Careful tax planning is one of the most complex and critical aspects of nearly every strategic decision you make for your business. Our tax attorneys expertly advise clients on all aspects of business transactions, including choice-of-entity matters, equity compensation, project and company finance transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. We also represent clients in all aspects of tax controversies and litigation at the federal, state, and local levels.
Our tax attorneys team with corporate, energy, real estate, and other business attorneys to help guide clients through the increasingly complex maze of tax matters. This includes advising clients on the best structure to achieve their business objectives while minimizing tax costs maximizing tax benefits, and negotiating complex tax provisions in agreements. We also have very active renewable energy and affordable housing practices, which involve advising clients with respect to all aspects of tax credit qualification and tax-motivated financing transactions. Our clients include public and private companies, nonprofits, partnerships, and individuals traversing state, federal, international, and multistate tax laws and regulations.
We’ll also fiercely defend you in the face of tax controversies and litigation. We represent clients in protests to the IRS Appeals Office, in equivalent state and local appeals venues, and before the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, federal district courts, and before state and local tax authorities. We are proud of the positive working relationships we’ve forged with federal and state tax authorities and have achieved very positive results for clients in difficult and complex tax controversies.
We are a one-stop-shop for the full range of advice and strategic counsel on the tax implications of advancing your business objectives.
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- Tax aspects of corporate and real estate finance transactions and public offerings of debt and equity
- Equity and other incentive compensation issues
- International tax issues
- State and multistate filing, income calculations, allocation and apportionment
- Federal, state, and local tax incentives, planning, audits, assessments, appeals, and litigation
- Tax credit qualification and monetization
- Audits, administrative appeals, litigation
- Nonprofit formation, structuring, private foundations, and public-private partnerships
- Individual and family tax planning, business succession, liquidity planning, recapitalization, business sale
- Partnership and joint venture tax and structuring
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When companies move quickly into new markets, speed can create opportunity—but it can also lead to expensive tax mistakes. David Brandon, a tax partner in the Boise office, explains why businesses expanding into the United States should treat tax planning as a strategic part of the deal process rather than a last-minute diligence item.
As remote work and cross-border mobility become more common, companies face new tax questions about where employees work and what they are authorized to do. David Brandon, a tax partner in the Boise office, explains that a mobile workforce is not automatically high risk—but the details of each employee’s role can significantly affect the tax outcome.
Global tax planning has changed significantly over the past two decades, as governments have moved from tolerating aggressive profit-shifting strategies to prioritizing information sharing, audits, and enforcement. David Brandon, a tax partner in the Boise office, explains how transfer pricing has become a major focus for tax authorities, including the Internal Revenue Service.
When companies plan to expand, they often start with entity and jurisdiction questions—but David Brandon, a tax partner in the Boise office, explains why those are rarely the right first questions. Instead, businesses should begin by understanding how they create value, who will be involved, what those people will do, and what assets or outputs the business will generate.