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Buona Sera, Seniorie Seniorie! My name is Eugene Sherayzen and I am an International Tax Attorney. Before we delve into the subject matter of today’s presentation, I would like to give you some background information so that you have an idea of who I am and what it is that I do. I’ve been an […]
Let’s begin by answering a philosophical question. Why should you care? I mean after all, all of you here are Business Lawyers; So what if you make a Tax Mistake intentionally or unintentionally? After all you’re not Tax Lawyers. Let me pose that question to you because all of you are here today for a […]
Now that we have established why we should care about making International Tax Mistakes, let’s discuss the five strategic traps which would expose you as Business Lawyers to making International Tax Mistakes. I will follow along in this handout that you all have; hopefully everyone has it. Let’s start with the Business Purity Trap. A […]
Let me give you an example from my practice; it’s a fairly recent example. I had a Client who was operating a business in one of the Southern states of the United States. Let’s say he had a product and that product wasn’t doing that well in the United States; so what he decided to […]
Let’s go to the next one: the Tax Dabble Trap. This is basically a belief that the Business Lawyer can advise on some or any International Tax issues related to Business Transactions even though he’s not a practicing Tax Attorney. Oftentimes this belief, comes from prior experience. Meaning a Business Lawyer perhaps was involved ten […]