Ruby Grewal is a corporate and litigation lawyer. Her practice consists of restructuring her client’s business’, assisting clients with their business or personal disputes as a result of an audit or reassessment with the Canada Revenue Agency, foreclosure matters, and builder’s liens. Ruby has acted for a wide range of clients from individuals to businesses and has appeared in front of the Provincial Court, Supreme Court, and the Tax Court of Canada.

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In her corporate practice, Ruby helps individuals understand the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating a new business and provides advice to businesses and individuals on how to effectively restructure their corporations the correct way to create tax savings that are in line with the income tax act. Ruby also works with developers in the lower mainland to help structure group projects by creating joint venture agreements, corporate structures or partnership agreements to maximize tax savings.

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In her litigation practice, Ruby focuses on working with her clients who are dealing with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) through an audit or reassessment by providing the necessary representation at the audit, appeal or tax court level. Further, Ruby has developed a foreclosure practice whereby she helps individuals or businesses who have lent money, by way of a mortgage, to get those funds back.

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In her spare time she loves to explore the outdoors and enjoys spending time with her family and friends. If Ruby’s not in the office, you can find her at your favourite local neighbourhood cafe or in the great outdoors going for a walk.

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WORK HIGHLIGHTS

• Successfully represented a taxpayer at the Objection level regarding the application of the replacement property rules and shareholder benefit resulting in a total victory for her client, resulting in $1.9 Million in tax savings.
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• Successfully represented two clients with respect to a GST dispute as a result of a sale of two residential properties within a span of 3 years resulting in an assessment of over $600,000, where she was able to successfully argue both properties being principal residence of the taxpayers, resulting in a total victory for her clients.
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• Successful reached a settlement in a Tax Court Appeal regarding a GST and Income Tax assessment resulting from the sale of a house, where she obtained a total victory for her clients, resulting in $500,000 in tax savings.
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• In addition, Ruby has successfully represented various taxpayers at the audit, objection and tax court level regarding the inclusion of business income from the sale of residential property, where she was able to successfully reach the correct outcome, resulting in savings between $150,000 to $600,000 for her clients.
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• Successfully assisted her colleague in representing her clients through a bump election, which was incorrectly reassessed as a result of the CRA.
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• Successfully assisted her clients in a net worth analysis, resulting in over $300,000 of tax savings due to factual errors made on behalf of the CRA auditors.