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“The practice has a reputation for dealing with complex and tricky situations.”
-The Legal 500
Our attorneys regularly provide sophisticated tax planning for publicly traded and closely-held corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and individuals, both in the United States and abroad. In addition, our lawyers represent clients in tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and state revenue departments. Whatever your tax and planning needs, from the relatively straightforward, to complex matters most firms simply cannot handle, you can count on us for a creative solution.
We concentrate our tax services in the following areas:
We work closely with our clients to create customized solutions that incorporate their tax, business, and in the case of closely held businesses, estate planning needs. We regularly coordinate our tax advice with planning for benefits and compensation. Our lawyers stay on top of the constantly changing landscape of federal tax law and can notify you of any changes to the tax law that may affect you or your business.
Our firm provides legal advice and services to clients both nationally and internationally. We often serve clients in conjunction with, or instead of, large accounting firms.
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- IPB Recognized in Best Law Firms 2025® | November 7, 2024
- IPB Achieves Mansfield Certification Plus for the Third Time | October 13, 2024
- Understanding Basis Shifting Transactions | July 16, 2024
- Hank Gutman to Receive TCPI's Pillar of Excellence Award for 2024 | April 18, 2024
- IPB Recognized in Best Law Firms® for 2024 | November 2, 2023
- IPB Achieves Mansfield Certification Plus for the Second Time | October 10, 2023
- Bob Wellen Interviewed for On Tax Podcast | June 7, 2023
- IRS Revises Method Changes for Section 174 R&E Expenses | April 18, 2023
- Jon Holbrook Becomes Partner at IPB | January 31, 2023
- Understanding the Stock Buyback Excise Tax | January 19, 2023
- Charlotte Hopson Serves on Taxation of Partnerships Panel | December 15, 2022
- Tax Notes Highlights IPB Comment Letter on Schedule UTP | November 28, 2022
- IPB Recognized in US News & World Report's Best Law Firms for 2023 | November 3, 2022
- Jon Holbrook Submits Comments to IRS on New Draft Schedule UTP | October 24, 2022
- IPB Lawyers Teach Tax to Entrepreneurs in the Arts | October 19, 2022
- IPB Achieves Mansfield Certification Plus | May 5, 2022
- IPB Lawyers Talk Tax with Local Artists | April 8, 2022
- Les Schneider Speaks With Tax Notes About Denied 280E Deductions | March 28, 2022
- Tom Cryan Speaks With Law360 About Joining IPB | March 28, 2022
- IPB Welcomes Tom Cryan to Our Benefits & Compensation Practice | March 23, 2022
- Two IPB Attorneys Nominated for Local Pro Bono Award | January 21, 2022
- IPB Recognized in US News & World Report's Best Law Firms for 2022 | November 4, 2021
- IPB Attorneys Offer Tax Strategy Presentation to Entrepreneurs | October 19, 2021
- Jodi Epstein Hosts Stakeholder Engagement Panel at WIPL 2021 | October 12, 2022
- IPB Recognized by Law360 for Representation of Women in Our Partnership Ranks | September 29, 2021
- IPB Attorneys Speak at ABA's 2021 Fall Tax Meeting | September 24, 2021
- Update on Ways & Means Committee Review of Biden Tax Proposal | September 16, 2021
- Thirteen IPB Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers | August 19, 2021
- Jeff Moeller Writes About the Research Credit for Tax Notes | June 3, 2021
- Jon Holbrook Serves on DC Bar Taxation Panel | May 27, 2021
- Mindy Herzfeld Speaks at Oxford OECD Conference | May 12, 2021
- Nine IPB Attorneys Included on 2021 Super Lawyers List | May 7, 2021
- Mindy Herzfeld Quoted in Washington Post on Biden's Tax Plan | April 16, 2021
- IRS Clarifies Its View of Cryptocurrency Hard Forks | April 14, 2021
- Les Schneider Speaks to the Tax Executives Institute | March 25, 2021
- IPB Attorneys Offer Tax Strategy Presentation to Entrepreneurs | February 22, 2021
- Les Schneider Listed in the Top Tier by Chambers Global Guide 2021 | February 19, 2021
- IPB Attorneys Teach Tax Strategies for Media Professionals | February 4, 2021
- Hank Gutman Quoted in WSJ Article on 2020 Tax Filings | January 24, 2021
