Our clients include individuals, families, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, and other business entities.  We develop tax strategies that produce favorable tax treatment consistent with our clients’ short-term and long-term business and personal objectives.

Our firm has experience in resolving tax controversies, including audits, appeals and litigation with the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Our attorneys regularly advise clients on a broad range of tax and other issues encountered throughout the lifecycle of a business, including the following: 

• Choice of entity and planning for the formation all types of new entities, including C corporations, S corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and joint ventures;
• Partnership agreements, LLC agreements, shareholder agreements and other buy-sell arrangements including funding with insurance policies;
• Formation of tax-exempt and nonprofit organizations, including private foundations, and qualification for tax-exempt status;
• Tax-exempt and taxable financings of business transactions;
• Real estate transactions, including acquisitions, financings, like-kind exchanges and installment sales;
• Executive compensation alternatives including restricted stock, phantom stock, qualified and nonqualified stock options, section 409A compliance and planning, and other compensatory plans;
• Employee benefit issues, including qualified retirement plans and cafeteria plans;
• Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance for businesses and their health care plans;
• Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs);
• Sales, use and property tax issues;
• Tax-free reorganizations and recapitalizations;
• Taxable mergers, acquisitions and divestitures;
• Business succession planning; and
• Liquidations of corporations, partnership, and limited liability companies.

Seigfreid Bingham tax attorneys can provide you legal advice regarding recent developments or changes in the tax laws. 

Whether you are an individual, family, limited liability company, partnership, corporation, estate, trust, or other business entity, the Seigfreid Bingham tax attorneys can develop strategies to match your unique needs. We will take into consideration your short-term and long-term objectives and find the best tax options to help you achieve those goals.

Many of our corporate lawyers have extensive tax experience, having practiced as an accountant or obtained a masters degree in taxation.

Our firm also has experience resolving tax controversies, including audits, appeals and litigation with the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

As most transactions have tax consequences, our tax and business law knowledge allows us to provide comprehensive legal and tax advice to our clients.