Law Offices of Robert A. Briskin, a Professional Corporation 

1901 AVENUE OF THE STARS    ·    SUITE 1700    ·    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067
TELEPHONE (310) 201-0507    ·    FACSIMILE (310) 201-0588

We serve as attorneys to clients on Federal and California state tax matters in the corporate, individual and partnership tax areas.  Taxes play a substantial role in business transactions and we create and implement innovative tax planning for individuals and businesses.  Where a transaction or event may be subject to income tax, we attempt to structure the transaction to achieve deferment of the gain by methods such as tax-free exchanges, tax-free reorganizations and installment notes.  Should a transaction be subject to tax, we employ techniques to have the transaction’s gain taxed at lower long-term capital gain rates, rather than higher ordinary income tax rates.  We work with clients, their accountants and investment bankers to structure their business and company acquisitions and sales in a tax efficient manner.  When required, we obtain rulings from the Internal Revenue Service to assist our clients with tax planning.

Some examples of the areas of our tax practice are:

• Structuring tax-free Section 1031 exchanges of real estate, including reverse exchanges, parking arrangements construction and built-to-suit exchanges, parking exchanges of multiple parcels of real estate, and exchanges of major real estate projects.

   

• Tax planning of partnership, LLC, and corporate split-ups and divestitures.

   

• Reducing or eliminating taxes on a business’s sale to achieve greater after-tax returns. Planning the sale of a business as a sale of corporation stock, sale of assets, leveraged buyout, or tax-free reorganization.

   

• Assisting clients in tax-free mergers, share exchanges, and acquisitions of businesses and companies.

   

• Devising tax strategies to help clients achieve long-term capital gain treatment on their income and property sales.

   

• Advising clients on conversion of properties to condominiums.

   

• Helping clients address capitalization versus deduction issues, depreciation and amortization issues, cost segregation studies of assets and  tax accounting issues.

   

• Assisting clients with tax strategies in loan workouts and debt restructuring.

   

• Assisting clients to defer and reduce taxes from their business through the use of multiple entities, subchapter S corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies.

   

• Helping clients establish nonprofit corporations and other tax-exempt entities, and advising clients on UBTI issues.

Links to Tax Resources

•  Tax Articles and Checklists
•  Property Tax Websites 
•  Federal Tax Websites
•  California and Local Tax Websites
•  Other State's Taxes Websites
•  Foreign Country Taxes Websites