Tax Law

At Martin Browne, we work closely with our clients to provide clear, concise, and practical real-world solutions to complex legal issues, focusing on their tax and business objectives. Our tax clients include:

• Individuals
• Closely-held and family-owned businesses
• S corporations
• Limited liability companies
• Partnerships
• Start-up businesses
• Entrepreneurs

Cynthia S. Barnett is an experienced CPA, providing financial and accounting expertise to our clients. We have developed a significant tax practice over the course of the firm’s history, providing advice and representation to our clients on a wide array of tax matters, including:

• Individual/personal income tax
• Corporate and partnership tax
• Tax compliance
• Business succession
• Estate and gift taxation, and estate planning
• Tax audits and litigation
• Executive compensation and employee benefits
• ERISA, health care, qualified and nonqualified plans
• SERPs, stock appreciation rights, deferred compensation, and compliance with IRC 409A
• Charitable giving
• Business and tax planning
• Mergers, acquisitions, and corporate finance
• Buy/sell and shareholder agreements, restricted stock issuances, service partner transactions and LLC membership interest transactions
• Real estate transactions and 1031 exchanges (tax-deferred exchanges)
• Tax-exempt organizations, including private foundations and community foundations
• Tax controversies before the IRS and Ohio Department of Tax.