J. Scott Wilkie

Biography

He is one of the most high-profile tax practitioners in Canada, with expertise in international taxation, corporate taxation, taxation of financial transactions, transfer pricing and tax policy. He has written numerous publications and speaks frequently on these subjects. Wilkie is the Vice-Chair, Permanent Scientific Committee, International Fiscal Association, and formerly has served as the Chair and a Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, Co-Editor of the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Canadian Tax Journal, Co-Chair and Tax Section Liaison of the Tax Committee of the American Bar Association International Law Section, Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Tax Section and in that role Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered (Professional) Accountants Canada. He is one of the most high-profile tax practitioners in Canada, with expertise in international taxation, corporate taxation, taxation of financial transactions, transfer pricing and tax policy. He has written numerous publications and speaks frequently on these subjects. Wilkie is the Vice-Chair, Permanent Scientific Committee, International Fiscal Association, and formerly has served as the Chair and a Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, Co-Editor of the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Canadian Tax Journal, Co-Chair and Tax Section Liaison of the Tax Committee of the American Bar Association International Law Section, Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Tax Section and in that role Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered (Professional) Accountants Canada.

Research Interest

Wilkie also served as a public policy adviser for the Canadian E-Business Opportunities Roundtable and the Canadian E-Business Initiative, as well as participating in the work of the Minister of National Revenue’s E-Commerce Advisory Panel on the international tax aspects of e-commerce. He participated as a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Business Advisory Group for Business Restructurings and additionally for many years has made contributions to various international tax and tax policy discussions in relation to project work conducted by the OECD and, as well very recently, the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters. Wilkie continues to be highly rated as a leading practitioner by various professional publications. In 2012, he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to recognize his significant contributions to the work of the Canadian Tax Foundation. He has also received a 2003 Arbor Award for outstanding voluntary service to the University of Toronto, was awarded lifetime membership for service to the Canadian Tax Foundation and led his committee to receive the 2006-2007 American Bar Association Most Improved Committee Award for assisting to rebuild the Tax Committee of the International Law Section.