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• Business Transactions and Corporate Law
• Corporate and Business Services
• ERISA and Employee Benefits
• ERISA and Employee Benefits Litigation
• Emerging Companies and Private Capital
• Health Care Business
• Health Care Compliance
• Intellectual Property
• Securities Law and Corporate Finance
• Taxation
• Federal Tax
• International Tax
• State and Local Tax

Practice Leader

• William D. Townsend

Practice Team

Fowler White Boggs has one of the strongest groups of state tax lawyers in Florida. No other Florida firm has a former general counsel and deputy general counsel of the Florida Department of Revenue as the core of its state tax department.  Our SALT practitioners have been ranked as leaders in Florida state tax law firm by Chambers USA for consecutive years beginning in 2004. The Firm’s state tax practice provides expertise in administrative and judicial actions relating to sales taxes, corporate income taxes, B & O taxes, telecommunications taxes, state taxation of intellectual property, and electronic commerce taxation (E-commerce), and unclaimed property (escheat) issues.  Additionally, the Firm represents clients on legislative tax matters, including the taxation of computer services, corporate income tax issues, and sales tax exemption matters. Our SALT lawyers have extensive experience in handling client matters before the Florida Department of Revenue on sales tax, corporate income tax, gross receipts tax, telecommunications tax issues, documentary stamp tax, and intangibles tax.  Our SALT attorneys also work closely with our Federal Tax attorneys in providing advice and assistance in corporate structuring and other tax planning activities.  Lawyers in the SALT practice area have dealt with nexus issues for various clients selling tangible personal property, services (including financial services) in many states on behalf of Florida and non-Florida clients.  Additionally our lawyers have assisted clients in FIN 48 compliance matters.

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