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Monica
Carinci

Partner
  • mcarinci@airdberlis.com
  • 416.865.4715
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2019
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Monica’s approach to tax research is both thorough and practical. She takes pride in finding creative resolutions to taxpayer disputes, often without the need for formal litigation.

Monica is a member of the firm’s Tax Group. Her practice is focused on tax litigation and dispute resolution with the Canada Revenue Agency and the Department of Justice. She advises clients on disputes relating to income tax, GST/HST and other provincial taxes.

Monica summered and articled at the firm. After completing her articles, Monica clerked for Justice Henry S. Brown of the Federal Court of Canada.

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Expertise

  • Tax Controversy/Tax Litigation
  • Tax

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

L.F. Management and Investment Successful in Tax Court of Canada Decision

The Tax Court of Canada released the decision of L.F. Management and Investment S.A.R.L. v. The King, 2023 TCC 167, which addresses beneficial ownership and the general anti-avoidance rule in the context of Canada’s tax treaties with Luxembourg and Barbados.

December 13, 2023

Representative Matter

Federal Court Dismisses Motion to Strike Judicial Review Application on Voluntary Disclosure

On March 13, 2022, a prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada dismissed the Crown’s motion to strike the judicial review application of Milgram Foundation.

April 22, 2022

Representative Matter

Tax Court Allows Unclaimed Rebates for Tax Paid in Error to Subcontractors

On March 17, 2022, The Tax Court of Canada allowed the GST/HST appeal of Mediclean Incorporated, a professional cleaning service company that engages cleaners as subcontractors to provide these services.

April 22, 2022

Representative Matter

Mediclean Successful in Tax Court of Canada

Mediclean Inc. was recently successful in winning an appeal in the Tax Court of Canada. Mediclean Inc. had appealed decisions dated March 21, 2016, under the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act that had held that an individual contractor was engaged in pensionable and insurable employment.

April 17, 2017

Professional Involvement

Memberships:

  • Canadian Tax Foundation's Young Practitioners' Steering Committee, 2023-2024 
  • International Bar Association Taxes Committee National Reporters, 2023-2024 
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association

Panellist, "Global Transparency and Disclosure in 2026: The Next Chapter," School of International Financial Services, March 25, 2026.

Panellist Judge, Donald G.H. Bowman National Tax Moot, March 6-7, 2026.

Panellist, "Case Law Update," Canadian Tax Foundation, February 18, 2026.

Panellist, "Trust Us - It Will Be Topical - Part I: Responsible Integration of AI into Your Practice," STEP Canada Seminar, November 20, 2025.

Speaker, "All About Audits," Wolters Kluwer Webinar, September 8, 2022.

"Reasonable Efforts to Obtain Foreign-Based Information," Tax Profile, Wolters Kluwer, May 2024.

Co-Author, "The Play Is Under Review: Maple Leafs Captain John Tavares Appealing CRA Reassessment," Aird & Berlis LLP The Spotlight, February 12, 2024.

"The Taxation of Ransom Payments In Canada and the United States," co-Author with Jack Bernstein, Paige Backman, Andrew Jacobson and Brett Cotler, Tax Notes International, April 11, 2022.

"Canada v. Alta Energy: Canada’s Supreme Court Says Treaty Shopping Is Not Abuse," Tax Profile, Wolters Kluwer, February 2022.

“Federal Court of Appeal Revisits Unnamed Persons Requirement Targeting Construction Agency,” Tax Profile, Wolters Kluwer, June 2021. 

“International Tax Measures in Canada’s Budget 2021,” co-Author with Jack Bernstein, Tax Notes International, Volume 102, June 7, 2021. 

"The Buck Stops with the Bank: Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Canada,” Banking & Finance Law Review/Revue de droit bancaire et de finance, Volume 36, May 2021. 

"Tax Court of Canada Rules It Has Jurisdiction over Downward Transfer Pricing Adjustments," Tax Profile, Wolters Kluwer, April 2021.

“Clarity in Appeal Procedures: The BIA Prevails – or Does It?,” co-Author with Steven Graff, Miranda Spence and Kyle B. Plunkett, Aird & Berlis LLP Financial Services Flash, July 23, 2019 and Banking & Finance Law Review/Revue de droit bancaire et de finance, Volume 34 no. 3, July 2019.

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In the latest instalment of our Tax Litigation Video Series, Monica Carinci dives into two recent changes to Canada's General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR).

October 09, 2024

Education

  • JD, University of Windsor, 2018

  • BA (Honours with High Distinction), Victoria College at the University of Toronto, 2015

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