SERVICES - STRATEGIC TAX PLANNING

Strategic tax planning and reporting significantly impacts your ability to meet your overall financial objectives. GD&D anticipates tax opportunities rather than just reacting to them. As a result, we proactively help you maximize your tax saving opportunities.

GD&D's tax specialists have a comprehensive understanding of local, state, multi-state and federal tax regulations. We provide a full range of tax and accounting services for privately-held companies, partnerships, and individuals. An effective tax plan can help you:

The benefits of our service include:

Tax Services  

Tax Returns

GD&D prepares tax returns for private businesses, non-profit organizations, individuals, estates, trusts, partnerships, and corporations.

Income Tax

Tax planning is critical for business growth. If you are just starting out, GD&D can advise you on different ownership forms and the related tax consequences. If you are already an established business, we can help you with year-end tax planning, as well as evaluating the tax consequences of certain transactions.

State and Local Taxes

GD&D takes an aggressive approach to business, sales, use, and property taxes, as well as multi-state income taxes to identify large state and local tax refunds and potential areas of state tax exposure.

Tax Audit Representation

With years of experience in this arena, GD&D can represent you before federal, state, and local tax authorities.

Estate Planning

GD&D can help you review, understand and select estate planning strategies such as Family Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, annual gifting, Qualified Subchapter S Trusts, and Charitable Remainder Trusts.

International Taxes

GD&D provides assistance with international tax issues, including tax consequences of doing business abroad, foreign sales corporations, and tax treaties.

Litigation Services

Tax and financial issues are often the cause of complex legal situations GD&D can assist you in developing and negotiating strategies for all types of legal disputes including divorce, employment contracts and business disputes. We can also help you evaluate the potential economic effects of settlement proposals.

Audits

GD&D's knowledge of state tax laws, understanding of governmental procedure, and relationships with taxing authorities gives us the ability to successfully reduce audit assessments or increase tax credits. GD&D also has represented hundreds of taxpayers before state and local tax auditors.

Personal Property Tax Analysis

GD&D can help you reduce your annual tax burden through a personal property tax analysis. The reviews also verify the removal of disposed assets and reduce the value of your assessment for other non-includable items.

Property Tax Exemptions

A personal or real property tax exemption is a valuable asset annually worth tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. GD&D understands property tax exemption and can guide you through the planning and applications processes; we can help you protect this asset when exemptions are granted.

GD&D Tax Contact

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