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Litigation Support Services

SGA Tax offers expert litigation support, turning complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for legal disputes. Covering shareholder conflicts, family law, civil cases, and tax disputes, we provide analysis, valuations, and testimony to strengthen legal positions. Integrating accounting, tax, and legal expertise, we ensure accuracy, compliance, and clarity, helping clients navigate disputes confidently.

Litigation Support Services
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Understanding Litigation Support: Key to Financial Clarity in Legal Cases

In complex legal disputes related to financial or business issues, litigation support services offer critical help to professionals, businesses, and individuals. These services provide specialized financial analysis and advice that are key in managing such disputes as shareholder conflicts, family law issues involving interpreting complex financial reports, civil law issues, and tax conflicts. Whether resolving differences in accounting statements, mismanaged funds, or contract disputes, litigation support ensures financial, accounting, and legal insights are coordinated to enhance the case and provide essential evidence.

Litigation support services must adhere to various standards and regulations. This involves applying Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE) when reviewing financial statements. Litigation support professionals must also comply with the Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS) and CPA Canada’s Code of Professional Conduct. These services are typically provided by chartered professional accountants (CPAs) with specialized expertise in accounting, legal professionals, and expert witnesses. There are several misconceptions around these services; many people think that these services are required only by large corporations. The reality is, it is essential even in smaller cases, such as family disputes involving financial assets or businesses, to resolve contractual disagreements.

Clients often face challenges of miscommunication or misinterpretation of complex financial data. Whether it’s discovering hidden assets or tracing financial transactions, litigation support helps resolve disputes by providing clarity. These services play a vital role in simplifying the complex financial aspects of legal disputes, helping businesses and individuals navigate the overwhelming world of legal proceedings with accurate financial insights and expert guidance. At SGA Tax, we recognize that legal cases involve complex financial business matters. Our litigation support services are aligned to provide clarity, precision, and expertise required for the intricate world of legal proceedings.

Our Solutions

SGA Tax’s Litigation Support Services

Transforming Complex Data into Clear Legal Evidence

Shareholder Disputes

Shareholder Disputes

Shareholder disputes commonly emerge in closely held companies, in which disputes over the direction of the business, management of finance, or sharing of ownership interest may create profound legal challenges. Our experts offer critical financial examination, whereby discrepancies in business valuations, distribution of profits, or asset allocation can be revealed. We help settle these disputes through transparent financial analysis, calculation of share value, and ensuring fair solutions are achieved within the context of legal requirements.

Support in Understanding Complex Financial Statements in Family Law Matters

Support in Understanding Complex Financial Statements in Family Law Matters

Family law situations become complicated when assets are involved, especially when there are complex financial documents to interpret. We assist people and legal practitioners in interpreting complex financial reports, business valuations, and asset distributions. Whether assessing the real value of assets, income splitting, or tracking concealed assets, our staff offers precise financial analysis to achieve equitable settlements in divorce, spousal support, or child support situations.

Splitting Corporate funds in case of a shareholder’s or spouse’s dispute

Splitting Corporate funds in case of a shareholder’s or spouse’s dispute

Butterfly (corporate “split”) — a tax-deferred reorganization that separates a corporate group or its assets among shareholders /spouses, so each receives shares in distinct successor corporations, enabling a clean economic disentanglement of businesses or asset pools. In shareholder disputes, it’s used to partition the enterprise (e.g., operating business vs. investment assets) so that disagreeing parties take on different corporations rather than remain co-owners of a single entity. It must be done under the ordinary rollover/reorganization rules (eg, ss.85(1), 86, 51) while avoiding recharacterization as a deemed dividend or benefit (ss.84.1, 55). CRA and courts scrutinize value-shifting, non-arm’s-length timing, and attribution.

Civil Law Matters

Civil Law Matters

In civil law cases, financial evidence can be pivotal, whether it's related to breach of contract, property disputes, or personal injury claims. Our litigation support services include reviewing financial records, quantifying damages, and providing expert financial testimony. We help clarify financial aspects such as lost wages, future income loss, and other financial consequences to support the legal arguments and facilitate fair resolutions.

Tax Dispute Matters

Tax Dispute Matters

Tax disputes may occur on account of audits, reassessments, or tax authority disputes over liabilities, deductions, or tax structures. Our professionals provide expert financial analysis to help resolve tax disputes, making sure that financial records and tax returns adhere to Canadian taxation statutes. We assist in locating discrepancies, formulate sound arguments, and offer assistance with tax audits, penalties, or legal actions pertaining to tax disputes.

