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Law - Tax Law

This guide is a selected listing of resources with a Canadian focus that can be used for research in the area of tax law.

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Textbooks: Tax Law Canada

Following are selected textbooks on tax law in Canada.

You can also browse subject headings in tax law, such as:

Or you can do keyword searches like:
  • corporation AND "income tax"
  • "partnership income"

and guided keyword searches like:

  • tax (in subject field) and Duff, David (in author field)

Browse tax law materials starting at KE5667.