haouston tax attorney Douglas McCullough
1300 W. Sam Houston Parkway, Suite 340
Houston, TX 77042  832.426.6922 
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HOUSTON'S TAX ATTORNEY
FOR SMALL BUSINESS &
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Corporate & Partnership Taxation
International Taxation
Entrepreneurship
Mergers & Acquisitions


We understand the impact that tax has on your bottom line. We provide comprehensive income tax planning for businesses and individuals in all aspects of local, state, federal, and international taxation. Our tax attorneys assist our clients both in complying with the requirements of tax law and in structuring business transactions to minimize tax burdens. Each attorney in the tax practice understands the need to creatively plan to minimize our clients tax liabilities without crossing any ethical or legal lines.

TAX PLANNING FOR BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

Our attorneys are experienced in structuring the tax aspects of corporate mergers, acquisitions, asset divestitures, and other corporate reorganizations. Each tax attorney at the Firm provides innovative and up-to-date tax solutions for all corporate and general business matters, including business formation, reorganization, dissolution, and partnership and limited liability company structuring.

Tax considerations affect every aspect of business, investment and individual wealth management. We add value to your business by structuring transactions and planning business operations in order to reduce state, federal and international tax costs. Our tax attorneys provide sophisticated and creative counseling in all areas of corporate, partnership, real estate, and international taxation, as well as estate planning. For business and corporate clients, we add value to our transactional services by providing tax planning to our clients financial and commercial transactions. Additionally, a tax attorney from the group can advise you about state and local income taxes, sales and use taxes, and property taxes.

 

TAXATION OF CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS

Our corporate tax attorneys have broad and extensive tax experience. An attorney from the group can advise you on various tax matters including:

  • Choice of entity and combinations of entities, including C corporations, S corporations, limited liability companies, and general and limited partnerships

  • Taxable and tax free mergers, acquisitions and sales

  • Joint ventures and strategic alliances

  • Inbound investments by foreign businesses and individual investors

  • Outbound investment by U.S. businesses

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INTERNATIONAL TAX

An attorney from the tax practice can advise you on federal income tax advice on a wide range of cross-border transactions, including:

  • Tax-Efficient Realignment of Foreign Subsidiaries

  • International Business Operations Structuring

  • Tax Treaty Utilization and Compliance

  • U.S. Tax Withholding on Payments to Foreign Persons

  • Cross-Border Employee Transfer Planning    

REPRESENTATIVE CORPORATE TAX EXPERIENCE

 

Our tax attorneys have a wide experience in tax planning and special project management, including:

  • Supervising and reviewing the preparation of federal and state income tax returns

  • Compiling and preparing documentation in support tax positions

  • Conducting tax research and analysis for C corporations, S corporations and  partnerships

  • Draft tax memoranda and tax opinions

  • Maintenance of tax and corporate records and related documentation

  • Develop tax strategies related to acquisitions and other business initiatives

  • Regularly updating clients about changes in state and federal tax law

  • Managing outside tax advisors and service providers

  • Identifying and implementing tax-planning strategies to minimize worldwide tax liabilities

  • Analyzing and planning for the availability of tax treaty benefits

  • Implementation of IP and royalty structures and preparation of related documentation

  • Overseeing and managing local country tax compliance and US tax reporting requirements

  • Representation of clients in IRS audits including day-to-day management of the audit process

  • Coordination with auditors to ensure correct reporting of tax positions on audited financials

  • Independent review of proposed tax and financial products and special projects

  • Management and implementation of domestic and international special projects

 

CONTACT US

To speak to a tax attorney about your company's corporate tax needs, please contact us here, or call 832.426.6922.

 

   
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