Tax, Employee Benefits
Corporate/Individual Income Tax; Sales and Other State and Local Taxes; Pension Programs; Profit Sharing Plans; Fringe Benefits

Our attorneys advise clients on the tax implications of contemplated business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures and business restructuring. We represent clients in tax audits and appeals at the federal, state and local levels, as well as in litigating tax disputes. When appropriate, our business attorneys will obtain advance rulings from the Internal Revenue Service to ascertain the tax results of a proposed transaction. We will advise our clients as to the individual income tax ramifications of a variety of transactions. We counsel our clients on employee benefit programs. Our attorneys are experienced in establishing, qualifying, advising, administering and terminating a variety of benefit programs, including profit-sharing, money purchase pension, defined benefit pension, target benefit, individual stock option plans, 401(k) and employee stock ownership plans, executive fringe benefit arrangements, as well as non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements and various welfare benefit plans. We also represent numerous pension and welfare plans which are jointly administered by employer and union trustees in accordance with the Taft-Hartley Act.