James A. Nitsche

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented clients in various matters before the Internal Revenue Service, including audit, appeals and collections, and in connection with the 2009 and 2011 offshore voluntary disclosure initiatives, and before the United States Tax Court.
• Represented clients in various matters before the Kentucky Department of Revenue and the Kentucky courts involving a variety of taxes, including income taxes, fuel taxes, and real and personal property taxes.
• Represented clients in tax-deferred exchanges of business property, including real estate and aircraft.
• Represented an energy consulting firm in connection with the federal and state tax aspects of its acquisition by a private equity firm as part of a management buyout.
• Represented various companies in connection with management incentive compensation plans and deferred compensation plans.
• Represented various non-profit organizations before the Internal Revenue Service in obtaining tax-exempt status.
• Represented various taxpayers in obtaining private letter rulings from the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service on a range of matters, including corporate reorganizations, corporate separations and inadvertent subchapter S terminations.