Elizabeth Johnson is the current chair of Wilson and Partners LLP. Her practice covers a wide range of business income tax matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and cross-border structuring. She is a recognized expert on Canadian partnership taxation and Canada's anti-avoidance rules.
Elizabeth was a co- lecturer for the 2012 IFA Canada Travelling Lectureship, on Canada's general anti-avoidance rule. Elizabeth presently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation.
"Understanding the Taxation of Partnerships" (Revised 6th edition – CCH Canada Limited, 2010)
"Partnerships: An Update", Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Tax Conference, 2010
"Decisions Involving Legal Relationships: Partnership, Employee Versus Independent Contractor, and Agency," Canadian Tax Journal, Special Supplement, 2010
"Partnership Freezes—Feasible or Not? Krauss v. Canada", Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal (Canada), December 2010.
"The Taxation of Partnerships in Canada", Bulletin for International Taxation, special issue 2009
"A First for Canada – New Bilateral Limitation on Benefits Rule in Fifth Protocol to Canada's Treaty With the United States", Corporate Finance, 2008.
"A Reasoned Response to the CRA's Views on the Scope and Interpretation of Paragraph 95(6)(b)" (awarded the Canadian Tax Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award for 2007)
"Financing Foreign Affiliates: The Term Preferred Share Rules and Tower Structures", Canadian Tax Journal, 2006