The puck is about to drop as John Tavares faces off against the CRA over signing bonus

I love the anticipation of a hockey game starting: two centres crouch at the face-off dot, the referee holds the puck at arm’s length, waits half a beat and drops it. Nobody remembers the face-off itself as what matters is everything that happens after it.

This week, a very different kind of face-off happens in a Toronto Tax Court room. After years of battling, the Tax Court of Canada trial...