Our tax attorneys also work closely with the firm’s corporate law and securities attorneys in advising clients and issuing tax opinions in connection with securitizations, securities offerings and other capital expansion programs. For closely held businesses, our tax attorneys oftentimes serve as both tax counsel and general business advisors and work closely with the firm’s corporate and other business lawyers to meet the specific needs of our clients. Our tax attorneys also represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service in connection with federal income tax disputes.
Our tax attorneys work closely with the firm’s real estate, corporate, securities, bond, public finance, securitization, healthcare and other business lawyers to provide tax advice, issue tax opinions and offer creative tax planning to the firm’s clients. Our tax attorneys take a lead role in the tax planning for and structuring of joint ventures, partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, divestitures, like-kind exchanges and real estate transactions, and in selecting the appropriate type of entity to utilize for a given business venture.
- U.S. ventures engaged in investments, construction projects and other operations in foreign jurisdictions;
- U.S. tax exempt organizations with operations in foreign jurisdictions;
- U.S. entities moving operations outside of the United States;
- U.S. citizens living in the U.S. or abroad with U.S. tax reporting obligations, including matters relating to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s FBAR (Report of Foreign Banks and Financial Accounts) regulations and the application of FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act );
- foreign-based individuals and entities on federal and Florida tax laws applicable to owning property and doing business in the U.S.;
- foreign persons investing in or moving to the U.S. on business and estate planning matters.
We work in tandem with our estate planning attorneys, as well as our clients’ foreign tax advisors, to minimize U.S. and worldwide taxation of our clients’ income and assets. Moreover, we have experience analyzing U.S. income and estate tax treaties with other countries and in establishing tax efficient structures. Additionally, through our membership in Meritas, a network of over 170 law firms – all rigorously qualified, independent and collaborative, we have access to a global alliance of 7,124 experienced lawyers in 175 full-service law firms serving 236 markets around the world.
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