Taxation

Martin Tate's tax practice serves a wide range of clients, including corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, limited liability companies, individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm handles all types of federal, state, and local taxation in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, including income, franchise, excise, sales and use, gross receipts, property, gift, and estate taxes.

Several attorneys in the group focus extensively on tax matters, and some hold master's degrees in tax or accounting or are inactive certified public accountants. Other attorneys, including trial lawyers and property lawyers, also regularly handle tax-related work as part of their practices.

The firm helps clients plan their affairs to reduce the tax cost of transactions and business operations. Its attorneys represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service, county assessors, county trustees, boards of equalization, and state revenue departments, and in state and federal courts, including the United States Tax Court.