Fredrikson & Byron PA

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Fredrikson & Byron, a Minneapolis law firm, has built a reputation as the firm where law and business meet by bringing business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to our work with clients. We are business advisors and strategic partners as well as legal counselors.

Fredrikson & Byron PA
200 S 6th St #4000
Minneapolis MN 55402-1425
Tel: 612 492-7000
Fax: 612 492-7077

Tax Planning & Business Organization

Practical and Insightful Advice on Business and Tax Issues

Fredrikson & Byron's Tax Planning & Business Organization Group combines experience on a wide range of business issues with a solid foundation in tax law. Our attorneys offer practical counsel in the day-to-day aspects of business operations and particular proficiency in the formation, purchase, merger, sale and termination of businesses.

Our Tax Planning & Business Organization Group attorneys provide the following services:

General Counsel

Attorneys in the group frequently function as general counsel. We provide businesses and the individuals who own or manage them with sophisticated, practical advice on the business and legal problems they face.

Company Formation

When a company is formed, the choice of entity -- "C" or "S" corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership or professional corporation -- has serious consequences. Other important considerations include the state in which the business is organized, legal and capital structuring, and negotiation of ownership. The Tax Planning & Business Organization Group's objective is to facilitate maximum return with minimum tax cost, while ensuring the ability to raise capital and establish effective management.

Purchase or Sale of Business

When buying or selling a business, clients work with our Tax Planning & Business Organization Group attorneys to structure and negotiate transactions of all types, including asset sales, equity sales, mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, leveraged buyouts and spin-offs.

Business Ownership

Our services relate directly to ownership issues that often arise during the life of a business. These include structuring and negotiating loans for ownership succession, infusions of capital and handling disputes between owners. For liquidation and dissolutions, we work with business owners to realize the best possible outcome for them personally and from a tax perspective.

Tax-Related Issues

Fredrikson & Byron's Tax Planning & Business Organization Group members actively advise clients on all aspects of federal and state income, sales and use, real estate and employment taxes. This includes tax issues of international operations, Minnesota taxation of every type and the state and foreign tax challenges posed by multistate and multinational business operations.

Tax Disputes

Members of the group regularly handle tax disputes with the IRS and state and local taxing authorities. We aggressively represent a wide range of clients at all levels of tax controversies - including audits, administrative appeals, conferences and hearings, criminal tax investigations, and tax litigation in state and federal courts. Click here for information on our Tax Disputes & Litigation Group.

Cooperative Industry

Members of our Tax Planning and Tax Disputes groups also dedicate a significant amount of time to counseling cooperative clients on tax issues unique to agribusiness and rural electric cooperative industry groups (Subchapter T, Section 521, and Pre-Subchapter T). Our dedication to cooperatives is reflected in our members' leadership roles in many of the cooperative industry organizations where "cutting-edge" issues are identified and addressed on a national and regional level.

Attorneys in the Tax Planning & Business Organization Group can quickly draw on the experience and know-how of Fredrikson & Byron's attorneys in our many practice areas: venture finance, securities, international law, compensation planning and benefits, advertising law, family succession planning, employment law, real estate, nonprofit organizations, intellectual property, bank law, franchise law and antitrust.

Our lawyers also advise individuals on personal tax planning. We regularly work with attorneys in the Trusts & Estates Group for special help in estate planning and charitable giving.

Business Organization & Tax Planning Services
- General Legal Counsel to Businesses and the Individuals Who Own and Manage Them
- Coordination of Personal, Estate and Corporate Planning Matters
- Representation of Businesses and Individuals in Tax Audits, Tax Abatement Procedures and Tax Litigation in both State and Federal Courts
- Sales and Disposition of Businesses
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Drafting and Implementing Agreements
- Shareholder Control Agreements
- Voting Agreements
- Buy-Sell Agreements
- Debt and Equity Financing of Businesses
- Formation and Financing of Real Estate Ventures
- Leveraged Buyouts
- Multistate Taxation Issues
- U.S. and Foreign Taxation of International Investment and Business Transactions
- Advice in Shareholder and Partner Disputes
- Succession Planning
- Transfers of Interests in Family Businesses
- Workouts and Restructuring
- Tax Free Reorganizations
- Recapitalizations

Representative Clients

The attorneys in the group represent closely held businesses, professional corporations, financial institutions, individuals, limited liability companies, partnerships, and public companies.