To increase the wealth of your business and family, you need comprehensive tax planning. Manning Fulton lawyers understand the tax laws, and work with you to achieve your business and personal objectives.
We offer complete assistance with federal, state and local tax issues. Our services include:
- Income, estate and gift tax planning
- Tax implications of business structure decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures and choice of business entity
- Tax audits and reporting issues
- Tax-deferred financial and real estate transactions including like-kind exchanges and condemnation rollovers
- Deferral of capital gain taxes upon disposition of appreciated assets
- Sales, use, franchise and property tax issues at the state and local levels
- Tax deferral through qualified and non-qualified pension and benefit plans.
As suggested by such multifaceted counsel, Manning Fulton’s tax lawyers are leaders in their profession. Our clients benefit from and appreciate this kind of experience:
- Seven of our lawyers have served as members of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Tax Council, including three lawyers who have been Association chair
- Three of our lawyers are CPAs
- Three of our lawyers formerly served in the office of the Chief Counsel of the IRS
- Members of our practice group are listed in The Best Lawyers in America and in the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers, and have been selected for inclusion as Fellows in the American College of Tax Counsel and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Six of our tax lawyers have the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the leading attorney rating service
- Our lawyers regularly instruct other lawyers in tax law at continuing legal education events, with one serving on the board of directors of The University of North Carolina School of Law
- One lawyer has been listed for multiple years in Business North Carolina’s "Legal Elite," which selection is based upon nominations by lawyers throughout North Carolina.
Tax Planning Practice Contact Lawyers: Deborah L. Hildebran-Bachofen
