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Business Tax Services 
Lovoy, Summerville & Shelton's practice is
dedicated to helping companies comply with even the most complex tax
laws and regulations. We invest the time to understand your
business, your industry, and your risk profile. Our services
are tailored, our advice is specific, and our commitment to quality
is absolute.
Our tax professionals consist of
experienced partners and managers to help ensure that you receive
the highest standard of day-to-day service and responsiveness.
Our people understand complex statutory and regulatory rules and
judicial pronouncements that businesses must deal with today.
They can help you understand and effectively work within the legal
construct to help ensure sound business decisions from a tax
perspective.
Your company has diverse needs that may include
effective tax rate management, tax-efficient cash management and
deployment, and rapid and systematic integration of acquired
companies into the overall tax-planning model. The tax
professionals on your client service team will leverage their
knowledge and experience to assist you in identifying opportunities
for savings and addressing the ever-changing legal and regulatory
requirements.
Tax Compliance
Lovoy, Summerville & Shelton's approach to
tax compliance is actually relatively simple - we invest a
significant amount of time in upfront planning and employ technology
when it makes sense. We work closely with you throughout the
year to resolve most tax issues prior to year-end. We create
systems and employ electronic-based technology that allows us to
efficiently process a large volume of constantly changing
information.
Our approach to tax planning is to become a
strategic partner with management. We will schedule meetings
with management on a regular basis to discuss the issues facing your
business. Through this continual, open communication with the
management team, we will obtain an in-depth understanding of your
company's business issues and challenges. This understanding,
coupled with our technical knowledge and industry experience, will
enable us to identify the tax planning and savings opportunities
that will best benefit your business.
We prepare the following business tax returns:
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Corporation returns
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S corporation returns
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Partnership and limited liability company
returns
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Tax exempt organization returns
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Business trust returns
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Unclaimed property returns
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Ad valorem returns
FAS 109, Accounting for
Income Taxes
Lovoy, Summerville & Shelton offers its
business clients tax provision and tax accrual services. We
work with your tax personnel and the external audit team to address
treatment of ongoing transactions and issues regarding compliance
with accounting for income tax rules, FAS 109, FIN 48 and other
pronouncements. Together they will help ensure that the tax
consequences of various transactions are reviewed as they occur and
that last-minute surprises are avoided. Our knowledge of the
FAS 109 and its underlying principles runs deep.
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State and Local Taxes
A company's tax burden is often based on the size
of its profits. But unlike federal income taxes, state and
local levies can impose a multitude of taxes, even when no profits
are generated. And that can challenge an organization's
competitive position. Lovoy, Summerville & Shelton helps
companies manage their multi-state obligations, delivering
customized services that enhance the bottom line. Our
experienced professionals also represent clients before state and
local taxing authorities. We continuously monitor the changing
tax and non-tax environment, seek to anticipate the impact of these
changes on our clients, and communicate potential opportunities and
issues. Companies can benefit from the knowledge, experience,
and perspective that our tax professionals offer.
Mergers, Acquisitions, and
Divestitures Practice
The Lovoy, Summerville & Shelton team
understands the complex issues that arise in each phase of the
merger and acquisition life cycle, from the acquisition itself to
post-transaction integration to disposition of assets or shares of a
subsidiary. Our tax professionals can help companies identify
the elements that could generate tax savings far beyond closing and
help make the deal a business success. Specifically, Lovoy,
Summerville & Shelton provides the following services:
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Due Diligence
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Acquisition Tax Planning
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Disposition Tax Planning
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Post-Transaction Integration Services
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Service Related to Troubled Companies
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Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plans
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Stock Basis Studies
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Tax Basis Balance Sheets
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