Alex Klyguine

Alex is a tax lawyer with nearly a decade of Bay St. experience, having worked on some of Canada’s most complicated tax cases. Alex’s experience includes advising clients on corporate restructurings, estate freezes, rollovers, income splitting, emigration/immigration planning, employee/contractor characterization, tax litigation, and voluntary disclosure submissions.

Alex advises clients of all sizes on a variety of tax matters. Despite the complexity of the work, Alex prides himself on his ability to provide simple and clear explanations to clients. Alex has experience advising private business owners, large multinational corporations, and individuals. Alex grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and now splits his time between the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa.

During his spare time, Alex enjoys spending time with his wife and 4-year-old son, reading a good book, and investing in private companies. Alex is a big fan of the following life principles: if you enjoy what you do and the people you work with, and if you marry the right person, your life becomes quite easy in many ways.

Awards And Recognition

• 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch in Canada recognition for Tax Law.
• 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch in Canada recognition for Tax Law.
• 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch in Canada recognition for Tax Law.

Experience

• Advised on tax-efficient structuring of cross-border settlements.
• Advised numerous individuals, professional corporations, trusts and private companies on tax planning and dispute matters.

Publications / Events / Media

• Speaker, “Tax Update,” The Estate Planning Council of Toronto, May 2022.
• Speaker, “Update on Income Splitting: What’s Allowed and What’s Not Allowed”, Law Society of Ontario, September 2021.
• Co-Author (with P. Marley), “2021 Canadian Federal Budget: Government Provides First Pandemic Era Budgetary Update”, Tax Management International Journal, May 7, 2021.
• Speaker, “Taxation of Real Estate”, CPAC, February 2019.
• Speaker, “Income Splitting Post-Budget 2018”, Law Society of Ontario, September 2018.
• Co-Author, “Confidentiality at Risk: Accessing Financial Filings on EDGAR”, Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 8, Number 3, August 2018.
• Moderator, “US Tax Changes”, Toronto Young Practitioner Tax Conference, June 2018.
• Co-Author, “Overview of the Canadian Federal Budget 2018”, Journal of International Taxation, April 2018.
• Author, “Income Splitting After the New Private Corporation Proposals: Salaries Paid to Family Members”, Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 8, Number 1, February 2018.
• Moderator, “Taxation of Cryptocurrencies”, CTF YP, December 2017.
• Guest Lecturer, “Taxation of Damages in Canada”, Osgoode Hall Law School, November 2017.
• Co-Author, “Canada’s CbC rules: adoption of the OECD rules with a twist”, Taxand, September 2017.
• Speaker, “Rectification post Fairmont and Jean Coutu: A Practical Approach”, CTF YP, February 2017.
• Co-Author, “The End of Advisory Common Interest Privilege”, Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 7, Number 1, January 2017.
• Speaker, “International Tax Updates: A Global Perspective”, CTF YP, December 2016.
• Quoted, “CRA launches new strategy to crack down on tax havens”, Globe & Mail, November 2016.
• Co-Author, “No Need for Section 116 Clearance Certificate for Capital Distributions from an Estate to a U.S. Beneficiary”, Ontario Bar Association, October 2016.
• Quoted, “Canadians in Panama Papers shouldn’t expect a tax deal, CRA says”, CBC News, September 2016.
• Quoted, “CRA plans ‘lifestyle audits’ in Vancouver as part of real estate probe”, Globe & Mail, July 2016.
• Co-Author, “Interest Deductibility: FCA Sidesteps Novel TCC Reasoning in TDL”, Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 6, Number 2, May 2016.
• Author, “Interest Deductibility Denied on Intra-Group Loan for Novel Reasons”, Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 5, Number 2, May 2015.
• Author, “CRA Reassessments: The Trap in Eliminating the Extra Tax by a Loss Carryback”, Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 4, Number 4, November, 2014.