Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles attorneys offer our clients a full range of taxation services, including advice concerning federal and Georgia corporate and individual income tax, federal and state estate and inheritance tax, and the federal gift tax. Jerry Williams was an attorney for the IRS for nearly a decade and has been developing tax strategies for our clients for nearly 30 years.

We work with individuals to minimize taxation through effective estate planning, wills and trusts. We also provide planning advice to minimize, defer or avoid taxation in proposed transactions such as land or asset sales, mergers, acquisitions and redemptions of business and like-kind exchanges.

The firm has represented the City of Gainesville and assisted many nonprofit organizations with initial qualification, determination and maintenance of tax-exempt status, advice on unrelated business income and tax planning. Our tax planning expertise includes advising upon selection of the appropriate entity to conduct business and representation of:

• General and limited partnerships
• Limited liability companies
• S corporations
• Closely held and publicly held corporations
• Charitable and other tax-exempt organizations

We assist clients with:

Estate planning, including advice and preparation of documents to implement estate plans involving wills, trusts, health care and financial durable powers of attorney, living wills and charitable and non-charitable gifts.

• Step-up basis for holding assets
• Capital gains strategies involving sale of real estate and other assets
• 1031 exchanges for transfers of properties
• Tax controversies, including audits, appeals, and civil litigation.
• Collection and adversary matters, including dealing with Internal Revenue Service personnel, helping clients with liens, levies, seizures, and resolving collection matters through installment agreements and offers in compromise
• Bankruptcy planning
• Business planning