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With an international geographic reach, Winston & Strawn’s integrated tax practice addresses virtually all areas of tax law. Our group of 40 tax attorneys is well-versed in representing some of the largest public and privately-held corporations, exempt organizations, and large estates.
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Our Tax Controversy attorneys advise and represent clients in every aspect of federal and state tax investigations, as well as the criminal tax enforcement process. This includes the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) multi-jurisdictional examinations and administrative appeals, U.S. Competent Authority representations, post appeals mediation, and trial court and appellate litigation in every federal court hearing a tax matter.
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Our team’s deep market knowledge of laws affecting retirement plans enables us to develop customized retirement plan solutions, practical advice, and strategies for our clients’ unique needs and workforce composition. Our experienced benefits attorneys represent public companies, private companies, and private equity operating companies in retirement plan design and day-to-day plan compliance.
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Tax Impacts
|April 9, 2024
|3 Min Read
Taking Aim: IRS’s Compliance Campaign Makes Sports Industry Target of Enforcement Measures
The world of professional sports has seen its share of activity in recent weeks, with the new NFL league year and free-agency-signing period opening and the sights and sounds of MLB Opening Day filling the air in recent weeks. Lest we forget February’s Super Bowl LVIII overtime thriller, crowning a new football dynasty with the Kansas City Chief’s third Super Bowl title in five years.
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|March 19, 2024
|9 Min Read
How Private Funds Can Navigate New FinCEN Reporting Rules
This article was originally published in Law360. Reprinted with permission. Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only.
Benefits Blast
|March 15, 2024
|3 Min Read
IRS Soars to New Heights on Audits of the Company Jet
Historically, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has fiercely pursued companies for misapplication of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to purported personal use of the company’s owned or chartered aircraft by employees and directors. The Commissioner recently announced that “with expanded resources, IRS work in this area will take off. These aircraft audits will help ensure high-income groups aren’t flying under the radar with their tax responsibilities.” The IRS will be following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) similar focus on use of company aircraft that is not “integrally and directly” related to the performance of an executive’s duties. The IRS audits will be focused on (i) aircraft usage by large corporations, large partnerships, and high-income taxpayers, and (ii) whether, for tax purposes, an executive’s use of jets that are fractionally or 100% company-owned is being properly allocated between business and personal use.
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What Is a Qualified Retirement Plan?
A qualified retirement plan is a retirement plan established by an employer that is designed to provide retirement income to designated employees and their beneficiaries, which meets certain IRS Code requirements in terms of both form and operation. Common plan types are 401(k) plans, pension plans, and profit-sharing plans. A qualified retirement plan may allow for both employer and employee contributions. Employers must follow procedures to ensure participants and beneficiaries are able to receive their benefits. They must also stay apprised of changes in retirement plan laws and regulations. Qualified retirement plans provide certain tax advantages to employers and tax deferral advantages to employees who are contributing. Taxes on earnings from the contributions are also deferred until the employee withdraws them from the plan.
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Opened in 2017, Winston & Strawn’s Dallas office is located in the cultural and economic epicenter of DFW, the fourth largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and the fastest growing over the last year. Our Dallas attorneys litigate both high-stakes civil and criminal matters, including major state and federal trials and appeals nationwide, and represents clients in complex transactional matters. Under the leadership of Bryan Goolsby and Thomas M. Melsheimer, our office—made up of 85+ attorneys—continues to expand, attracting some of the country’s top legal talent to meet the increased needs of the many technology, investment, and health care companies that are increasingly making Dallas their home.