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Kevin Persaud

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Kevin Persaud is a tax lawyer and Senior Associate at Rotfleisch & Samulovitch. He has assisted start-up businesses, resident and non-resident business owners, corporations, and cryptocurrency traders with tax planning, will and estate planning, voluntary disclosures, and tax disputes, including tax audits, tax objections, and tax litigation.

Kevin joined Rotfleisch & Samulovitch as an articling student and continued as an associate after being called to the Ontario Bar in June of 2018. He earned his Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School. While at Osgoode, Kevin completed Osgoode’s intensive tax curriculum and worked as a researcher for renowned tax scholar, Professor Jinyan Li.

Before law school, Kevin graduated with high distinction from the University of Toronto, completing an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. As an undergraduate, he focused his studies on symbolic logic and philosophy of language.

He is a cat owner and loves movies of all genres, but he has a penchant for good—and bad—horror. Despite almost drowning while vacationing in the Philippines, Kevin still has no idea how to swim.

Posts by Kevin Persaud:

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Choptiany et. al. v The King, 2022 TCC 112: The Tax Court of Canada Issues Scathing Rebuke of CRA’s “Outrageously Misleading and Inappropriate” Litigation Tactics in Tax Dispute Involving Gross-Negligence Penalties

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Tax-Fraud Investigators Identify a Potential $1 Billion Crypto-Based Ponzi Scheme and Target over 50 Criminal Leads in Canada, the US, the UK, Australia & the Netherlands – Tax Implications for Canadian Taxpayers who Lose Cryptocurrency or Non-Fungible Tokens because of Fraud Canadian Crypto-Tax Guidance from a Canadian Crypto-Tax Lawyer

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Canadian Tax Trap: Dividends from a Corporation with Tax Debts Leads to Derivative Tax Liability: Kufsky v The Queen, 2019 TCC 254 – Canadian Tax Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer

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Canadian Cryptocurrency Tax Planning: Transferring Cryptocurrency to a Bare Trustee or Holding Cryptocurrency as a Bare Trustee – Canadian Tax Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer

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Canadian Cryptocurrency Tax Trap: Derivative Tax Liability under Section 160 for Non-Arm’s-Length Cryptocurrency Transactions – Canadian Tax Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer

Canadian Cryptocurrency Tax Trap: Poor Record-Keeping will Leave You at the CRA’s Mercy: Record-Keeping Requirements for Canadian Cryptocurrency Traders & Investors – Canadian Tax Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer

Canadian NFT Artists & The Tax Man: The Canadian Tax Implications of Creating and Selling Blockchain Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) – Canadian Tax Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer

Canadian Income Tax & Cryptocurrency Staking: What Are the Income-Tax Consequences for Canadians Who Validate Cryptocurrency Transactions in Proof-of-Stake Blockchain? – Canadian Tax Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer

Canadian Income-Tax Implications of Cryptocurrency Airdrops – Canadian Tax Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer

Canadian Income-Tax Implications of Cryptocurrency Hard Forks – Canadian Tax Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer

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