From the shores of Grand Cayman Island to an Ottawa basement loaded with secret bank records and the world’s first bulletproof vest, tax lawyer Paul DioGuardi’s clients have taken him places he never could have imagined. Now, Canada’s most (only?) popular taxman returns with a collection of stories of sensational tax dodges gone wrong — or right.

Diligent, eagle-eyed, and with an understanding of the tax system that only a former CRA man possesses, DioGuardi retells injustices that threatened to upend ordinary lives, snatching hapless Canadians from the jaws of a bureaucratic beast.

When tax shelters aren’t all they were cracked up to be, DioGuardi steps in to shore up the foundation — or get out before the whole thing crashes down. And if that happens to mean a trip to Mauritius or Luxembourg, so much the better.

PAUL DIOGUARDI, QC, is a senior partner at DioGuardi & Company, a national tax litigationfirm. He has 40 years’ experience as a tax lawyer, including many years working insideRevenue Canada’s head office as an advisory counsel with the Tax Litigation section ofthe Department of Justice. Today DioGuardi & Company negotiates more settlementswith the CRA than any other firm. Visit the authors’ website at www.taxamnesty.ca.

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It’s quick reading, always light and chatty, flows easily, not technical even when discussing specific (all of them non-viable) tax avoidance schemes…good entertainment value, a few good laughs along the way.

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