Member Biography - Jonathan Spencer - CA

Jonathan Spencer - CA
Thorsteinssons LLP
PO Box 786, Bay Wellington Tower
33rd floor
181 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3
Office: (416) 864-0542
Mobile: (416) 725-1722
Fax: (416) 864-1106
E-Mail: jdspencer@thor.ca

Jonathan Spencer is a tax consultant with Thorsteinssons LLP, a tax law firm with offices in Toronto and Vancouver. Before joining Thorsteinssons Jonathan practiced as JD Spencer Consulting and as a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Jonathan is a chartered accountant with 20 years experience in provincial retail sales tax (PST) and GST. He is the author of the Practitioner's Guide to Retail Sales Tax, (Thomson Carswell) and is a frequent speaker and writer on GST and PST issues for the Tax Executives Institute (TEI), the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and others. Jonathan has written numerous articles on issues such as outsourcing, PST and GST audits, corporate reorganizations, credit and bank card issues, tax risk management and professional services, and internet business.

Jonathan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, the International Fiscal Association, the FAS Tax Subcommittee of the Investment Dealers Association, the Steering Committee of the Toronto Commodity Tax Professionals Study Group, the Dominion and Canadian Clubs and the Association of Internet Marketing and Sales. He has been a member of the editorial board of the Sales and Use Tax Journal for many years. He has also been a tutor for the CICA In-Residence GST course, a regular speaker at the annual CICA Commodity Tax Update, is a past member of the CICA Commodity Tax Symposium Committee and was a founding member of the Southern Ontario Commodity Tax Consultation Group.