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Overview

Ed Kroft KC, CPA (Hon.), FRPSC represents clients in domestic and international matters including transfer pricing, treaty interpretation and tax avoidance. Ed practices in our Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary offices and regularly appears for clients before various Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. 

Ed is recognized as a leading lawyer in directories such as Chambers Global, Chambers Canada, and Lexpert’s recent Canadian, US/Canada Cross-Border and Corporate Tax guides.

Ed was a member of the Rules Committee of the Tax Court of Canada for many years, and is currently a member of the Federal Courts Bench and Bar Committee. Ed has received numerous awards including the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Lifetime Contribution Award in 2016. He is also a member of the Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute.

For several years, Ed has taught tax courses at the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, the Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia and the University of British Columbia Law School. Since 2008, he has been the course director of tax administration and litigation for the Osgoode Hall Law School LL.M. program. Ed is also Chair, Tax Litigation Practice Group, The Advocates’ Society. 

,,The level of service and knowledge we're getting is exceptional. I'd hate to be on the other side of his questions; he certainly makes them jump through hoops.,,

What Clients Say

Client Work

Canada v. CBS Canada Holdings Co., 2020 FCA 4
The Mark Anthony Group Inc. v. Her Majesty The Queen (2019 FCA 183) (excise tax).
CIT Group Securities (Canada) Inc. v. The Queen, 2016 TCC 163.
Aecon Construction Group Inc. v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2012 TCC 160 (valuation and experts).
HSBC Bank Canada v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2010 TCC 462 (transfer pricing).
Husky Oil Limited v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2010 FCA 125 (corporate reorganization/takeover bid).

Recognitions & Awards

Chambers Canada

Ranked Band 1, Tax Litigation

Chambers Global

Band 1, Tax Litigation

Legal 500 Canada

Recommended, Tax

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Most Frequently Recommended, Litigation - Corporate Tax
Consistently Recommended, Corporate Tax

Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers in Canada

Recognized as a leading Corporate and Litigation Tax lawyer

Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Lawyers in Canada

Recognized as a leading cross-border lawyer in Corporate and Litigation Tax

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 1978
  • University of British Columbia, LLM, 1980

Bar Admissions

  • British Columbia, 1980
  • Ontario, 2010
  • Alberta, 2010

Insights

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Bennett Jones on Tax Disputes: June 2025

June 18, 2025
Edwin G. Kroft KCAntoine MesservierAndrew Young
Edwin G. Kroft KC, Antoine Messervier & Andrew Young
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Bennett Jones on Tax Disputes: April 2025

April 4, 2025
Edwin G. Kroft KCAntoine Messervier
Edwin G. Kroft KC & Antoine Messervier
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Bennett Jones on Tax Disputes: February 2025

February 10, 2025
Edwin G. Kroft KCAndrew YoungSpencer Brown
Edwin G. Kroft KC, Andrew Young & Spencer Brown

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Canada's Anti-Avoidance Rules: TEI Canada and Bennett Jones

March 9, 2021
Edwin G. Kroft KCJehad HaymourAnu Nijhawan
& 1 more
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TEI Canada Bennett Jones Webinar on CRA Audit Initiatives

March 9, 2021
Edwin G. Kroft KCJehad HaymourAnu Nijhawan
& 1 more
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Ed Kroft on Tax Dispute Resolution During the Pandemic

June 23, 2020
Edwin G. Kroft KC
Edwin G. Kroft KC