At A Francis + Associates, we assist our tax clients through efficient compliance and effective planning to help them realize substantial savings. Tax Preparation. We use a team approach and focus on timely communication to provide our clients with excellent service. Tax partner and specialist involvement ensure that our clients receive the most experienced technical expertise we have to offer.

We offer the following tax services:

Federal, State, and International Business Tax Services

Tax Return Compliance

Preparation of federal, state, and international tax returns is the core of our tax services. High-levels of technical and industry-specific expertise allow our tax professionals to ensure our clients’ tax returns are prepared efficiently and timely.

Transactional Structuring

We help businesses structure economic transactions in ways that minimize the tax impact by advising them on acquisitions, sales, and mergers.

Accounting Method Reviews

We review businesses’ tax accounting methodologies for proper accounting and accounting method strategies to maximize income tax benefits.

Audit & Appeal Representation

We possess the expertise and experience to represent taxpayers before tax authorities. Our tax professionals understand the dispute resolution and appeals process and work diligently to obtain the most favorable results.

International Tax Assistance

Business is becoming increasingly international. More companies than ever deal with foreign tax issues at some level, which will only increase with continued globalization. At A Francis + Associates, we can help you navigate the complexities of a variety of international tax planning issues, including the following:

• Choosing the most advantageous type of entity and corporate structure
• Subpart F income determinations
• Foreign tax credit utilization
• Using IC-DISC for tax reduction
• Transfer pricing
• Foreign earnings repatriation
• Foreign withholding and reporting obligations
• Treaty interpretation

Nexus Consulting and State Tax Liability Analysis

We can help you understand and navigate where your business is required to file and pay state and local taxes based on multistate activities. Additionally, we will make recommendations of where to file and quantify potential tax liabilities associated with various state and local jurisdictions.

Sales and Use Tax Determination

We can help you understand the sales and use tax consequences of specific transactions and ensure you meet any filing requirements.

Tax Preparation

Federal Income Tax Planning

We aid businesses with all aspects of federal income tax planning. This includes implementing federal income tax strategies that maximize savings, increase profits, and manage cash flows.

State and Local Tax Planning

Our team understands the structural and transactional underpinnings of state and local regulations in ways that allow us to create solutions that mitigate tax liabilities. We provide state and local tax planning in the following areas:

• Income tax
• Franchise tax
• Sales and use tax
• Property tax
• Other miscellaneous taxes

Other Tax Services

Accounting for Income Taxes

Financial accounting for income taxes can be complex. Our professionals have the technical skills and experience to help our clients navigate these complex requirements and create efficient income tax accounting and reporting. We also help companies stay up-to-date with regulatory guidance and disclosure requirements. The services we offer allow our clients to minimize year-end surprises and reduce risk related to reporting. These services include:

• Calculation of tax provisions
• Account for uncertain tax positions
• Analyze current and deferred taxes
• Prepare financial statement footnote disclosures.

Tax Updates – Tax Preparation

We keep our clients up-to-date on the latest federal, state, and international tax issues through webinars, newsletters, website postings, and face-to-face meetings. By staying ahead of tax issues, we can promptly communicate how they will impact your operations and address them promptly.

Individual Tax Services

When it comes to individual taxes, change provides opportunity. We keep on top of these changes to provide you with the best advice and strategies, especially through planning opportunities. You can depend on us for objective guidance and personal attention. We believe in focusing on your long-term financial goals and steering your current needs in a direction to meet them.

Estate and Trust Tax Services

If you have not considered what will happen to your hard-earned assets as you age and eventually pass on, you should. Without an estate plan, the wealth you worked your entire life to build will be distributed according to state law and not according to your wishes. Estate planning is crucial if you want to minimize taxes and distribute your preferred beneficiaries as much as possible.

We will work with you to design an estate plan customized to your particular needs by utilizing various planning vehicles such as family limited partnerships, trusts, and charitable entities. Our team can assist you by performing the following:

• Review wills and trust instruments.
• Estimate estate taxes and strategize alternatives that may provide tax savings.
• Review business issues, including valuation and the transfer and/or disposition of business interests.
• Identify potential liquidity problems caused by federal and state estate taxes for the family business’s continued operation, probate, administration costs, etc.
• Develop a lifetime gifting program using vehicles such as family limited partnerships, charitable trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts.
• Prepare estate, gift, fiduciary, and non-profit tax returns.
• Advise you on the possible use of various trust structures, including charitable remainder trusts, grantor annuity trusts, personal residence trusts, family partnerships, credit shelter trusts, marital deduction trusts, and revocable lifetime trusts.
• Tax Preparation

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