I am a shareholder of Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown, P. C. [cecb.com], practicing in the areas of tax, business, entities and real estate, including:
- Corporate / LLC / business entities (formation, general representation, qualification to do business, rescission of administrative dissolution, merger, dissolution)
- Business organization and planning
- Business and real estate loans (including opinion letters)
- Family / Business Succession Planning
- Estate planning
- Transactions: buying and selling of businesses / stock and asset purchases (including opinion letters for acquisitions, loans and other transactions)
- Real Estate (residential, commercial, contracts, preparing for closing)
- Like Kind Exchange (IRC § 1031)
- Taxation (income, employment and sales, tax exempt status and entities)
- IRS collection (unfiled returns, cancellation of debt income, installment agreements, uncollectible status, liens & levies, collection due process hearing, offers in compromise, discharge property from lien, lien subordination, injured spouse, innocent spouse)
- Tax controversy (audits, protests, audit reconsideration, penalty abatement, trust fund recovery penalty / IRC § 6672, and Tax Court)
- Missouri tax (income, sales, withholding) and collection
- Franchise
- Assisting clients in initially reviewing their needs, and coordinating with outside counsel for trademark, copyright, patent registration and other issues
- Practice Emphasis
- Education
- Bar Association memberships
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NEWS:
- The Missouri House of Representatives approved H.B. 1639, on May 3, 2012, reducing taxes on corporate and pass-through entity income, providing amnesty from assessment or payment of penalties, additions to tax, and interest with respect to taxes administered by the Department of Revenue, and providing new sales and use tax exemptions.