- Les Schneider Speaks to Tax Notes About New Revenue Recognition Rules | December 23, 2020
- Controversial Section 245A Regulations Challenged in Court | December 4, 2020
- Hank Gutman Quoted by Law360 on Biden GILTI Proposals | November 9, 2020
- IPB Recognized in US News & World Report's Best Law Firms for 2021 | November 6, 2020
- Ivins Attorneys Teach Pro Bono Tax Class | October 14, 2020
- Twelve IPB Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for 2021 | August 20, 2020
- IPB Launches COVID-19 Resources Page | March 16, 2020
- IRS Green-Lights Pre-Revenue Spinoff | March 4, 2020
- Pat Smith Quoted in Law 360 on His Amicus Brief in CIC Services Case | February 24, 2020
- Tax Notes Article Discusses Pat Smith’s Amicus Brief in CIC Services | February 21, 2020
- Pat Smith Files Amicus Brief in Support of Cert Petition in CIC Services Case | February 20, 2020
- Hank Gutman Chairs Panel at TCPI's 2020 Conference | February 14, 2020
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Cert Petition in Altera | February 12, 2020
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Government’s Answer in Silver v. IRS | February 11, 2020
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Cert Petition in CIC Services Case | January 23, 2020
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Mayo Clinic and Silver Cases | January 21, 2020
- Mindy Herzfeld Writes for Tax Notes on BEAT Rationales | January 6, 2020
- Pat Smith Quoted in Law 360 on Likelihood of Supreme Court Review of Altera Case | November 18, 2019
- LB&I to Focus Audit Resources on Transition Tax and 'TCJA Planning' | November 7, 2019
- Hank Gutman Unpacks 2020 Candidates' Tax Proposals for Law360 | November 5, 2019
- U.S. News & World Report Names IPB One of America's Best Law Firms | November 1, 2019
- Jon Holbrook Offers Tax Advice to Entrepreneurs | October 23, 2019
- IPB Partners Present to TEI Dallas Chapter on Attorney/Client Privilege Issues | September 25, 2019
- Best Lawyers 2020 Edition Recognizes Eleven IPB Attorneys | August 15, 2019
- IPB Relocates to 1717 K Street | August 7, 2019
- Three IPB Partners Recognized in Latest Chambers USA Guide | April 29, 2019
- Jamie Brown Speaks to TEI's New England Chapter | April 8, 2019
- Ben Grosz and Jon Holbrook Offer Tax Advice for Entrepreneurs | March 28, 2019
- Maintaining Treaty Benefits: Time to File? | January 29, 2019
- Three IPB Partners Selected by Washingtonian Magazine as Best Lawyers | January 4, 2019
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Third Circuit Case on CFC Loan Guarantees | December 11, 2018
- Hank Gutman to Present Webinar on Tax Legislation Prospects on December 10 | December 7, 2018
- IPB Attorneys' Book-Tax Proposal Garners Support From Tax Law Practitioners | November 8, 2018
- IPB Named to 2019 Best Law Firms in America List by U.S. News & World Report | November 1, 2018
- Les Schneider Speaks to Tax Notes on Revenue Recognition Guidance | October 24, 2018
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on New Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Altera | October 18, 2018
- Les Schneider Recognized by Who's Who Legal | October 17, 2018
- Jamie Brown Speaks on IRS Audits of Midsize Businesses | October 11, 2018
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Statute of Limitations Issue in Altera | October 2, 2018
- IPB Attorney Mindy Herzfeld's Book is the Number One Release in Tax Law | September 18, 2018
- Ten IPB Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers in America | August 15, 2018
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on D.C. Circuit decision in AICPA v. IRS | August 15, 2018
- Ivins Wins Full Concession of $3.6 Million Tax Court Case | June 5, 2018
- Hank Gutman Spoke at Chicago-Kent Tax Institute | May 18, 2018
- IPB Ranked by Chambers USA as a Leading Firm | May 14, 2018
- Mindy Herzfeld Quoted in Wall Street Journal | April 30, 2018
- IPB Attorney Patrick Smith Spoke at D.C. Bar | January 10, 2018
- IPB Selected as One of the 2018 Best Law Firms in America | November 6, 2017
- Ten IPB Attorneys Named to 2018 Best Lawyers in America | August 15, 2017
- TEI Conferences | June 14, 2017
- Ten Ivins Attorneys Named as 2017 DC Super Lawyers | April 26, 2017