Any Other Litigation Requiring Financial, Accounting, and Legal Support

Any Other Litigation Requiring Financial, Accounting, and Legal Support

Litigation can occur in a number of disciplines, such as fraud audits, contract disputes, or asset mismanagement. Notwithstanding the type of case, our litigation support services include full-scale financial, accounting, and legal assistance. Whether you are handling cases of financial mismanagement, fraud allegations, or business dispute cases, our professionals ensure you obtain the essential financial proof to settle your case confidently.

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SGA Tax: Your Strategic Partner in Litigation Support and Financial Clarity

At SGA Tax, we take expertise in delivering customized litigation support services that focus on delivering transparent, accurate, and actionable financial insights for legal cases. Our service is not about number-crunching alone; it is about converting complex financial information into compelling evidence that makes your case stronger. Whether it's a shareholder conflict, a family law case with intricate financial reports, or a tax conflict, we're here to offer you the financial clarity you need to tackle the intricacies of disputes in the law. Our method is client-focused, customized to address the specific demands of every case. Through providing in-depth financial analysis, business valuations, and expert testifying, we make certain that legal professionals and businesses can access the necessary financial information to achieve balanced and well-informed resolutions.

At SGA Tax, we eliminate the complexities of financial issues, providing the assistance you require at every stage of the legal process. We pride ourselves on compliance with Canadian finance regulations, such as Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE), Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS), and CPA Canada's Code of Professional Conduct. Our team members comprise chartered professional accountants (CPAs) who are well-versed in financial complexities and collaborate with legal experts to provide customized solutions. Whether it is resolving disputes between shareholders, deciphering financial reports in family law cases, measuring damages in civil law disputes, or resolving differences in tax disputes, we offer the skill and accuracy that will lead to victory.

Our services are designed to assist you in attaining equitable and just results, supported by reliable financial substantiation and professional financial analysis. At SGA Tax, we believe that each legal case is different, and we are dedicated to providing the exact financial aid required to enable you to approach the intricacies of your lawsuit with confidence.

Our Experts
Sumit Garg CPA, CA

Sumit Garg CPA, CA

Partner, Senior Vice President Assurance & National Leader Public Companies

1-877-251-2922

Sumit.garg@sgaglobe.com

Sumit Garg CPA, CA

Sumit Garg CPA, CA

Partner, Senior Vice President Assurance & National Leader Public Companies

1-877-251-2922

Sumit.garg@sgaglobe.com

Sumit Garg CPA, CA

Sumit Garg CPA, CA

Partner, Senior Vice President Assurance & National Leader Public Companies

1-877-251-2922

Sumit.garg@sgaglobe.com

Sumit Garg CPA, CA

Sumit Garg CPA, CA

Partner, Senior Vice President Assurance & National Leader Public Companies

1-877-251-2922

Sumit.garg@sgaglobe.com

Why Choose SGA Tax for Corporate Reorganizations?

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Integrated Expertise

Our services combine tax, legal, and estate planning solutions all in one place.

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Canadian Certified Professionals

Our team includes local Canadian CPA, CAs, and lawyers from SGA CPA Professional Corporation and Spear & Shield Law Professional Corporation.

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Prestigious Memberships

Our team is part of national organizations like the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Canada (STEP Canada), Estate Planning Council of Canada, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (CALU), Law Society of Ontario (LSO), and the Canadian Bar Association.

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Decades of Experience

Our professionals bring over 15 years of experience in tax and law.

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Advanced Qualifications

Our experienced team has completed advanced tax courses, including the CPA Canada In-Depth Tax Course and the Trust and Estate Practitioner course, to provide in-depth tax advice to our clients.

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Continuous Learning

We attend workshops and seminars from bodies like CPA Canada, STEP Canada, CALU, Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), The Advocate Society (TAS), Toronto Lawyer Association (TLA), Law Society of Ontario (LSO), Estate Planning Council of Canada, and Mississauga (EPCM).

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U.S. Tax Expertise

We have in-house U.S. CPAs registered with the US CPA local state and board, along with AICPA, providing cross-border tax advice and have extensive experience dealing with the IRS, long-time serving our clients.

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Unified Approach

Our professionals collaborate to provide comprehensive advice, eliminating the need for multiple experts.

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Strategic Partnerships & Memberships

We proudly partner with reputable industry associations and global tax networks, delivering best-in-class expertise with every consultation.