Tax

Garvey Schubert Barer's tax lawyers represent individuals, closely held companies, publicly traded companies and nonprofit organizations in a wide array of tax matters. Our focus includes the following:

• Corporate, partnership and individual tax planning and advice
• Business formations, reorganizations, distributions, redemptions and liquidations
• Structuring mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other business transactions
• Real and personal property taxation
• Obtaining private letter rulings or technical advice from the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service and state and local tax authorities
• Real estate transactions, including real and personal property exchanges
• Tax aspects of debt relief and bankruptcy, including debt workouts
• Tax consequences incident to civil litigation
• Representation before the Internal Revenue Service and state and local tax authorities in examinations / audits, appeals and litigation
• Sales and use taxation
• Employee benefits and executive compensation planning, documentation and operational compliance
• Federal, state and local civil tax legislation
• Representation in criminal tax investigations, appeals and trials
• Opinions and testimony on tax legislation at the federal, state and local levels
• Tax consequences incident to divorce
• International taxation