- IRS Identifies High-Priority Enforcement Issues | February 10, 2017
- Mindy Herzfeld Joins Ivins Phillips & Barker | February 2, 201\
- In Memoriam - H. Stewart Dunn, Jr. | 09.27.2016
- Hank Gutman, Former Tax Committee Chief, Joins Ivins | 07.01.2016
- Nine Ivins Attorneys Named as 2016 DC Super Lawyers | April 19, 2016
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re: Ax v. Commissioner | April 11, 2016
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Starr International Case | March 28, 2016
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re: Starr International | March 2, 2016
- Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re: Deficiency Notices | February 16, 2016
- Ivins Alum Honored as 2015 Tax Person of the Year | January 7, 2016
- Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Starr International Case | September 22, 2015
- Douglas M. Andre Speaks to TEI on Foreign Withholding Rules & FATCA | September 17, 2015
- Eight Ivins Attorneys Named to 2016 Best Lawyers in America | August 18, 2015
- Ivins Advises Heinz on $60 Billion Merger with Kraft | July 6, 2015
- IRS Issues Notice 2015-10 Guidance re Tax Withheld from International Payments | April 29, 2015
- Nine Ivins Attorneys Named to 2015 Best Lawyers in America® | August 21, 2014
- Eight Ivins Attorneys Named as 2014 DC Super Lawyers | April 8, 2014
- TEI Baltimore/Washington Annual Tax Education Day | December 4, 2013
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at 68th Annual TEI Conference | October 31, 2013
- Robert Wellen Speaks at Practising Law Institute | October 16, 2013
- Robert Wellen Speaks at Kansas City Chapter of Tax Executives Institute | September 25, 2013
- Nine Ivins Attorneys Named to 2014 Best Lawyers in America | August 21, 2013
- Six Ivins Attorneys Named as 2013 DC Super Lawyers | April 28, 2013
- Douglas Andre Moderates DC Bar Panel on International Tax Disputes | March 20. 2013
- Practising Law Institute Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2013 | February 26, 2013
- ABA Tax Section Teleconference: Intra-Group Restructurings | February 6, 2013
- Les Schneider Testifies at Public Hearing on the Proposed Regulations | January 7, 2013
- Ivins Comments on Proposed Regulations | December 18, 2012
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at TEI New Orleans Chapter | November 27, 2012
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at TEI Annual Conference | October 30, 2012
- Chambers USA Ranks Ivins as a Leading DC Tax and Benefits Firm | June 26, 2012
- Robert Wellen Speaks at ALI-ABA on Taxable Acquisition Structures | March 28, 2012
- Robert Wellen Speaks at Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2012 PLI Course | February 27, 2012
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at ABA 2012 Tax Section Meeting | February 17, 2012
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at DC Bar on Estate Planning with Retirement Plan Assets | December 15, 2011
- Ivins Attorney Presents at BNA CITE International Tax Seminar | December 7, 2011
- Ivins Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in Washington DC | December 1, 2011
- Brenda Jackson-Cooper Joins Estate Planning Group | December 1, 2011
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at 66th TEI Annual Conference | November 2, 2011
- Ivins Named as Tier 1 Firm in U.S. News "Best Law Firms" Ranking | November 1, 2011
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at 2011 ABA Joint Fall CLE Meeting | October 20, 2011
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at Fort Worth TEI Meeting | September 28, 2011
- Ivins Attorneys Speak at Cincinnati TEI Seminar | September 19, 2011
- Ten Ivins Attorneys Named to 2012 Best Lawyers in America | August 31, 2011
- Danielle Rolfes Appointed Deputy International Tax Counsel at Treasury | August 17, 2011
- Ivins Attorneys Comment on Guidance under Section 355 | August 1, 2011
- Robert Wellen to Speak at Texas Federal Tax Institute | June 9, 2011
- Ivins Attorney Comments on Guidance under Section 909 | June 1, 2011
- Ivins Attorneys to Speak at the FBA Annual Tax Law Conference | February 22, 2011
- H. Stewart Dunn Named Washington DC Tax Lawyer of the Year | October 28, 2010
