St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Tax lawyer serving St. John's
Barrett Tax Law represents St. John's individuals and businesses against the Canada Revenue Agency — audits, reassessments, objections, voluntary disclosures, and appeals to the Tax Court of Canada. Senior counsel on every file, with a free initial consultation.
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Reach Barrett Tax Law from St. John's
We act for clients in St. John's and across Newfoundland and Labrador by phone, secure video, and in person as a matter requires. Call us toll-free at 1-877-882-9829. Tax disputes are federal, so we represent Newfoundland and Labrador taxpayers before the CRA and the Tax Court of Canada wherever they live.
A first consultation is free and confidential. If we take the file, most matters are quoted on a fixed-fee basis once we understand the scope, so you know the cost up front.
How we help
Tax problems we handle for St. John's clients
The Canada Revenue Agency assesses and audits the same way across the country, so a St. John's taxpayer has the same rights — and the same deadlines — as anyone else in Canada. We act on:
Local tax context
Tax in Newfoundland and Labrador: what St. John's clients should know
Personal and corporate income tax is administered federally by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Newfoundland and Labrador uses the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), administered federally by the CRA.
Resource-sector and offshore employment income can raise residency and reporting questions the CRA scrutinizes.
Where appeals are heard: The Tax Court of Canada sits in St. John's and elsewhere in the province as needed. If your dispute proceeds past the objection stage, that is where a St. John's appeal would be heard — and we appear there.
Why a tax lawyer
Why bring in tax counsel
A tax lawyer can do two things an accountant generally cannot: protect your communications under solicitor-client privilege, and represent you at the Tax Court of Canada. When a CRA matter moves from filing into a dispute, a privileged question, or litigation, that distinction matters. We frequently work alongside a client’s existing accountant as co-counsel — see our work with accountants page.
If you are in St. John's and dealing with the CRA — an audit letter, a reassessment, frozen funds, or years of unfiled returns — the earliest advice usually preserves the most options.
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Free consultation. Fixed-fee quotes on most matters. We begin within 24 hours of retainer.