Taxation

Led by Senior Partner Barry Fink, a former U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division senior litigator, the Firm’s tax attorneys have extensive experience resolving tax controversies and representing clients before administrative agencies. They are also highly effective in the litigation of federal income and estate tax matters. Taxation attorneys handle state and local tax controversies such as insurance premium taxes, real estate taxes and sales and use taxes. The tax group also provides business and transactional planning and negotiation, as well as personal wealth and estate planning. Many clients retain these attorneys for their creative, “out-of-the-box” thinking and their ability to solve difficult structural, transactional and family estate planning issues. Mr. Fink has also appeared specially in resolving tax controversies and obtaining administrative rulings in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland and South Africa. The lawyers in the tax group also counsel U.S. clients on tax strategies for international operations. The Firm regularly represents foreign and domestic clients in the purchase, sale and merger of businesses worldwide. The Firm’s tax lawyers have successfully negotiated, structured and closed multinational corporate and business transactions in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Africa, Poland and throughout the European Union member nations.

The Firm’s tax attorneys also provide estate, gift and expatriate tax services to clients of the Firm. These services include sophisticated planning for clients subject to multiple tax jurisdictions as well as the transfer of wealth to younger generations.

Attorneys in the tax group have also provided legal services to nonprofit clients since the Firm’s inception. The practice assists charitable, educational, and other tax exempt organizations with all organizational and operational aspects of obtaining and maintaining tax exempt status. Taxation attorneys also provide ongoing counsel to tax exempt clients regarding compliance with public charity and private foundation rules, and assisting with nonprofit business transactions, executive compensation, and other issues special to the nonprofit field. To obtain the services of the tax lawyers at Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, LLP, contact Barry Fink to schedule an initial consultation.