State and Local Tax
Want to reduce your overall effective state tax rate? Need help navigating the myriad of state regulations? Our tax professionals will help you with your issues regarding income, sales and use tax, property tax, excise tax and other taxes imposed by state or local governments. We identify and maximize benefits from variations in state tax systems including:
- Income allocation/apportionment planning
- Sales tax transaction planning
- State tax credit incentives
- Pass-through entity planning
- Special purpose entities, such as intangible companies
- Nexus review and planning
- Nonfiler negotiation
- Property tax valuation and exemption planning
- Unclaimed property
- Specialty tax planning (utilities, telecommunications, airlines, etc.)
Property Tax
The Reinhart Property Tax team represents all types of property owners, ranging from small-town businesses and nonprofit entities to Fortune 500 companies. We offer a complete set of services to businesses and nonprofit organizations addressing all aspects of property taxes and real estate transfer fees.
The Reinhart Property Tax team has significant experience in offering the following services:
- Challenging property tax assessments, including special assessments
- Drafting and, if necessary, prosecuting property tax exemption requests
- Challenging the denial of property tax exemptions
- Challenging real estate transfer fee assessments
- Assisting in all aspects of manufacturing property tax assessment, from property tax planning to litigating assessments, classifications and exemptions
- Assisting in the management of property tax and real estate transfer fee liabilities in business transactions and real estate developments
- Representing all owners of specialty properties, such as telecommunication and utility property, airline properties, golf courses and specialty manufacturing facilities
Members of the team have litigated in the full range of forums, from small-town Boards of Review to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and have represented property owners in jurisdictions outside Wisconsin.