145 King Street West, Suite 2200 | Toronto, Ontario | M5H 4G2 | 416 362 3711

Michael A. Goldberg

e: mgoldberg@mindengross.com
p: (416) 369-4317
f: (416) 864-9223

Client Services

Core Specialties

  • Charitable donations
  • Charities and other not-for-profit organizations
  • Commercial Leasing Tax Issues
  • Complex corporate reorganizations
  • Corporate Tax Planning
  • Creative wealth preservation and protection strategies
  • Establishing offshore trusts for clients, including new immigrants to Canada
  • Establishment of charitable trusts and corporations
  • Family business
  • Income tax audits and investigations
  • Income-splitting arrangements
  • Investment funds
  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • Negotiating with tax authorities
  • New business formations (corporations, partnerships, joint ventures and strategic alliances)
  • Owner/manager tax planning
  • Restructuring, reorganizations and insolvency matters
  • Tax disputes
  • Tax planning and income tax
  • Wealth Management Tax Planning

Michael is a partner in the Tax Group and works with clients and their advisors to assist them with their corporate, estate, personal and international tax planning needs.

Michael has a business degree and chose tax as his legal specialty as it appealed to his practical and creative mind. Responsive and forthcoming, Michael ensures his clients always know where they stand and gets them the solutions they need when they need them.

Michael's experiences outside of law have provided him with a unique understanding of how businesses run and the importance of any tax savings had. Michael cares a lot about his clients and goes to great lengths to help improve the operation of their enterprises.

Away from the firm, Michael is a family man who enjoys running, skiing and hockey. Michael grew up in Winnipeg and is delighted that the Winnipeg Jets are back in the NHL.

Professional Affiliations

  • The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • The International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Chair of the Meritas Canada Tax Group

Boards and Memberships

  • UJA Professional Advisory Committee


Recent Publications

Additional Publications

  • Co-Author: Tax and Family Business Succession Planning, 3rd ed. (2009 CCH Canadian Limited)
  • Co-Editor: Canadian Income Tax Act, Annotated, CCH
  • Contributor: "Canadian Estate Planning Guide ", CCH
  • Contributor: "Canadian Wealth Management Guide ", CCH
  • Contributor: "Tax Notes", CCH
  • Contributor: "Tax Planning for Small Business ", CCH
  • Contributor: "Tax Topics", CCH
  • Contributor: "The Estate Planner ", Hume
  • Contributor: "The Ontario Tax Reporter", CCH
  • Contributor: "Wealth Management for Accountants", CCH
  • Highlights from the 2006 STEP Conference - The Highs and the Lows
  • Non-Professionals as Shareholders of Ontario Professional Corporations
  • ABILs In An Objective Light
  • Ontario Professional Corporations Revisited
  • Post-Mortem Planning
  • Pity "For" the Paper Millionaire
  • Sometimes a Loss Is Not a Loss
  • Pity the Paper Millionaire?
  • Employee Stock Option Rules: Part II
  • Employee Stock Option Rules: Part I

Community Involvement

Lectures and Presentations

  • Family Business Succession Planning: How to beat Death and Taxes
  • Presented Capital Gains Exemption Planning, to numerous professional groups including at the Royal Bank of Canada Spring forum

In the News

Michael A. Goldberg

Partner

T: (416) 369-4317
F: (416) 864-9223
E: mgoldberg@mindengross.com

Education

  • Admitted to the Ontario Bar, 2000
  • Admitted to the Alberta Bar, 1997
  • Admitted to the Manitoba Bar, 1996
  • University of Manitoba – LL.B., 1995
  • University of Manitoba – B. Comm (Hons), 1991

Special Designations

  • Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP)

Joined Minden Gross

1999

Assistant Information

Annetta Ishmael
e: aishmael@mindengross.com
p: (416) 362-3711 x 223

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