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Rebecca
Skinner

Associate
  • rskinner@airdberlis.com
  • 416.865.3075
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2024
Admitted to the Alberta Bar: 2023
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Rebecca is a determined advocate who uses a creative and thorough approach to resolving tax disputes. She is committed to building trusted relationships with clients by providing practical advice and meaningful support.

Rebecca is a member of the firm’s Tax and Tax Controversy/Tax Litigation Groups. She advises on tax disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and the Department of Justice, focusing largely on income tax, commodity tax and other provincial taxes.

Prior to joining Aird & Berlis, Rebecca served as a judicial law clerk at the Tax Court of Canada and articled at a litigation firm in Alberta.

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Expertise

  • Tax Controversy/Tax Litigation
  • Tax

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

Tax Court Delivers First Judicial Guidance on Treatment of Losses Incurred in Bitcoin Theft/Fraud

This landmark ruling delivers the Court’s first judicial definition of Bitcoin and demonstrates how longstanding tax principles apply to a novel asset that has been a persistent source of uncertainty among revenue authorities and taxpayers alike.

December 09, 2025

Education

  • JD, University of Calgary, 2022
  • BComm, University of Calgary, 2012
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