Ray Quinney & Nebeker’s Tax Controversy lawyers provide comprehensive assistance to individuals, corporations, LLCs, non-profit organizations, trusts and estates facing or anticipating disputes with federal, state or local taxing authorities for any kind of tax, employment, estate & gift, sales, property, etc.
Our expertise covers a wide range of common scenarios such as audits, appeals, penalties, and collection defense (including debt resolution, installment agreements, and offers in compromise), but we are also experienced with more specialized situations, including seeking Private Letter Rulings, lien & levy defense, responding to subpoenas and summonses, criminal tax defense, and representation in the courts.
Our tax controversy team is highly skilled and equipped to manage both routine and complex tax cases. Our attorneys have worked for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division, the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah, and the Federal Public Defender’s Office, and have successfully handled tax cases in the IRS Appeals Division, U.S. Tax Court, Federal District Court, Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Utah State Tax Commission, the Utah Supreme Court, and other State Courts, and County Boards of Equalization.
Additionally, our team includes attorneys who have taught tax courses at multiple law schools, are Certified Public Accountants and possess graduate tax degrees (LLM), collectively amassing over 100 years of practical tax experience.
SPECIALIZED PRACTICE AREAS
The Tax Planning and Controversies area includes the following more specialized divisions:
- Federal Income Taxation
- State and Local Taxation
- Income and Franchise Tax
- Sales and Use Tax
- Property Tax
- Corporate Planning
- Incorporations
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tax-Free Reorganizations
- Liquidations
- Corporate Breakups and Divisive Reorganizations
- Subchapter S corporations
- Partnership and Limited Liability Companies
- Estates and Trusts
- Charitable Contributions
- Charitable Trusts
- Nonprofit and Exempt Organizations
- Executive Compensation
- Deferred Compensation
- Noncompetition Agreements
- Stock Option Plans (Qualified and Nonqualified)
- Real Estate Planning
- Like Kind (Section 103) Exchanges
- Tax Controversies, including Audits, Appeals and Courts
