John Andre Sorensen

2007 to present

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP – Tax and tax dispute resolution

2006 / 2007

Lerners LLP – Tax and tax dispute resolution

2005 / 2006

Tax Court of Canada – Articling student / Judicial clerkship

2000 / 2004

Banff Centre for the Arts – Fellowship and Summer Program Director

1997 / 2000

Ocean Way Recording and Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA – Multi-platinum and Grammy Award winning recording engineer

2011

Osgoode Hall Law School – LL.M. in Tax Law

2005

Osgoode Hall Law School – JD (Intensive Program in Tax Law)

1996

McGill University – M. Mus.

1993

St. Francis Xavier University – B. Mus.

Other:

CICA In-Depth Tax Course Parts I & II (2008/2009) & GST/HST Course (2012)

Osgoode Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop (2009)

OBA Tax Law for Lawyers (2008)

Law Society of Upper Canada

The Advocates’ Society

Canadian Tax Foundation

Ontario Bar Association – Tax Section Executive Committee

Non-Criminal Penalties under the Income Tax Act, Proceedings of the 2013 CTF Ontario Regional Conference, October 29, 2013 (with Michael Belz of Deloitte LLP)

Jarvis Principles Under Siege in Piersanti v The Queen, OBA Tax Section Newsletter, October 3, 2013, Vol. 13, No. 7

Reverse Auditing: Accessing the CRA’s Records Pertaining to Taxpayers, OBA Tax Section presentation, November 7, 2013

Protecting Tax Accrual Workpapers – Revisited … Again …, BorderCrossings Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 2 - October 2013 (with Paula Deighton of KPMG LLP)

A Comprehensive Discussion of Penalties – 2013 Prairie Provinces Tax Conference, Canadian Tax Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta, May 26, 2013 (with Dustin Burbank of E&Y LLP)

The CRA’s New and Aggressive Tax Enforcement Powers and How Taxpayers Can Protect Themselves, Federated Press International Tax Planning Journal, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1270 to 1274

Guindon, Third Party Penalties Revisited – Canadian Tax Journal, Volume 61, No. 2

Policies, Penalties and Tax Dispute Resolution – Ontario Bar Association presentation, London, Ontario, May 2013

Canadian Non-Resident Trust Rules – Case Studies, Carswell BorderCrossings Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2013

Audit Inquiry Letters and FIN 48 Advice: The Tip of the Iceberg, Ontario Bar Association presentation and paper, December 2012

Voluntary Disclosure and Taxpayer Relief - Canadian Tax Foundation presentation, September 2012

Executor Liability: Dealing with Historic Tax Non-Compliance in Canada and the United States, Carswell BorderCrossings Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 2, July 2012 (with Paula Deighton of KPMG)

To Fight or Not to Fight – To Pay or Not to Pay: Factors to Consider When Dealing With Tax Assessments, CA Magazine, May 2012

Tax Court of Canada 2011 Canadian Tax Foundation Update, OBA Tax Section Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 2, June 2012

The Federal Court of Appeal Settles Some Settlement Questions?, Canadian Tax Foundation Journal, Volume 60, No. 1, 2012

Director’s Liability: Execution Against Primary Debtor, Canadian Tax Highlights, Vol. 20, No.3, March 2012

Lack of Disclosure Fatal to Government’s Case, Canadian Tax Focus (February 2012)

Extended Reassessment Period for Transactions with Non-Arm’s Length Non-Residents, Ontario Bar Association Taxation Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. 2, April 2011

TCC Settlements, Canadian Tax Highlights, Vol. 19, No. 3, March 2011

If There’s Smoke, Is There Fire?, CA Magazine, March 2011

Move Quickly on Voluntary Tax Disclosure, Law Times, November 8 2010

Is the Minister a Proper Party to a Rectification Application?, Canadian Tax Journal, (2009), Vol. 57, No. 4

Lang v. M.N.R., The New Handbook for Determining a Worker’s Status as an Employee or Independent Contractor, Canadian Tax Journal, (2008), Vol. 56, No. 1

The Use of Special Purpose Trusts, Proceedings of the 59th Annual Canadian Tax Foundation Conference, 2007 CR p.35:1

Alternative Basis for Reassessments and Waivers, Ontario Bar Association Taxation Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2007

The Use of Technical Notes in Statutory Interpretation, Tax Litigation, Vol. XIV, No. 1, 2006