International Tax
 Our international tax services team has a reputation for creative and results-oriented solutions to complex international issues. In environments with multi-country rules, tax treaties and cultural aspects to conducting business, we are often faced with a number of variables which are uncommon in the domestic arena.
Corporate Services
Tax planning for U.S. companies doing business abroad includes our review of corporate holding structures, income tax treaties, transfer pricing issues, and the use of export tax incentives to minimize global taxes. Foreign companies and investors conducting business in the U.S. must contend with analogous issues.
Gordon Advisors has recognized expertise and extensive experience with all aspects of international tax planning.
Our tax return compliance and reporting services include preparing corporate, partnership, and other pass-through entity tax returns; performing U.S. tax compliance reviews for companies that prepare their own returns internally; overseeing or supervising federal, state or local audits; and preparing Department of Commerce reports for foreign entities doing business in the U.S.
Other international corporate services include structuring business acquisitions and mergers; advising on agreements where cross-border licensing of intangibles is involved; use of offshore financing structures; strategies for repatriation of earnings; and start-up planning for foreign investments in the U.S.
Individual Services
We advise foreign executives who are residing in the U.S. and U.S. expatriates working abroad, and their employers, with tax planning and compliance. Our clients also include high net worth individuals (U.S. citizens and nonresident foreign nationals) whose families and businesses may be exposed to the taxing regime of two or more countries. We frequently work out what our client's best investment holding structure should be to minimize exposure to global income taxes.
Our advice to nonresidents includes guidance on how investments will be taxed in the U.S. The tax planning may involve recognizing income or stepping up the tax basis of assets prior to arrival, or using foreign corporations, trusts, partnerships, or hybrid structures.
For U.S. and foreign companies, our services include drafting tax equalization plans and implementing the benefits of totalization agreements which prevent the employer from paying social security taxes in two countries. Our corporate services in this area often entail coordinating with immigration counsel.
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