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
- A Compendium of Qualified Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations:
- IRC Section 83 Update
- Constitutional Crisis for Qualified Small Business Stock
- 2013 Tax Issues
- Splitting the "Difference"
- Estate and Transfer Tax Planning
- New General Solicitation Rules for Private Placements Go Into Effect
- Property Tax Relief for Tenants of California Public Retirement Systems
- Estate Tax and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Law
- Unrelated Business Taxable Income Issues for Private Equity Investors
- Professional Service Goodwill: Who Owns It?
- Fiscal Cliff Resolution Provides Pension Planning Options
- California QSBS Issues One Step Closer to Closure
- What is Willfulness?
- IRS Form 1099-K Payment Reporting Under California AB 5
- IRS Releases Guidance on Tax Treatment of Same-Sex Marriages
- Recent Increase in IRS Enforcement of ACA Reporting Penalties
- VIDEO: Section 1202 - Qualified Small Business Stock, A Recipe of 100% Gain Exclusion
- Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Procedural Requirements of Proposition 218 to Revenue Measures Adopted by Initiative
- Qualified Trades or Businesses for QSBS Defined
- IRS Dirty Dozen - Increased Risks for Taxpayers with Undisclosed Overseas Accounts
- Current California Property Tax Issues
- IRS Ending OVDP: Act Now to Avoid Higher Penalties (or Worse)
- Will LLCs be Obsolete for Holding Real Estate?
- The IRS is Coming for Your Cryptocurrency
- After Changes to Pass-Through Taxation, Will You Get a Tax Break?
- California QSBS Resolution Afoot?
- IRS Updates Voluntary Disclosure Policy After Expiration of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
- Foreign Accounts and FATCA
- Delinquent Filers Despair: IRS's Dirty Dozen List Demonstrates Ongoing Dangers
- FBAR Filing Fiascos Forthcoming? Blame Congress – Not the IRS
- Franchise Tax Board Update on Qualified Small Business Stock
- Qualified Opportunity Funds: Parallels and Opportunities for Qualified Small Business Stock Investors
- Taxpayers Must File FBARs By June 30, 2015
- Recent Cases Give Hope to Offshore Account-Holders
- When does a TIC Agreement Create a Partnership?
- Buy Me Some Peanuts and Crackerjacks?
- Highlights of the Republican Tax Plan, The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act
- IRS Issues New Guidance on Cryptocurrency: Hard Forks and Other Utensils Are Taxable
- Still Opportunities for S Corporation Elections to be Effective for 2014
- Foreign Account Disclosures Continue
- IRS Reminder: Foreign Account and Asset Reporting Deadlines are Fast Approaching
- Final Opportunity Zone Regulations Released
Brochures
- Tax
- Corporate
- Emerging Companies
- Nonprofit Law
- Employee Benefits