Tax Advisory Services for Corporations

Corporate Tax Law Consulting

Mooney McGinn LLP
Offices in Cambridge and Danvers, Massachusetts
Cambridge 617-245-8080 | Danvers 978-767-4221
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There is a tax aspect to almost every corporate transaction. Sometimes this tax issue may be clear, but more important are the significant tax issues that are often not obvious to anyone not trained as a tax lawyer. The full tax ramifications of business transactions need careful analysis and consideration of the situation and circumstances and the needs of the participants.

Mooney McGinn's tax knowledge is at the core of our transactional practice. We counsel on the full range of federal, state and international tax issues that arise in structuring transactions. We add significant value to these transactions by creating tax-efficient structures and by providing innovative, practical solutions to the tax issues that challenge our clients.

• IRS, DOR and Appellate Tax Board
• Business Taxation
• Entity Section
  Developing Stock Plans
  Legal Advice, Finanacial Guidance and Document Drafting
• Transacational Taxation
• Acquisitions and Dispositions
     Taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions
     Buyouts
     Debt financings and restructurings
     Private equity financings and investments
     Recapitalizations, redemptions, spin-offs, split-offs and split-ups
     Structuring international transactions and business operations

We develop tax-planning strategies that achieve our clients' business objectives while using our knowledge of the tax laws to advance the economic efficiency of transactions. Knowing and understanding a client's business, balance sheet and competitive profile allows us to appropriately balance tax considerations and transaction objectives to achieve the best possible results.

We also have significant experience with administrative proceedings before the IRS and state tax agencies, such as the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, and a successful track record in prevailing in tax controversies.

Business Taxation

We assist clients who are forming and running businesses to examine the tax ramifications of:

• Entity Selection: Providing clients with advice and representation on the formation and maintenance of all types of operating and investment business entities, including traditional incorporations (both "C" form and Sub-Chapter S); Limited Liability Companies (LLC); Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP); and Professional Corporations (P.C.).
• Developing Stock Plans: Planning for stock ownership plans, including qualified and nonqualified options and stock, executive compensation plans including restricted stock and the requirements for avoiding golden parachute payments penalties.

Transactional Taxation

• Acquisitions and Dispositions: Buying and selling of businesses and business interests, by stock or asset purchases and sale
• Buyouts by management or leveraged by outside parties
• Taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions
• Debt financings and restructurings
• Private equity financings and investments
• Recapitalizations, redemptions, spin-offs, split-offs and split-ups
• Structuring international transactions and business operations for global tax efficiency

Tax Controversy

The attorneys at Mooney McGinn LLP provide representation and advice for individuals and corporations in all tax issues with the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, and the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, including offer-in-compromise, payment agreements, settlements, seizures, liens, and tax appeals before various administrative tribunals, and state and federal courts at all levels.

We also represent clients in contesting state income tax liability resulting from their business activities, and in contesting and settling proposed sales and use tax liability. Our attorneys also have extensive experience representing clients in complex disputes before the Internal Revenue Service, Appeals Division and in all phases of litigation before the United States Tax Court.

Some examples of the tax issues our firm handles include:

• Federal and state tax audit
• Federal and state tax appeals
• Representation before the Federal Tax Court or the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board
• Criminal tax or fraudulent tax investigations
• Tax collection or IRS enforcement defense and due process appeals
• Tax lien defense
• Offers in compromise

Contact Mooney McGinn LLP

Mooney McGinn LLP has two Massachusetts offices to serve our clients - in Danvers and in Cambridge. We offer an initial phone consultation to all new clients.

Call our attorneys in Cambridge at 617-245-8080, in Danvers at 978-767-4221, or contact us by e-mail via the Contact Us page.