TAX SERVICES
Business Tax Planning and Preparation
EXPERIENCE, COMMITMENT, PROFESSIONALISM
Tax planning and preparation is important at all levels and most prominently in tax matters. Our approach is to work closely with our clients in an active role rather than a reactive role. Whether its timing of asset acquisitions or planning for the deferment of revenue, our tax staff specializes in the technical research and planning required to minimize your tax liability. Our tax library is extensive and includes on-line research capabilities that give us immediate access to new developments as they become available.
Our Corporate Tax Compliance practice is charged with preparing federal and state tax returns for corporations, partnerships, LLCs, and estates. Our Corporate Tax Consulting practice deals with developing and implementing value-based ideas that bring substantial tax savings to our clients.
Individual Tax Planning and Preparation
MINIMIZING YOUR PERSONAL TAX LIABILITY
Americans have been dealing with a federal income tax system since 1913 when the 16th Amendment was added to our Constitution. Every year since then, new rules, tax rates, and deductions have challenged Americans’ ability to pay the lowest possible amount of tax. Serving our clients’ tax needs in an integrated fashion has helped to make Mcclammer Anderson LLC a leader among accounting firms.
We offer the following tax services:
Federal and STATE Business Tax Services
Tax Return Compliance
Tax planning and preparation of bookeeping services, federal, and state tax returns is the core of our tax services. High-levels of technical and industry-specific expertise allow our tax professionals to ensure our clients’ tax returns are prepared efficiently and timely.
Transactional Structuring
We help businesses structure economic transactions in ways that minimize the tax impact by advising them on acquisitions, sales, and mergers.
Audit & Appeal Representation
We possess the expertise and experience to represent taxpayers before tax authorities. Our tax professionals understand the dispute resolution and appeals process and work diligently to obtain you the most favorable results.
State and Local Tax Specific Services
Nexus Consulting and State Tax Liability Analysis
We can help you understand and navigate where your business is required to file and pay state and local taxes based on multistate activities. Additionally, we will make recommendations of where to file and quantify potential tax liabilities associated with various state and local jurisdictions.
Sales and Use Tax Determination
We can assist you understand the sales and use tax consequences of specific transactions and ensure you meet any filing requirement.
Tax Planning Services
Federal Income Tax Planning and Preparation
We aid businesses with all aspects of federal income tax planning and preparation. This includes implementing federal income tax strategies that maximize savings, increase profits, and manage cash flows.
State and Local Tax Planning
Our team understands the structural and transactional underpinnings of state and local regulations in ways that allow us to create solutions that mitigate tax liabilities. We provide state and local tax planning in the following areas:
- Income tax
- Franchise tax
- Sales and use tax
- Property tax
- Other miscellaneous taxes
Business Succession Tax Planning
You spent your life building your business and now you want to pass it on to the next generation or sell the value you built. We advise businesses on the proper succession planning to preserve your family and business legacy while also looking out for potential tax consequences that may result.
Other Tax Services
Accounting for Income Taxes
Financial accounting for income taxes can be complex. Our professionals have the technical skills and experience to help our clients navigate through these complex requirements and create efficient income tax accounting and reporting. We also help companies stay up-to-date with regulatory guidance and disclosure requirements. The services we offer allow our clients to minimize year-end surprises and reduce risk related to reporting. These services include:
- Calculation of tax provisions
- Account for uncertain tax positions
- Analyze current and deferred taxes
- Prepare financial statement footnote disclosures
Tax Updates
We keep our clients up-to-date on the latest federal, state, and international tax issues through webinars, newsletters, website postings, and face-face to meetings. By staying ahead of tax issues and we can communicate how they will impact your operations quickly and address them in a timely manner.
Individual Tax Services
When it comes to individual taxes, change provides opportunity. We keep on top of these changes to provide you with the best advice and strategies, especially through planning opportunities. You can depend on us for objective guidance and personal attention. We believe in focusing on your long-term financial goals and steering your current needs in a direction to meet them.
Estate and Trust Tax Services
If you have not considered what will happen to your hard-earned assets as you age and eventually pass on you should. Without an estate plan, the wealth you worked your entire life to build will be distributed according to state law and not according to your wishes. Estate planning is crucial if you want to minimize taxes and distribute as much as possible to your preferred beneficiaries.
We will work with you to design an estate plan customized to your particular needs by utilizing a variety of planning vehicles such as family limited partnerships, trusts, and charitable entities. Our team can assist you by performing the following:
- Review wills and trust instruments.
- Estimate estate taxes and strategize alternatives that may provide tax savings.
- Review business issues including valuation and the transfer and/or disposition of business interests.
- Identify potential liquidity problems caused by federal and state estate taxes for the continued operation of the family business, probate, administration costs, etc.
- Develop a lifetime gifting program using vehicles such as family limited partnerships, charitable trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts
- Prepare estate, gift, fiduciary and non-profit tax returns
- Advise you on the possible use of various trusts structures; including charitable remainder trusts, grantor annuity trusts, personal residence trusts, family partnerships, credit shelter trusts, marital deduction trusts, and revocable lifetime trusts.