Overview
Dilworth Paxson’s tax attorneys focus on tax planning and tax controversy. Members of our group assist with federal, state, and local tax planning issues including mergers and acquisitions; partnerships; pension and employee benefits; tax insurance underwriting; Chapter 11; real estate, and other investment syndications. We also focus on estate disputes; gift tax disputes; corporation income tax; individual income tax and insolvencies.
A unique resource of Dilworth Paxson’s Tax Group is that many of its lawyers have experience in tax controversy work, having served as trial lawyers at the IRS or the U.S. Department of Justice. These lawyers have represented many of the firm’s clients in complex tax litigation and administrative settlements involving a wide range of tax controversy resolution. While the Tax Group lawyers occasionally draw upon the firm’s Litigation Department for support, all tax litigation is handled by a tax lawyer, providing both tax litigation experience and technical acumen.
Dilworth Paxson’s tax group has experience with the following tax matters:
- Tax controversy at the federal, state, and local level
- Estate tax disputes
- Gift tax disputes
- Corporation/individual income tax
- Insolvencies
- Complex civil and criminal tax litigation
- Tax-exempt financing
Insights
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- Important Updates to the IRS Employee Benefit Plans Correction Programs
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- Refresher: Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 Applicable for Employers and Business Owners (the “Stimulus Bill”)
- IRS Issues New PPP Guidance Regarding Taxpayer’s Deductibility of Certain Expenses in 2020
- 21 Dilworth Attorneys Selected as PA & NJ Super Lawyers
- Important COVID-19-Related COBRA Relief Guidance
- Issues for Employers to Consider Regarding Their Sponsored Retirement Plans During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- $2 Trillion CARES ACT Signed into Law March 2020
- CORONAVIRUS BREAKING NEWS: Everything You Need to Know about the New & Improved Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Coronavirus Tax & Benefits Updates
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- Join Dilworth Paxson & Citrin Cooperman for a Seminar on December 12: “Business Planning & Tax Reform Changes – Understanding The Impact to You & Your Business”
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- Join Dilworth Paxson’s Tax Group for a Seminar in Princeton, NJ on August 23: “Understanding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”
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- Association Health Plan (AHP) Update
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- Tax Reform Update
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- Seminar on November 7 — “Preparing for 2018: What Employers Need to Know”
- Dilworth’s Matthew I. Whitehorn To Receive Award For Public Service From Villanova Law School Alumni Association
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- Dilworth’s Matthew Whitehorn Appointed Chair of Internal Revenue Service’s Advisory Committee
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