Taxation - Practice Areas

  • Federal Income taxation of individuals, corporations, partnerships, LLC's
  • California Franchise, sales and use taxes
  • Income tax planning and private letter rulings
  • Real estate and 1031 exchanges
  • Business purchase and sale
  • Corporate including mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, complete and partial liquidations, stock redemptions, corporate spin-offs and split-offs
  • Partnership, S-corporations and limited liability companies
  • Employee compensation including stock options, employment and deferred compensation agreements, employee vs independent contractor, and ERISA matters
  • Buy-sell agreements, stock restriction agreements, sale-leaseback transactions and deferred compensation
  • Tax planning and business restructuring
  • IRS disputes including audits, administrative appeals and litigation
  • Franchise Tax Board and State Board of Equalization disputes
  • Exempt organization qualification and taxation
  • Taxation of farm cooperatives