ALLAN W. SCHINNOUR
Phone: (403) 451-8556
Email: allan@smplawyers.com
Allan Schinnour is a member of the Schinnour Matkin & Pichette law firm. He provides general income tax advice for entities and individuals as well as transaction tax planning with an emphasis on resort and real estate development matters. He has significant experience providing both Canadian and international tax advice for inbound and outbound investments and transactions. Recent projects in which he has been involved in include acquisitions, reorganizations and financing structures for resorts in Belize, S.A., Puerto Vallarta and the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, Hawaii in the United States and numerous projects in Canada primarily in the Western Provinces, including hotels, golf courses, time share resorts and development land banking.
Since the introduction of the GST in Canada, Allan has spent considerable time reviewing, assessing and applying the GST legislation to transactions. From the period of July, 1988 to June, 2004 he was an associate and partner of the Macleod Dixon, LLP law firm where he was a member of that firm's tax practice group. Prior to joining Macleod Dixon, LLP, Allan spent the previous 16 years working in his family's farm implement dealerships and manufacturing divisions.
EDUCATION
Call to the Alberta Bar, 1989
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, LL.B., 1988
PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES
"The Goods and Services Tax: Part I," presented to the Prairie Provinces Tax Conference
Calgary, June 1993
"The Goods and Services Tax: Real Estate," presented to the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta Branch
Edmonton, 1991
"The Law Firm as a Collector and Remitter of Tax: General Overview," presented to the Legal Education Society of Alberta Goods and Services Tax Seminar
Calgary and Edmonton, 1990
"Goods and Services Tax: The Non-Profit Sector," presented to the Canadian Bar Association Advanced GST Seminar
Vancouver, October 1990
Chairman, "Goods and Services Tax Seminar," seminar sponsored by the Legal Education Society of Alberta
Chairman, "Goods and Services Tax Seminar," seminar sponsored by the Legal Education Society of Alberta
Edmonton, October 1990
Speaker, business and professional groups, Implementation of the GST and its Impact on the Business Community.
Presenter, numerous conferences, Implementation of the GST and its Impact on the Business Community
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member, Law Society of Alberta
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Canadian Tax Foundation