Our tax attorneys are available to assist clients and their businesses with creative structuring and advice for entity formation (LLCs, corporations, partnerships and nonprofit organizations, including private foundations). We are also available to provide planning, compliance assistance and controversy litigation in the areas of international, federal, state and local taxes.

We work with high-income individuals, partnerships, estates and trusts, privately-held companies and large public corporations. For all types of transactions-and across all industries-we provide tax planning strategies for residency, acquisitions and sales, development management and capital gains, as well as insolvency.

Corporate & Partnership. The choice of the appropriate entity for conducting a business is often made in light of the resulting tax consequences. We are regularly called upon at the earliest stages of planning to advise whether a business should operate in corporate form. If a decision to incorporate is made, a number of other important tax issues often arise, including whether to elect to be taxed as an "S corporation." In the Nevada business climate, in particular, the limited liability corporation may hold special benefits for stakeholders.

We are also involved in the day-to-day and year-end tax planning for our corporate clients, including the tax consequences of mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, corporate separations, distributions of property to shareholders and executive compensation.

Unlike corporations, partnerships are not taxable entities. While a limited partnership can provide some of the benefits of a corporation, such as limited liability to investors and centralized management, partnerships provide certain specific tax planning opportunities, including allocations of profits and losses.

Employee Benefits. We can assist clients in designing and implementing executive compensation programs such as non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements and stock options. We perform executive compensation studies and review when incentives may be required to attract or retain competent management.

Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate. From preparing simple wills to using sophisticated trusts, we assist our clients in all aspects of estate planning. Estate plans are always based on personal, confidential interviews with our clients. We design each document on an individual basis to accomplish each client's goals in a manner that minimizes estate, gift and income taxes.

International. Our foreign clients include buyers, sellers, owners and operators of substantial U.S. real estate investments, cable television franchise holders, retail food distributors and companies in the computer industry and other high-technology businesses. We advise our foreign clients on the selection of entity for foreign investment in the United States, the use of tax treaties to reduce U.S. withholding and overall worldwide effective tax rates, and U.S. income tax obligations of aliens resident in the United States. We also represent numerous U.S. individuals and companies who conduct business in other parts of the world. We advise these domestic clients on the most tax efficient way to organize their international operations.

Tax Controversies. We are available to represent you before the Internal Revenue Service state agencies and local taxing authorities in connection with audits of federal and state income taxes, state sales and use taxes, employment taxes and other tax and assessment-related issues. We also represent individuals in connection with their potential liability as a "responsible person" for unpaid trust fund liabilities, such as payroll taxes.

Real Estate Tax. Taxation of real estate activities has changed substantially through the years. Whether the transaction involves residential, commercial, development, or investment property, we provide our clients with practical and tax-saving advice.