Victoria, British Columbia
Tax lawyer serving Victoria
Barrett Tax Law represents Victoria 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 Victoria
For Victoria and the surrounding British Columbia area, call our Vancouver line at 604-248-4861, or reach us toll-free anywhere in Canada at 1-877-882-9829.
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 Victoria clients
The Canada Revenue Agency assesses and audits the same way across the country, so a Victoria taxpayer has the same rights — and the same deadlines — as anyone else in Canada. We act on:
Local tax context
Tax in British Columbia: what Victoria clients should know
Personal and corporate income tax is administered federally by the Canada Revenue Agency.
British Columbia applies the federal GST plus a separate Provincial Sales Tax (PST).
B.C.'s speculation and vacancy tax and the additional property transfer tax frequently intersect with CRA questions for real-estate-heavy files.
Where appeals are heard: The Tax Court of Canada sits in Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, and Prince George. If your dispute proceeds past the objection stage, that is where a Victoria 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 Victoria 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.