Amish Shah, a partner in Sutherland's Tax Practice Group, handles matters involving domestic and international tax planning and tax controversy.
Amish regularly advises clients on the tax consequences of acquisitions, dispositions and other restructurings involving both domestic and foreign entities. His practice includes advice on financial products tax, tax accounting and tax reporting matters; regulated investment company tax issues; cross-border financing debt-equity issues; section 529 qualified tuition plans; bankruptcy tax matters; and numerous other business tax issues.
In the tax controversy area, Amish has represented clients under Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examination in all phases of the controversy process including examination, appeals and litigation. He has been involved in pre-filing agreements, fast-track mediation and post-appeals mediation; has negotiated settlements with IRS Appeals offices throughout the country; and has litigated cases. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Tax Court.
Amish also advises clients with respect to incentives for renewable and alternative energy investments, and structuring renewable energy investments to maximize the availability of tax credits and other incentives (including the nonconventional fuels tax credit, alcohol fuels and biodiesel credits, section 45 production tax credit and section 48 investment tax credits). Amish also represents clients seeking U.S. Department of the Treasury grants for renewable energy projects, IRS rulings on energy tax credit matters and advice on renewable energy IRS controversy matters.
Amish started his career as a CPA and worked as a Senior Tax Accountant in the tax division of a Big 6 accounting firm.
Representative Experience
Amish's recent representative experience includes:
· Representing clients under IRS examination and in IRS Appeals.
· Advising clients with respect to tax incentives for the construction and acquisition of solar, wind, biomass, combined heat and power and other renewable energy facilities.
· Serving as special tax counsel in bankruptcy proceedings.
Professional and Community Involvement
· Member, District of Columbia Bar
· Member, Maryland State Bar Association
· Former Director and Vice President, South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C.
Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements
· Co-author, Federal Income Tax Audits: Planning and Managing an Audit as a Business Taxpayer (2002)
· Speaker, "Meeting the 1603 Deadline: Strategies, Safe Harbor and More," (September 29, 2011)
· Speaker, "Current Hot Topics in Federal Income Taxation," TEI: Dallas Chapter Meeting (September 27, 2011)
· Speaker, "Energizing Construction," American College of Construction Lawyers (February 18, 2011)
· Speaker, "Federal Tax Energy Incentives," TEI: Cincinnati Chapter Meeting (December 2010)
· Speaker, "Consumer Power Projects," Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting (October 24-27, 2010)
· Speaker, "Southeast Biomass: Project Development Incentives and Challenges," Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series (March 31, 2010)
· Speaker, "Tax Incentives for Renewable Projects," ACC Legal Quick Hits (March 17, 2010)
· Speaker, "Green Business Tax Credits and Grants," TEI: New Jersey Chapter Meeting (May 15, 2009)
· Speaker, "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Energy Tax Incentives," American Bar Association Tax Section Meetings, (May 8, 2009)
· Speaker, "Renewable Energy: Federal Income Tax Incentives," Sutherland Tax Education Series IV (November 18, 2008)
News
Cash in Now on Renewables
December 6, 2011
Constructing Power: The Near Term Outlook for Construction of Power Generation Projects in the 21st Century
August 26, 2011
Sutherland Announces New Partners and Counsel
January 12, 2011
Sutherland Participates in ACC's 2010 Annual Meeting: Four Attorneys Will Present and Firm Will Co-Host Cocktail Reception with ACC's Energy Committee
October 18, 2010
Sutherland's Amish Shah to Present at Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series
March 29, 2010
Legal Alerts
Legal Alert: Regulatory Watch List for 2012: The Shifting Landscape for Hedge Funds and Other Private Funds
February 8, 2012
Legal Alert: Getting Specific: IRS Issues Guidance on Withholding for Specified Notional Principal Contracts Under Section 871(m), Delays Statutory Effective Date
January 27, 2012
Legal Alert: Assignment of the Times: New Tax Rules Respond to Concerns Regarding Assignment of Derivative Contracts Required by Dodd-Frank
July 25, 2011
Legal Alert: Revision of RIC Tax Rules
December 23, 2010
Legal Alert: Renewable Energy Treasury Grant Program Extended
December 20, 2010
Legal Alert: Treasury Revises Guidance for Renewable Energy Grant Program
March 19, 2010
Legal Alert: DOE Creates Financial Institution Partnership Program in Connection with Solicitation for Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Applications
October 12, 2009
Legal Alert: Treasury Issues Guidance for Renewable Energy Grant Program
July 13, 2009
Legal Alert: Stimulus Bill Provides a Boost for Renewable and Other Energy Investments
February 16, 2009
Legal Alert: Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extensions Enacted
October 3, 2008
Legal Alert: IRS Modifies Interim Guidance Regarding Section 45 Tax Credit for Electricity Produced from Open-Loop Biomass
June 26, 2008
Legal Alert: First IRS Guidance Under Subpart F on U.S. Tax Treatment of Gain From the Sale of Surplus CO2 Emissions Allowances
June 25, 2008
Publications
Constructing Power: The Near Term Outlook for Construction of Power Generation Projects in the 21st Century
Summer 2011 Posted with permission Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Volume 5, Number 2
Events
Webinar: Meeting the Section 1603 Deadline: Strategies, Safe Harbor and More
September 29, 2011
TEI Dallas Chapter Federal Tax Technical Luncheon
September 27, 201
2011 KPMG Global Energy Conference
May 25-26, 2011
American College of Construction Lawyers 2011 Annual Meeting
February 18, 2011
TEI Cincinnati Chapter Meeting
December 2010
ACC's 2010 Annual Meeting: "Be The Solution"
October 24-27, 2010
Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series - Southeast Biomass: Project Development Incentives and Challenges
March 31, 2010
ACC Legal Quick Hits
March 17, 2010
Tax Executives Institute (TEI) New Jersey Chapter Seminar: Green Business Tax Credits
May 15, 2009
American Bar Association Tax Section Meetings
May 8, 2009
Sutherland Tax Education Series IV
November 18, 2008