Transaction Tax

Effective tax planning for a merger, acquisition or divestiture not only helps you avoid complicated legal and regulatory tax issues, it can also create greater shareholder value and lead to significant tax savings.

Our Team Approach

Working with an experienced tax team is key to ensuring you can effectively plan for and structure a deal. We work closely with our Corporate Finance professionals to ensure that tax risks and opportunities are identified during the early stages of the process. We take the time to understand your business so we’re better able to provide in-depth insight, extensive experience and a personalized approach, while maximizing the value of your deal over the long term.

Solutions for Success

Work with our experienced transactional tax specialists to get the most out of every opportunity while minimizing your tax liabilities. We deliver personalized tax solutions, including: 

  • Due diligence services

  • Deal structuring services

  • Advance tax-ruling requests

  • Negotiating with tax authorities 

  • Transaction structuring

  • Post-acquisition reorganization and / or integration

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    Contact our Transaction Tax Team

    Am Lidder FCPA, FCA

    Senior Vice President, Tax Services

    Amanjit (Am) is MNP’s Senior Vice President, Tax Services. As the leader of MNP’s Tax Services and a member of the firm’s management team, she is responsible for the strategic direction, guidance, and leadership of the national tax service line across the firm. Within her role as Senior Vice President, Tax Services, Am chairs MNP’s Tax Executive Committee. She is also a member of the firm’s Compensation Committee.

    In her previous role as the firm’s Regional Tax Leader, Am provided a wide range of tax planning and compliance services to mid-sized organizations and their shareholders. Working one-on-one with clients, she delivered effective advice and strategies for corporate and personal tax planning, estate and succession planning and corporate reorganizations, as well as merger and acquisition planning.

    Am is often included as a tax expert in House of Commons Standing Committee of Finance and Standing Senate Committee on National Finance hearings. She has presented at many tax conferences hosted by CPA Canada, the Canadian Tax Foundation, and Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Am previously served on the CPA Canada Education Committee, Advisory and Planning Committee for CPA Canada’s National Conference on Income Taxes, and Canadian Tax Foundation British Columbia Tax Conference Program Committee. Am is an active member of CPA Canada’s Tax Advisory Committee.

    Am earned a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) from the University of Northern British Columbia in 1998. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (CA) in 2001. In 2023, Am was awarded the fellowship designation (FCPA, FCA) for her outstanding commitment to her profession and community.