tax issues. These issues arise both in respect of our business dealings and our personal affairs. It is trite to say that our businesses and our lives are increasingly global and yet the advice we get is too often limited to a given jurisdiction—the province, state or country in which the particular lawyer or accountant happens to practise. Mr. Westaway will be discussing issues of interest to any Canadian who carries on business in the United States, travels to the U.S. on business—even only as an employee—or who is thinking about buying a holiday home in the U.S.
Patrick Westaway is a partner at the law firm of Dale & Lessmann LLP in downtown Toronto. He is a corporate and commercial lawyer with a specialization in tax planning. Patrick advises many European and American businesses entering the Canadian marketplace and Canadian businesses and individuals expanding, or investing, abroad.
As a tax lawyer, he structures cross-border enterprises, acquisitions and investments to minimize tax while, as a corporate and commercial lawyer, he advises on the broader legal and businesses issues. Patrick offers more than fourteen years of tax and corporate/commercial experience principally acquired in the Toronto office of the national law firm, Lang Michener LLP, and as a member of the international corporate tax group of Deloitte & Touche LLP. http://www.dalelessmann.com/en/bio/patrick-westaway