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Our clients’ realities are transforming. Asking the right questions generates the kind of understanding we need to help chart the course forward.

Sania Ilahi

EY Canada Indirect Tax Leader

Tax innovator. Passionate strategist. Inclusive leader. Committed to working with my clients to unlock opportunities for growth.

Areas of focus Tax Tax planning
Office Toronto, CA

Powerful technology and expanding global trade are driving new complexity in indirect tax. As our EY Canada Indirect Tax Leader, Sania leads a national practice focused on helping clients reimagine their commodity tax strategy to succeed in the new now.

For more than 20 years, Sania has built cross-sector experience in Federal Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST), with a special focus on the financial services industry. A sought-after speaker on indirect tax issues, Sania has twice been recognized with the Norman Guerin Award for her contributions to the profession. She is past chair and is an active member of CPA Canada’s Commodity Tax Committee, and continues to edit and publish a wide range of perspectives and tax alerts (including Ernst & Young’s Complete Guide to GST/HST series of books).

Sania holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the Edinburgh Business School, and completed a leadership program with Harvard Business School.

How Sania is building a better working world

“When we can help clients take some of the complexity out of tax, we help them unlock new possibilities for growth and transformation. I think that’s a big part of how we make the working world work better for Canadian companies.”

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