770 B.C. — The Chinese government creates the earliest form of tax when it levies tolls to fund the Great Wall of China. The government allows taxpayers to pay in the form of crops, and those without crops provide labor to build the wall, proving the government will always get its due.
The days of bartering goods and services with the government have long passed, and with them the era of simple tax laws. The intricacies of today’s taxation system demand specialists who spend their days cracking the IRS code.
Our Tax Practice Group handles federal, state, and local income tax matters for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, foundations, trusts and individuals.
We counsel clients directly and assist other attorneys in providing complete legal services. Tax considerations have become so pervasive in business transactions that interaction between our Tax Practice Group and other practice groups is a way of life.
Our extensive resources allow us to serve the tax-planning and representation needs of a client with an integrated team of attorney specialists in federal, state and local tax matters. We assist C corporations, S corporations, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships.
In addition to corporate tax work, we have long represented non-profit organizations, including churches and other religious institutions, hospitals, educational and charitable organizations, and grantmaking foundations. We counsel non-profits on general tax planning matters as well as general business transaction and management issues.
Our Tax Practice Group provides the following services:
We represented a large financial institution in structuring transactions to obtain federal low-income housing tax credits, federal rehabilitation tax credits, Michigan Single Business Tax credits and state Brownfield tax credits.
A concrete manufacturing company turned to us to structure the sale of its business to obtain optimum state and federal tax consequences.
We represented a mortgage lending/servicing operation in negotiations with the Internal Revenue Service to obtain significant income tax refunds.
Numerous clients have hired us to structure real and personal property transactions to achieve like-kind exchange tax treatment.
We have helped many private foundations and public charities obtain and maintain tax-exempt status and minimize unrelated business taxable income.