Hugh Neilson, FCPA, FCA, TEP, is Director of Taxation Services at Kingston Ross Pasnak LLP in Edmonton, Alberta, focusing on income tax services for individuals and owner-managed private corporations. He became an independent contractor to KRP in 2013 and has over 30 years of public practice experience providing tax consultation across a wide range of areas.
Timeline
Education
CPA Canada Volunteer Recognition Award, 2017
Recipient of CPA Canada’s Award for Excellence in Income Tax, 2014
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Residence Corporate Reorganizations Course, November 2000
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Residence Wealth Preservation Course, November 1998
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Residence International Tax Course, November 1995
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Depth Tax Course, January 1994
Chartered Accountant Designation, Alberta, January 15, 1991
Canadian silver medalist, Alberta gold medalist on Uniform Final Examination
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Alberta, 1987
Experience
Hugh provides consultation services to taxpayers and their advisors on a wide array of matters related to personal and corporate taxation. His experience includes estate planning, immigration and emigration, US income tax compliance, corporate share structure, planning for business succession, business acquisitions and disposals, and planning and implementation of business structure. Hugh was the 2014 recipient of CPA Canada’s Award for Excellence in Income Tax and a 2017 recipient of a CPA Canada Volunteer Recognition Award.
Professional & Community Activities
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta (formerly Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta)
Awarded Fellow of the Chartered Accountants, 2010 (Fellow of Chartered Professional Accountants on merger, 2015)
Canadian Tax Foundation
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Full Member)
Co-Chair CPA Canada – Canada Revenue Agency Service Committee, 2018
Joint Committee on Taxation, CPA Canada and Canadian Bar Association, 2016
Governor, Canadian Tax Foundation, 2014 to 2017
CPA Canada Small and Medium Practitioners Tax Committee (present Chair), 2014
Director and Treasurer, Centre for Public Legal Education in Alberta, April 2013
CPA Alberta Tax Working Group, 2012
CPA Canada Income Tax Education Committee, 2012 to 2016
CPA Canada/CICA National Conference on Income Taxes Committee, 2005 to 2006; 2008; 2013
CPA Canada The One Conference Committee, 2020; 2022
Seminar Leader/Course Instructor, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta Qualification Course and Integration and Analysis Course, 1993 to 2001
