Vern Krishna's Income Tax Law will help you navigate both the muddy shoals and the choppy seas of tax law. In this volume in Irwin Law's highly regarded Essentials of Canadian Law series, Professor Krishna sets out the fundamental principles of the Canadian income tax system pertaining to individuals and corporations. Each chapter outlines the basic principles, discusses the relevant law, and sets out examples of the computation of each source of income. Whether you are a legal practitioner, an accountant, or a student intending to enter one of these fields, this is a book that you will want to keep close at hand.

Vern Krishna, CM, QC, FRSC, FCGA, MCIArb, earned a B Comm (Manchester), MBA, LLB (Alberta), DCL (Cambridge) and LLM (Harvard). He is a professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. He is also of Counsel, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and Executive Director of the Tax Research Centre at the University of Ottawa. Professor Krishna is a member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has been a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1991 and served as its Treasurer from 2001–03. Professor Krishna is the author of The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, now in its 9th edition, three volumes on general taxation, corporate taxation, and international taxation in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, and the Editor of Canada’s Tax Treaties. He is listed in Who’s Who and Lexpert has recognized him in Best Lawyers in Canada in Trusts & Estates and Tax Law.

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