Estate Planning and Taxation
Techniques to Protect and Augment your Wealth
Tax laws and estate planning techniques keep changing. Your Golan & Christie attorneys have years of experience monitoring those changes and analyzing the tax implications of any transaction, estate plan or business relationship.
Drawing on the deep tax and accounting expertise available in our firm—many of our attorneys are also CPAs—we can help you determine which solutions are best for you. Options include:
- Annuities
- Family general and limited partnerships and limited liability companies
- Generation-skipping transfer tax planning techniques
- Gift and charitable giving programs
- Irrevocable and revocable trusts
- Retirement funding
- Trust administration
Our objective is to help you preserve and grow your wealth in a tax sensitive manner.
Taxation
Taxation affects the structure and context of nearly all business transactions. Your Golan & Christie attorneys can represent you and your business in tax matters that include:
- Addressing and identifying relevant tax issues
- Structuring transactions to minimize taxes and avoid problems
- Preparing and negotiating documents consistent with tax planning goals
We represent clients in federal, state and local tax controversies both in court and administrative proceedings.
Not-for-Profit Organizations
We also represent not-for-profit entities, both public and private, on issues such as:
- State corporate governance regulation
- Tax policy
- Trust law
Additional Services
Corporate Law and Governance
Commercial Real Estate
Commercial and Business Litigation
Employment Law
Finance
Reorganization and Bankruptcy