About

Norman MacDonald Asset Protection and Tax Law

We help people protect their assets from lawsuits and creditors. Whether it is establishing an Offshore Asset Protection Trust in the Cook Islands, setting up a Swiss Bank Account, or an LLC, or obtaining a Second Passport for your "Plan B" exit strategy, we can help custom tailor an Asset Protection Plan that is right for you.

We also help businesses move offshore to low-tax or no tax jurisdictions.   

Principal Attorney, Norman MacDonald, is also a Canadian tax lawyer and a tenacious fighter for taxpayer rights. He helps taxpayers fight the Canada Revenue Agency and other government taxing agencies when they feel they have been wrongly assessed, treated unfairly, are seeking a waiver or cancellation of interest or penalties, or have unfiled returns. He articled with a boutique tax litigation firm and was counsel to one of the largest tax litigation firms in Canada. 

The types of cases that Norm has achieved success on include:

• successfully representing taxpayers through tax appeals and audits;
• defending prosecutions for tax evasion and tax related charges;
• obtaining relief from interest and penalties;
• assessments against directors personally for corporate GST and payroll arrears;
• assessments of provincial Retail Sales Tax;
• non-arms length transfer assessments under section 160 of the Income Tax Act;
• restaurant industry assessments;
• net worth assessments;
• lifting garnishments;
• stopping collections

 More recently, Norman MacDonald practised law in Bermuda for 6 years, where he served as the acting Solicitor-General of Bermuda and Senior Crown Counsel. While there he successfully litigated tax and customs cases on behalf of the Government of Bermuda.