Tax Advisers - Deloitte

Canada
Albert Baker
Deloitte
1055 Dunsmuir,Suite 2800
Four Bentall Centre
Vancouver, BC V7X 1P4
Canada
Tel: (1) 604 640 3273
Fax: (1) 604 899 8183
Email: abaker@deloitte.ca
Website: www.deloitte.com
Albert Baker, FCA, is the leader of Deloitte’s tax practice in Vancouver. He also leads
Deloitte Canada’s international tax services practice and is a member of the Deloitte
Canada tax leadership team. Mr Baker was previously based in the firm’s Montreal office.
Specializing in international tax, Albert has over 20 years of experience in structuring
mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, and corporate reorganizations.
He acts as lead tax adviser for a number of Canadian-based multinationals and foreign
multinationals with Canadian operations. His industry experience includes telecommunications,
transportation, manufacturing, e-commerce and mining.
Albert is a member of the executive and a member of council of the Canadian branch of
the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and acts as its first vice-president. Previous posts
include: member of the board of governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF) (2001
to 2004); member of the CTF board’s Transition Committee (2003); member of the CTF
Quebec Organizing Committee (2001 to 2005); coordinator of the Montreal Senior Tax
Practitioners Group (1994 to 2005); and past member of the Association de planification
fiscale et financière (APFF) International Tax Committee. He was also a member of the
CICA-CBA Joint Committee on Taxation’s subcommittee regarding foreign investment
entities and non-resident trusts, and was a member of the Joint Committee’s foreign
affiliate subcommittee. Albert also serves as co-chair of the organizing committee of the
2009 IFA Congress to be held in Vancouver. He is currently a member of the Department
of Finance Advisory Committee on International Tax Matters.
Albert is a frequent author, speaker, and lecturer on international tax matters. He is coeditor
of International Taxation (a Carswell publication) and has lectured at McGill
University on international tax matters and at Concordia University. He is a featured
contributor to Canadian Tax Highlights (a monthly CTF publication) regarding
international tax matters, has appeared as a guest commentator in regard to tax matters
on various radio and TV shows, and has commented on tax matters in newspapers
including The Gazette, The National Post, Le Devoir and Les Affaires. He has also appeared
in court as an expert witness in regard to tax matters.
Albert was the Canadian reporter at the 1998 IFA Congress in London. He has spoken
and written on international tax matters for a number of organizations including the IFA,
the CTF, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), the Tax Management
International Journal, the APFF, the Tax Executives Institute (TEI), the Society of Trust
and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Federated Press, and the International Tax Review. He is
currently a member of the Canadian Tax Journal’s editorial board.
Albert has been selected as one of the top 10 tax advisers in Canada in each of International
Tax Review’s surveys (2000 to 2003), and selected as one of the top tax advisers in Canada
in the 2000 to 2005 Euromoney Legal Media Group Surveys. He was selected as one of
the top cross-border structuring specialists in Canada in the ITR World Tax 2004 Survey
and selected as one of the top mergers and acquisitions and cross-border structuring
specialists in Canada in the ITR World Tax 2006 Survey. He was also selected as one of
the top transfer-pricing advisers in Canada in the 2001 Euromoney Legal Media Group
Transfer Pricing Survey.
In 2004, Albert was awarded the title of fellow of the Quebec Order of Chartered
Accountants in recognition of distinguished services rendered to the profession.
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