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Massachusetts Tax
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The
Boston law firm has a nationally
recognized expertise in taxation including, but not limited to, the
corporation excise tax, sales and use tax, financial institution excise tax,
tax crimes, and property taxes. Mr. Politi, one of the finest Massachusetts tax lawyers, is former Chief Counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and former Counsel to the Massachusetts Joint Legislative Committee on Taxation. Since 1977, he has been an Adjunct Professor of State and Local Taxation at the Bentley College Graduate School of Taxation. He is Editor of the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Reporter and is the Author of the most recent annual CCH Guidebooks to Massachusetts Taxes. He is General Counsel to the Massachusetts Association of Public Accountants and he has spoken nationally and in Canada on State Taxation. State Taxation Mr. Politi has represented hundreds of Massachusetts businesses and individuals, including multi-state and multinational corporations, with respect to all aspects of state taxation: planning, (including change of domicile planning); compliance; tax audits; settlements; and state tax litigation at the Appellate Tax Board; Appeals Court; and Supreme Judicial Court. Federal Taxation The Massachusetts law firm has considerable federal tax experience. Mr. Politi holds the Master of Law in Taxation degree from Boston University Graduate School of Law and he is former Chief Counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Mr. Politi has represented hundreds of businesses and individuals with respect to all aspects of federal taxation: planning, compliance, tax audits, settlements; and Tax Court Litigation. Tax Crimes The firm has successfully represented many business and individuals who were the subject of criminal tax investigations by the Internal Revenue Service or by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Mr. Politi is former Chief Counsel of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and he holds the Master of Law in Taxation degree from Boston University Graduate School of Law. If you or your business have been charged with a tax crime; or are the subject of a criminal tax investigation or are contemplating making a voluntary disclosure of prior wrong-doing, please contact Mr. Politi directly by phone or by e-mail at spoliti@engelschultz.com Property Tax The firm has significant experience representing business taxpayers in challenging assessments of overvalued real and personal property. Mr. Politi is former Chief Counsel of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue; he is the editor of the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Reporter; and, as an Adjunct Professor, he has taught Property Taxation at the Bentley College Graduate School of Law since 1977. Mr. Politi has successfully negotiated and litigated property tax disputes for a broad spectrum of business taxpayers. Representative Property Tax Clients have included: |
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If
you wish to challenge an assessment of overvalued real or personal property,
please contact Mr. Politi directly by phone or by e-mail at spoliti@engelschultz.com Tax Related Law Work In addition to the firm's nationally recognized expertise in taxation led by Mr. Politi, the firm utilizes its considerable tax expertise into other areas of the firm's business and personal law work representations. Business and Corporate Mr. Adelson holds the Master of Law in Taxation degree from New York University, and brings that tax expertise to his representations in business law fields, as does Mr. Politi in his business law representations. This includes tax issues of business entity choice - S vs. C Corporation vs. LLC, important business tax elections, tax issues of executive compensation, stock issuance's and redemption, corporate distributions, corporate separations, taxable and non-taxable mergers and acquisitions (corporate "reorgs") and tax issues of dissolution and liquidation. These and many other tax issues of corporate and partnership Federal tax law are handled by Mr. Adelson (and Mr. Politi also) in the firm's business and corporate representations. For the types of business and corporate (including partnership and LLC) representations the firm handles, see Business and Corporate. See also Trademarks and Intellectual Property. Estate Planning and Probate Ms. Hunnold brings considerable Federal and State Estate and Gift Tax expertise to her work in Estate Planning and probate. This includes the full array of tax issues involved in personal and generational estate and gift planning, including without limitation trust and gift planning, inter vivos and post mortem estate panning. These issues of Federal and state taxation are handled by Ms. Hunnold (and Mr. Politi and Mr. Adelson also) in the firm's estate planning, gift and probate representations. For a full listing of the types of such representations, see Estate Planning. Publications and Presentations Mr. Politi, Mr. Adelson and Ms. Hunnold all lecture and have written published articles, and authored or co-authored books on tax law or tax law-related topics. See Publications. See also Attorneys Politi, Adelson, Hunnold. Engel & Schultz, LLP ©
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