Business and Tax Transactions
I provide legal counsel and negotiation expertise to clients engaged in a variety of corporate and business transactions. I assist clients form new business entities (including thorough analysis of the legal form of entity most appropriate for the clients’ needs), negotiate and prepare...
Tax Controversy
I also represent clients in adminstrative proceedings before the IRS, California SBE, FTB and EDD, and City of Los Angeles in tax disputes; prepare and filE ruling requests to the IRS, SBE and FTB, and assist nonprofit entities obtain tax-exempt status.
Outside General Counsel
I also act as general outside counsel for several mid-market companies and helps them navigate through all of their legal problems, assisting them when the legal issue is within my expertise and helping them select qualified counsel when it is not.
Marilyn B. on Employment Taxes
By Marilyn Barrett
The 9th Circuit rules that the IRS does not have to prove that the taxpayer had the ability to pay payroll taxes in order to find that the taxpayer willfully failed to pay such taxes and could be found guilty of a felony for nonpayment. Marilyn...
Representative Industries
My clients are engaged in a broad range of industries, including green technology, wholesale, retail, entertainment, real estate, consulting services, health care, among others.
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Marilyn B. on Stock Options
Tax advisors often caution their clients againt exercising stoc k options until a liquidity event is imminent. Marilyn discusses Kadillak vs. Commissioner, which is a textbook case why that advise is sound.
