GTA Accountants & Finance Network

CPA CA, CGA, CPA (Texas)

Alex has close to 20 years of experience working in the accounting departments of large companies and as a public practitioner. Over the years, Alex helped many private clients with their tax structuring and estate planning needs. Alex also assists in Canadian and US tax compliance and various other tax related matters.

Alex is heavily involved in the tax community and is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF) where he has published articles for the CTF and presented at various events for the CTF.

In addition, Alex has also presented at events for CPA Ontario, accounting groups and other industry specific events. He also facilitates the CPA Canada In-depth tax course.

Josh practices in the areas of tax and private client services, with a particular focus on entrepreneurial business owners and high net worth individuals. Josh routinely assists clients with all aspects of tax and estate planning, including corporate reorganizations, trusts, planning for the purchase and sale of a business, the taxation of real estate, and cross-border and international taxation.

Prior to joining Wilson Vukelich, Josh practiced in the tax and estate planning group of a Bay Street law firm.

Simon Thang is a sales tax lawyer and the principal of Thang Tax Law. He has over fifteen years of experience exclusively in sales taxes (GST/HST, PST).

Extensive Experience – Simon assists a diverse range of clients from established businesses to entrepreneurs, with a particular affinity for real property, public service bodies, and e-commerce. This experience gives Simon the insight to advise on a range of issues and industries, including: business purchases and reorganizations, real estate transactions, financial services and investments, cross-border transactions, medical and health professionals, and non-resident businesses. He also advises other lawyers and tax professionals who require sales tax expertise. Simon is preferred counsel to the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company (LawPro), and assists LawPro in defending lawyers on tax matters.

In addition to providing sales tax advice, Simon represents clients in all phases of tax and trade disputes, from tax audit defence to tax appeals before the Tax Court of Canada.

Thought Leadership – Simon tutors the Canadian Professional Accountants’ GST/HST In-Depth course and taught the sales tax/consumption tax law course as a member of the adjunct faculty Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. Simon has written extensively in the area of sales tax and has published book chapters, papers and articles in various publications including the Canadian Tax Foundation’s. Simon is a frequent speaker on sales tax issues and has presented at the CPA Commodity Tax Symposium, at the Tax Executives Institute’s annual Canadian Tax Conference, to the Law Society of Ontario, and to the Ontario Bar Association’s Taxation Group. Simon is a member of the GST Leaders Forum, a group of 25 leading sales tax practitioners from across Canada.

Education – Simon received his Canadian law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Masters of Law (Taxation) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).