Business Structuring & Planning

Tillmann Law can assist you or your business with solutions to your toughest planning, transactional or financial situations. If you are seeking transactional advice, please give us a call and we will guide you through your business deal and offer an opinion.

Whether you are planning for the financial health of your company into the future, planning to sell or finance your business, acquire a business, provide incentives for your management team, partner with third parties, or contest a proposed assessment, how you do it can dramatically impact your bottom line.  With a Legal Masters in Taxation, Aaron R. Tillmann, has the knowledge and experience to offer you the best solution to your tax dilemma.

M&A and Corporate Reorganizations

We provide tax planning for merger and acquisition transactions.  Transactions involving businesses located in Utah, the Mountain West, the United States, and throughout the world.

International

We counsel U.S. companies on U.S. tax aspects of their international operations.  We also routinely structure inbound investments by foreign persons in businesses and real estate.

Tax Disputes

We successfully resolve tax debt disputes with the IRS and with state and local taxing authorities.

Executive Compensation, and other Employment Related Taxes and Benefits

We advise on corporate stock option plans, phantom stock, deferred compensation plans, equity compensation plans in LLCs and partnerships, and, employment taxes.  We can also provide opinions and advice on other tax-advantaged employee benefits such as cafeteria and other fringe benefits, qualified retirement plans and medical benefits.

Real Estate and Workouts

We structure and provide advice on Section 1031 exchanges, capital asset verses deal property characterization, tax implications of work-outs and restructuring, REIT transactions, conservation easements and structures which minimize both tax and non-tax liability exposure.

ESOPs

We counsel both ESOP-owned corporations and ESOP fiduciaries in the design and implementation of leveraged buy-outs, redemptions, corporate stock repurchases, and private equity transactions.  We represent ESOP-owned corporations ranging from several dozen employees to several thousand employees.