- Robert Wellen Speaks on Corporate Spin-Offs | October, 21, 2010
- Ivins, Phillips & Barker Celebrates 75th Anniversary | August 25, 2010
- Leslie Schneider Comments on Licensing Fee Decision | March 29, 2010
- Robert Wellen Comments on Proposed Amendment to Section 361 | March 17, 2010
- Leslie Schneider Comments on Bonus Compensation Plan Liability | March 8, 2010
- Robert Wellen Comments on All-Cash D Reorganization Proposal | March 8, 2010
- Robert Wellen Comments on All-Cash D Regulations | January 6, 2010
- Ten Ivins attorneys named to the 2010 Best Lawyers in America | January 1, 2010
- Leslie Schneider Comments on Proposal to Repeal LIFO | September 30, 2009
- Ivins Lawyers Address Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group Luncheon | September 24, 2009
- Robert Wellen Comments on Schering-Plough Case | September 14, 2009
- Chambers USA ranks Ivins as a leading DC Tax and Benefits firm | March 1, 2009
- Brenda K. Jackson-Cooper Named in Chambers USA | November 10, 2007
- Identifying 10 Leading Tax Lawyers | July 18, 2005
- IP&B Wins Closely-Watched Case in Supreme Court | June 4, 2001
- "One of the Last Pristine Tax Boutiques" | February 21, 2000
Newsletters
- Computation of Cost of Goods Sold for Tax Purposes (August 11, 2023)
- Pitfalls and Pathways for a Remote Workforce: What Tax Departments Should Know
- 2021 Year-End Tax Issues for Non-Qualified Plans (November 2021)
- IRS Identifies High-Priority Enforcement Issues (February 10, 2017)
- Reclassifying Section 174 Costs - Amended Returns versus Form 3115 (February 6, 2017)
- Treasury Further Extends FBAR Filing Deadlines for Employees with Signature Authority over Foreign Financial Accounts (January 11, 2017)
- Final Regulations Issued for Foreign-Owned Disregarded Entities (December 22, 2016)
- Taxation of Business Income Client Alert (November 18, 2016)
- Section 385 Regulations Client Alert (November 14, 2016)
- Treasury Proposes New Reporting Rules for Foreign-Owned Disregarded Entities (May 11, 2016)
- Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding FBAR Reporting for U.S. Companies and their Employees with Signature Authority (April 26, 2016)
- M&A Tax, International Tax & Tax Accounting Update (March 9, 2016)
- M&A Tax, International Tax & Tax Accounting Update (February 8, 2016)
- M&A Tax, International Tax & Tax Accounting Update (January 11, 2016)
Publications
- Relaxed Rules for Furnishing Form 1095-C to Employees | January 23, 2025
- IRS Provides Relief to Domestic Partnerships Caught in GILTI Conundrum | August 28, 2019
- IPB Alert: Notice 2019-09 and Section 4960 | April 2, 2019
- Tax Court Litigation Basics | August 19, 2018
- "The Saga of Unfulfilled Business Income Tax Reform" | Winter 2017
- Ivins Attorney Doug Andre Quoted Regarding Expatriation | February 9, 2017
- "How the Election May Affect the Taxation of Business Income" | January 27, 2017
- "Defending Transfer Pricing Audits Under the IRS's New Roadmap" | April 28, 2014
- Deploying Company Foundations in Battle for Tech Talent | April 6, 2016
- "Coming Conflicts: Proposed U.S. Transfer Pricing Services Regulations and the Treatment of Intangibles" | September 30, 2004
- IRS Issues Guidance re Tax Withholding on International Payments | April 29, 2015
- Ivins Attorneys Quoted in Tax Notes Today on Inversion Guidance | September 24, 2014
- Interest Netting Between Merging Corporations | July 8, 2014
- The End of Circular 230 Disclaimers | June 11, 2014
- Brand X, 3M, and Legal Restrictions On the Payment of Income | March 24, 2014
- District Court Misapplies APA in Florida Bankers Association | February 17, 2014
- BEPS Update: Country-by-Country Reporting | February 5, 2014
- IPB Attorneys Comment on OECD BEPS-Related Initiative | February 1, 2014
- Prototypes and Depreciable Property: An Attempted Distinction | January 20, 2014
- Ivins Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Quality Stores Case | December 19, 2013
- May Regulations That Violate the APA Be Remanded to the IRS? | October 7, 2013
- Quality Stores and the Status of Revenue Rulings | September 9, 2013
- Note, Incentivizing Conservation: Restructuring the Tax-Preferred Easement Acceptance Process to Maximize Overall Conservation Value | August 4, 2013
