“Our federal income tax planning and controversy team has built a national reputation for providing superior legal tax service. Our knowledge of the Internal Revenue Code coupled with our strong relationships with tax attorneys from across the nation and with federal government professionals allows us to create cutting edge solutions.”
Stanley L. Blend
Tax Practice Group Leader,
Chairman of the Board and Shareholder
Our Tax attorneys serve clients in all aspects of tax law. We assist by structuring our clients’ businesses to reduce domestic, federal and international income tax and Texas state tax. We have extensive experience handling controversies with the Internal Revenue Service both at the IRS Appeals Office and in Court. Several of our attorneys previously held positions within the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Tax Court. Our Tax attorneys have national recognition in their respective fields of expertise and are well equipped to provide the tax advice you need in the areas of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings, partnership tax planning, obtaining IRS letter rulings, cross-border tax planning and acquisition structuring, restructuring to reduce state tax burdens, litigation and coordinating large case federal income tax audits.
Our Expertise
- Providing advice on mergers, acquisitions and restructurings in both corporate and partnership form to large corporations, mid-sized businesses and entrepreneurs.
- Development of sophisticated partnership tax planning and joint venture vehicles, utilizing a cutting edge approach to legal and tax issues related to partnerships and limited liability companies.
- Obtaining IRS letter rulings as appropriate for proposed transactions.
- Section 1031 planning and advice. We regularly assist clients with respect to complex exchange planning and structuring for multi-million dollar transactions. We help structure build-to-suit exchanges, reverse and parking transactions, deferred multiparty exchanges, and interests as tenants in common. Such structuring often includes addressing issues that arise with respect to the ownership of such property by partnerships or corporations when the business owners have different objectives.
- Inbound and outbound cross-border tax planning and acquisition structuring, including withholding and foreign tax credit issues.
- Restructuring to reduce Texas state tax in a variety of business settings. We continue to be a leader in the development of strategies to reduce Texas business taxes. We have also obtained special legislation from the Texas legislature and local tax concessions to benefit Texas businesses.
- Assisting with Offers in Compromise, installment payment arrangements, and innocent spouse claims in response to collection activity by the Internal Revenue Service. We have a superior track record assisting clients during troubling times.
- Handling of all types of tax controversies, both at the Appeals level in the Internal Revenue Service and litigation in Tax Court and other forums. We have coordinated Large Case federal income tax audits for local and regional Large Case taxpayers, in some cases with proposed adjustments exceeding $100 million, both face-to-face with the IRS or, at the client’s request, without disclosure of our involvement to the IRS.
- Handling large numbers of filings for not-for-profit organizations, such as foundations, hospitals and religious and educational institutions.
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