Practice Areas & Industries: Miller Nash LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Attorneys in Miller Nash's tax practice represent clients ranging from national companies to individuals and closely held businesses. We help clients plan their business and investment activities to attain their business objectives while minimizing their local, state, and federal taxes. Our tax attorneys deal with the Internal Revenue Service, the Oregon Department of Revenue, and the Washington Department of Revenue, as well as many local governments, and are actively involved with local, state, federal, and international tax issues. Additionally, Miller Nash represents national, regional, and local companies in administrative hearings and in state and federal courts in tax disputes with taxing authorities.

Miller Nash tax attorneys are recognized leaders in their field, two having served on the executive committee of the Oregon State Bar's tax section (one as its chair), and several being regular speakers at a variety of professional seminars. Our tax attorneys work behind the scenes on legislative and regulatory matters and represent clients through all stages of appeals and in tax court.

Services Available

Our representation includes individuals, business organizations, and trusts engaging in:

• Joint ventures
• New businesses
• Bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings
• Business operations in foreign countries
• Mergers, acquisitions, and corporate reorganizations and restructurings
• Acquisition, operation, and disposition of real estate projects, including tax-free exchanges

We act as counsel in:

• Tax-exempt organization matters
• Property tax valuation matters
• Choice of entity issues
• Executive compensation matters
• Lobbying on proposed tax legislation or regulations
• Seeking IRS and state ruling requests
• Equipment leasing, project finance, structured finance, and synthetic leasing
• Representation of investors, syndicators, and developers with respect to structuring low-income-housing tax-credit projects
• Working with estate planning clients to structure family partnerships and limited liability companies
• Resolving federal, state, and local tax disputes (including tax audits, administrative appeals, and appeals and refund actions in tax court and other courts)