Employment, income, corporate, and sales taxes affect the bottom line of every business. Our tax group counsels clients on the effects of taxation on business operations and transactions to help them achieve tax advantages and comply with state, federal and local tax laws. Our goal is to minimize any necessary tax costs associated with such transactions.

Families face tax issues involving gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes in managing and transferring wealth.  Our tax group provides clients with cost-effective solutions for tax planning and dispute resolution.

SNSF tax attorneys hold advanced degrees in taxation and/or accounting and are involved in tax planning matters for almost every major client of the firm, in:

• State and local taxation, including income, franchise, sales, use and transaction taxation
• Financing
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Reorganizations, restructuring and spin-offs
• Limited liability, partnership and corporation taxation
• Litigation
• Estate, gift, and trust taxation
• Taxation of qualified/non-qualified retirement and deferred compensation plans
• Taxation relating to non-profit entities

We work across practice areas to offer complete taxation services in organizing, operating, buying or selling businesses and resolving disputes with taxing authorities.

We regularly represent clients--including individuals, businesses, and various trusts, estates and institutional fiduciaries--before local, state, and federal taxing authorities, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Illinois Department of Revenue, and the United States Tax Court.

Accordingly, if you or your business are faced with a tax audit, need to work out an arrangement with the IRS to reduce your back taxes--whether through an Offer in Compromise, an Installment Agreement, or some other form of negotiated tax settlement--or are facing a tax lien or levy for an unresolved tax judgment, we can help.

Read our articles and view our webinars on topics such as family limited partnerships, keeping your estate plan up to date with changes in the law, and preserving the tax benefits of premium only cafeteria plans.

Contact:
Lawrence G. Staat
Clint A. Costa