Paul Prendergast
E-mail: pprendergast@tmlawyers.com
Direct Line: 988-0417
Direct Fax: 953-7208

Business Law, Taxation, Wills, Estates & Estate Planning

Partner
Partner practicing with the Tax Group at Taylor McCaffrey LLP. Articled with Taylor McCaffrey LLP and admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1999. Practice area is restricted to taxation and related corporate/commercial matters focusing on owner-manager tax issues including trust and estate planning.

Education
University of Manitoba (B. Comm (Hons.) 1994); Manitoba Real Estate Association Course (March 1995); University of Manitoba (LL.B., 1998); Canadian Bar Association Tax Law for Lawyers Program (2000).

Member
Canadian and Manitoba Bar Associations, Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), and Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Positions
Former Chair, Tax Subsection of the Manitoba Bar Association; Member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Management Accountants (CMA) of Manitoba; Guest Lecturer: University of Manitoba Law School Solicitor's Transactions Course and Law Society of Manitoba Bar Admission Course (2000-2004).

Author
"Current Case Law: An Update on Recent Court Decisions of Interest to Tax Practitioners" -- 2004 CTF Prairie Provinces Tax Conference; "Social Policy and The Income Tax Act: Tax Planning in Light of the New Definition of 'Spouse'" -- 2001 CTF Prairie Provinces Tax Conference.

Co-Author
"Advisor Beware - New Civil Penalties under the Income Tax Act" (2001), "New Trust Taxation Provisions" (2000), and "Tax Update for Solicitors" (1999) -- Law Society of Manitoba CLE Seminars.

Co-Editor
"Corporate & Commercial Transactions: Tax Considerations" (2001, 2002 and 2003) -- Law Society of Manitoba Bar Admission Course materials.

In addition, Paul has written articles and has been a frequent presenter on a number of taxation and related topics to various client and professional groups including the Manitoba Bar Association, the Law Society of Manitoba, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Society of Management Accountants of Manitoba, the Certified General Accountants Assoiciation of Manitoba, the Canadian Association of Pre-retirement Professionals, the Canadian Society of Association Exectives, the Wholesale Floor Covering Credit Association, the University of Winnipeg Continuing Education Division and the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals.