Hanson Bridgett’s tax attorneys provide a broad spectrum of federal, state and local tax-related services to diverse clients, ranging from personal and transactional tax planning to tax controversy matters (e.g., audits, appeals, compromise offers, and litigation). Our clients include individuals, families, partnerships, limited liability companies, C corporations, S corporations, governmental agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
Our tax attorneys regularly conduct webinars and other seminars for practitioners on various tax issues, including compensation and benefits, employment tax and foreign account and entity compliance. We also publish widely in various tax journals, speak to client and professional conferences about current issues, and are quoted in the mainstream media on current tax matters.
Areas of Expertise:
- Corporate Tax
- Employee Benefits
- Health Reform
- Employment Tax
- Estate, Gift and GST Tax
- General Federal Tax
- International Tax
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Litigation
- Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Entities
- Partnership Tax
- Cooperative Corporations
- Real Estate Tax
- State and Local Tax
For a more in-depth overview of our services, please refer to our Tax Practice brochure.
Publications
- Proposed Regulations for Qualified Opportunity Funds:
- Why Qualified Small Business Stock Matters Even More Under Trump Tax Reform
- New Guidance Released Regarding Carryback of Net Operating Losses Under the CARES Act
- A Compendium of Qualified Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations:
- Constitutional Crisis for Qualified Small Business Stock
- 2013 Tax Issues
- IRC Section 83 Update
- Property Tax Relief for Tenants of California Public Retirement Systems
- Estate Tax and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Law
- Splitting the "Difference"
- New General Solicitation Rules for Private Placements Go Into Effect
- Estate and Transfer Tax Planning
- Professional Service Goodwill: Who Owns It?
- Unrelated Business Taxable Income Issues for Private Equity Investors
- Buy Me Some Peanuts and Crackerjacks?
- Delinquent Filers Despair: IRS's Dirty Dozen List Demonstrates Ongoing Dangers
- IRS Updates Voluntary Disclosure Policy After Expiration of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
- IRS Issues New Guidance on Cryptocurrency: Hard Forks and Other Utensils Are Taxable
- Final Opportunity Zone Regulations Released
- San Francisco Offers Relief to Local Small Businesses in Response to COVID-19
- Tax Day Extended to July 15 – Now Matches Payment Deadline
- Modifications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 in the CARES Act
- IRS Clarifies Eligible Like-Kind Property Under Proposed Section 1031 Regulations
- Recent Increase in IRS Enforcement of ACA Reporting Penalties
- IRS Ending OVDP: Act Now to Avoid Higher Penalties (or Worse)
- Main Street Lending Program Now Open for Nonprofits
- The IRS is Coming for Your Cryptocurrency
- What is Willfulness?
- After Changes to Pass-Through Taxation, Will You Get a Tax Break?
- Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Procedural Requirements of Proposition 218 to Revenue Measures Adopted by Initiative
- Highlights of the Republican Tax Plan, The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act
- The IRS and FTB Delay Tax Deadlines by Up To 90 Days
- Recent Cases Give Hope to Offshore Account-Holders
- COVID Relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds
- California Property Tax Payments and COVID-19
- Paycheck Protection Program Loans – Affiliation Rules Updated
- PPP Loans Coming for Independent Contractors and Self-Employed Individuals
- Can Qualified Small Businesses Get a PPP Loan under the CARES Act?
- SBA Issues Guidance on PPP Loans for Law, Accounting, and Other Service Partnerships
- IRS Allows Amended Partnership Returns for Bonus Depreciation and Other CARES Act Changes
- Qualified Opportunity Funds: Parallels and Opportunities for Qualified Small Business Stock Investors
- California QSBS Resolution Afoot?
- IRS Releases Guidance on Tax Treatment of Same-Sex Marriages
- Franchise Tax Board Update on Qualified Small Business Stock
- FBAR Filing Fiascos Forthcoming? Blame Congress – Not the IRS
- Will LLCs be Obsolete for Holding Real Estate?
- Fiscal Cliff Resolution Provides Pension Planning Options
- VIDEO: Section 1202 - Qualified Small Business Stock, A Recipe of 100% Gain Exclusion
- Last Chance for ACA-Related Protective Refund Claims for 2016
- IRS Form 1099-K Payment Reporting Under California AB 5
- When does a TIC Agreement Create a Partnership?
- Current California Property Tax Issues
- IRS Dirty Dozen - Increased Risks for Taxpayers with Undisclosed Overseas Accounts
- Qualified Trades or Businesses for QSBS Defined
- California QSBS Issues One Step Closer to Closure
- IRS Reminder: Foreign Account and Asset Reporting Deadlines are Fast Approaching
- Foreign Account Disclosures Continue
- Foreign Accounts and FATCA
- Taxpayers Must File FBARs By June 30, 2015
- Still Opportunities for S Corporation Elections to be Effective for 2014
- COVID-19 Resource Center
Brochures
- Tax
- Corporate
- Emerging Companies
- Nonprofit Law
- Employee Benefits