- Chevron's Conflict with the Administrative Procedure Act | June 25, 2013
- PPL: How to Determine Whether a Foreign Tax Is Creditable | March 18, 2013
- LB&I Officially Ends Issue Tiering (quoted in article by J. Coder) | August 17, 2012
- The APA's Arbitrary and Capricious Standard and IRS Regulations | July 16, 2012
- What We Didn’t Learn From Home Concrete | June 25, 2012
- Appeals Restrictions in Cornyn Legislation Get Mixed Reaction | April 27, 2012
- DCL Separate Unit Combination and Foreign Use Rules Issues | March 12, 2012
- Expedited Opt-Out Needed for OVDI Participants Who Owe No Tax | January 30, 2012
- The APA’s Reasoned-Explanation Rule and IRS Deficiency Notices | January 16, 2012
- Is the Anti-Injunction Act Jurisdictional? | November 28, 2011
- Charitable Lead Trusts -- A Win-Win Strategy for Donors and Charities | January/February 2010
- Overcoming Appeals' Bad Rap (quoted in article by J. Coder) | September 26, 2011
- Navigating the Research Credit | September 26, 2011
- DC Circuit: 'The IRS Is Not Special' | August 30, 2011
- Omissions From Gross Income and ‘Numerators and Denominators’ | July 11, 2011
- Life After Mayo: Silver Linings | June 20, 2011
- Aggregate or Entity Theory of Partnerships for Currency? | June 20, 2011
- Mannella, State Farm, and the Arbitrary and Capricious Standard | April 25, 2011
- Omissions from Gross Income & Retroactivity | April 4, 2011
- Nature Abhors a Splitter: The FTC Splitter and Indirect FTC Rules | February 14, 2011
- Avoiding Tax Casualties in the Currency War | February 7, 2011
- Achieving Success in a Worker Classification Audit | November 18, 2010
- Mayo and Chenery: Too Much of a Shift in Rationale? | October 25, 2010
- Gaps in the Seventh Circuit's Reasoning in Lantz | September 27, 2010
- Schedule UTP: Ready or Not, Here It Comes | September 1, 2010
- Omissions From Gross Income And the Chenery Rule | August 16, 2010
- Contingent Consideration and Contingent Liabilities in Acquisitions | August 1, 2010
- Brand X and Omissions From Gross Income | February 1, 2010
- Check-The-Box Reform: (Subpart F)ishing with Dynamite | November 23, 2009
- Proposed Basis Recovery Regulations | September 14, 2009
- International Tax Proposals Raise Technical Issues | August 3, 2009
- Fry v. Exelon: How Will the IRS React? | July 22, 2009
- Recovery of Madoff-Related Tax Losses | December 22, 2008
- Maximizing the Benefits of Sec. 199 in an Asset Sale | May 1, 2008
- Leading Lawyers | July 18, 2005
- The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004: An Analysis of Selected Provisions | November 1, 2004
- Section 165(g)(3) and Section 332 Memorandum | October 8, 2004
- Berger v. Xerox: Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places | December 1, 2003
- Accruing Benefits for Retired Ees: The Incredible Shrinking Ruling | October 1, 2003
- Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 | June 19, 2003
- Transfer Pricing in the United States and Latin America | January 11, 2002
- Flanigan v GE: Last Nail in the Coffin of the Asset "Sale" Bugbear? | October 1, 2001
- Microsoft TAM--Answers Some Questions, Raises Others | December 1, 2000
- What Tax Lawyers Should Know About Trade Law | October 13, 2000
- 87 Tax Notes 1367 - Merging Disregarded Entities | June 5, 2000
- Is There a Scriveners Error Doctrine | May 1, 2000
- Introduction and Hughes Blues | October 1, 1998
- 79 Tax Notes 1647 - Another Take on Peracchi | June 22, 1998
- Final UNICAP Regulations Expand Some Exceptions but Eliminate Others | January 1, 1994
- New Final Regulations Offer More Flexibility in Defining Compensation | January 1, 1993
- IRS Determines Asbestos Removal is Capital Expenditure | October 1, 1992
- Improved Development of Complex Tax Legislation | January 1, 1992
- When will Interest be Capitalized Under the New Proposed Regulations? | January 1, 1991
- Lessons from a Legislative Disaster | May 14, 1990
- The Law of Equal Employment Opportunity | January 1, 1990
- Minimum Coverage Prop. Regs. Contain Several New Tests | January 1, 1989
- PFIC Rules: Tax Policy Gone Awry | January 1, 1988
- 32 Tax Notes 477 - A Revised Roadmap to Section 338 | August 4, 1986
- New Uniform Capitalization and Long-Term Contract Rules | January 1, 1986