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
- Why Qualified Small Business Stock Matters Even More Under Trump Tax Reform
- Proposed Regulations for Qualified Opportunity Funds:
- 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
- Delinquent Filers Despair: IRS's Dirty Dozen List Demonstrates Ongoing Dangers
- Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Procedural Requirements of Proposition 218 to Revenue Measures Adopted by Initiative
- 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
- 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
- Highlights of the Republican Tax Plan, The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act
- What is Willfulness?
- After Changes to Pass-Through Taxation, Will You Get a Tax Break?
- IRS Ending OVDP: Act Now to Avoid Higher Penalties (or Worse)
- Qualified Opportunity Funds: Parallels and Opportunities for Qualified Small Business Stock Investors
- Recent Cases Give Hope to Offshore Account-Holders
- IRS Updates Voluntary Disclosure Policy After Expiration of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
- Buy Me Some Peanuts and Crackerjacks?
Brochures
- Tax
- Corporate
- Emerging Companies
- Nonprofit Law
- Employee Benefits