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Tax
The Tax Practice Group is an integral part of the firm's transactional practice. We work closely with our business lawyers to structure and effectuate complex transactions from a tax perspective to better fit our client's business objectives. We also maintain an independent tax practice that focuses on public and private domestic and foreign business entities (corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies), private clients and tax-exempt organizations, including federal, state and local tax controversy matters for all of the foregoing.
Many of our lawyers are recognized authorities in their fields, consultants to other professional advisors, frequent speakers and panelists at tax conferences and authors of tax articles and treatises.
Services
Business Transactions
Responding to our clients' needs, we provide tax advice in connection with:
- Choice of Entity
- Mergers, Acquisitions, Dispositions and Restructurings
- International Tax Planning
- Tax Structuring of Workouts and Bankruptcies
- Real Estate Transactions, including Syndications, REITS and Section 1031 Transactions
- Venture Capital
- Low-Income Housing and Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Transactions
- Municipal Bonds
- Tax-Exempt Entities
State and Local Tax Matters
Our state and local tax attorneys have multistate experience in such matters as:
- Sales, Use and Gross Receipts Taxes
- Real Property and Transfer Taxes
- Required Recordkeeping
- State Income and Franchise Taxes
- State Tax Exemptions
- State Tax Implications of e-Businesses
- Unclaimed Property Matters
- State Tax Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tax Amnesty and Tax Disclosure Agreements
International Tax Matters
Duane Morris' international tax attorneys provide United States tax advice to our multinational clients on a wide range of cross-border business activities, including:
- Cross-Border Transfer Pricing: Planning and Compliance
- Tax-Efficient Realignment of Foreign Subsidiaries
- CFC and PFIC Tax Planning
- Tax Treaty Utilization and Compliance
- Foreign Tax Credit Planning
- U.S. Tax Withholding on Payments to Foreign Persons
- Cross-Border Employee Transfer Planning
- Pre-Immigration Planning
Civil and Criminal Tax Controversy Practice
Our tax controversy lawyers have in-depth experience in client representation:
- At Federal Tax Examinations and IRS Appeals Offices
- Before U.S. Tax Court and Federal Appellate Court
- At State and Local Tax Examinations and Administrative Proceedings
- Before State Trial and Appellate Courts
- In Administrative and Grand Jury Criminal Tax Investigations
Private Clients
Our tax lawyers, working closely with our attorneys in other practice groups, advise private clients on the tax consequences of their activities, including the following:
- Family Tax and Business Succession Planning
- Executive Compensation Structures
- Charitable Giving, including Use of Private Foundations
For More Information
For more information, please contact Stephen DiBonaventura or any of the practice members referenced in the Attorney Listing.