Practice Contact: John McDermott
john.mcdermott@taylorporter.com
225.381.0261

Taylor Porter's estate planning and tax attorneys have extensive experience in business formations, acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations and dissolutions, including structuring to minimize tax and liability exposure. In addition to counseling clients, we represent clients before local, state and federal tax authorities, including the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Taxation, the Board of Tax Appeals, the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Court, and all other Louisiana and Federal Courts.

Our estate planning and taxation representative examples include:

• Handling multimillion dollar estates including representation of the estate in federal estate tax audits.
• Developing a plan for the merger of multiple health care practices into a single health care provider with minimum tax consequences.
• Creating private and non-private foundations and obtaining favorable determination letters of charitable, tax-exempt status.

Recently Related Press Releases

• McDermott Appointed to Chair IRS Advisory Council Small Business/Self-Employed Subgroup
• Taylor Porter Represents Client in Noteworthy Taxpayer Assistance Order Case Tackling Rules and Statutes of Limitation

Articles/Publications

• "New Louisiana Law Enables Parents to START Saving for K-12 Tuition," ​by Rebecca Hinton, The Taylor RePorter Legal Blog, Aug. 6, 2018

• "Taking Care of Your Own (E)State of Affairs" - Estate Planning Requires Proper Preparation of Documents; Tips for Health Care Professionals to Plan Ahead, by John McDermott, Health Care Journal of Baton Rouge, July/August 2017 

• "Considerations for Making Beneficiary Designations for Life Insurance, Annuities and Retirement Accounts", by John McDermott

• Estate Planning, by John McDermott

• New Proposed Regulations for Family-Controlled Entities, by Mary Hester and John McDermott