The firm’s tax lawyers are experienced in virtually every aspect of the Internal Revenue Code and in other major U.S. tax laws and treaties affecting the conduct of business by U.S. companies nationally and internationally. Our tax lawyers work closely with our clients to develop investment plans, corporate structures and financing arrangements that permit them to achieve their business objectives in a tax efficient manner. We have deep experience in the areas of corporate tax, partnership tax, international tax and oil and gas tax.
Corporate:
Baker Botts tax lawyers possess a keen understanding of the U.S. corporate tax laws encountered during each phase of a corporate enterprise and have advised our clients on a wide array of sophisticated issues relating to corporate formations, internal restructurings, financings and liquidations. We also have a refined understanding of the corporate tax rules that routinely must be navigated by parent companies of U.S. groups, including the rules relating to U.S. consolidated returns.
We frequently advise our clients on complex corporate restructurings that occur in connection with M&A transactions, such as pre-disposition tailoring transactions and post-acquisition target integrations. We also have experience solving all manner of corporate tax issues encountered in connection with internal restructurings designed to put in place an optimal structure for future corporate ventures or simply “clean up” an inefficient legacy tax structure.
Partnerships:
We provide innovative solutions that address thorny questions relating to the allocation of tax benefits (including various tax credits), liquidation mechanics, the proper role of capital accounts and recourse and nonrecourse debt allocations.
We routinely solve complex formation, allocation and distribution questions that arise under partnership and limited liability company (LLC) agreements and counsel clients on the prudence of using partnerships, LLCs and other flow-through structures to achieve their business objectives. We also have deep experience with the use of flow-through vehicles for the acquisition, development and operation of oil and gas assets from the perspectives of the operator, working interest investor and royalty owner.
International:
Our international tax lawyers seek to minimize the worldwide taxation of a client’s earnings from an investment, restructuring of the investment and eventual disposition of the investment. This often requires familiarity with the tax laws of foreign countries and bilateral and multilateral tax treaties, as well as the U.S. tax laws. For outbound investments, this requires detailed knowledge of the U.S. federal income tax rules applicable to the foreign activities of U.S. taxpayers, such as the foreign tax credit, anti-deferral and inbound/outbound transfer rules. We also advise international corporations on U.S. trade or business (USTB) status and permanent establishment (PE) risks.
Oil and Gas:
Our team works with clients to find innovative solutions for some of the most complex tax challenges in the oil and gas industry. We have experience simplifying internal structures and managing internal mineral interest transfers to avoid negative federal and state tax implications, to maximize intangible drilling cost or depletion expense, or to position our clients’ oil and gas asset portfolio for exit strategies including sales to strategic or financial buyers and public offerings of corporate, MLP or royalty trust interests, maximizing optionality for our clients’ future.
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Large Midstream Company - 45Q Tax Credits for Utilization of CO2 and Associated Lifecycle Analysis (LCA)
Ethanol Producer - 45Q Regulation Compliance with Respect to Contractually Securing Utilization
Upstream Company - Availability of 45Q Tax Credits in Connection with EOR and Establishment of Joint Venture to Consider Permanent Sequestration
Energy Company - 45Q Tax Credit Advice
Tax Equity Investor - Carbon Capture Project
Individual Mineral Owners - CO2 Sequestration Advice
Oil & Gas Major - CCUS Land Acquisition Advice
One of the Largest Refiners in the United States
Heartland Natural Resources - 45Q Tax Credits
Fertilizer Manufacturer - 45Q Tax Credits
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company - CCUS Related Advice
Petrochemical Manufacturer - 45Q Tax Credit Advice
LNG Project - 45Q Tax Credits
Onsite CO2 - Carbon Capture Project
Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. - $1.37 Billion Acquisition of Arizona Chemical Holdings Corporation
Schlumberger Limited - $14.8 Billion Acquisition
The Conflicts Committee of Antero Midstream Partners LP - Acquisition of Integrated Water Business
Noble Corporation - Spin-off of Paragon Offshore
Liberty Media Corporation - Spin-off of Liberty Broadband Corporation
Transocean Partners LLC - Initial Public Offering
Underwriters - Initial Public Offering of Höegh LNG Partners LP
Enable Midstream Partners, LP - Initial Public Offering
Halliburton Company - Proposed $34.6 Billion Acquisition of Baker Hughes Incorporated
Midstream Energy Partnership - $5.6 Billion Merger
Underwriters - Initial Public Offering of Continental Building Products, Inc.
ZS Pharma, Inc. - Initial Public Offering
Chesapeake Energy Corporation - Spin-off of Seventy Seven Energy Inc.
Halliburton Company - Joint Venture with Trinidad Drilling
Advice on Project Development.
Crosstex energy, Inc. and Crosstex Energy, L.P. - Merger to Create EnLink Midstream Partners
Sallie Mae - Spin-Off of Navient Solutions, Inc.
Oilfield Services Company - 45Q Tax Credit Advice
Carbon capture facility
Foreign investment bank acquisition
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Inflation Reduction Act Guidance: IRS and Treasury Release Guidance on the Domestic Content Bonus Credit
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Inflation Reduction Act Guidance: IRS and Treasury Release Guidance on the Energy Community Bonus Credit
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IRS Establishes Environmental Justice Credit Allocation and Advanced Energy Project Credit Programs
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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Seminar
Speeches & PresentationsInflation Reduction Act Guidance: IRS and Treasury Release Initial Guidance on Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements
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Baker Botts Files Comments in Response to IRS Notices 2022-50 and -51 Regarding Guidance Needed For Inflation Reduction Act implementation
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New 1% Excise Tax on Stock Buybacks By Publicly-Traded Corporations
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Carbon Capture Projects Incentivized by Tax Credit Guidance: Section 45Q
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Superfund Excise Taxes on Chemicals Revived
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2021 Renewable Energy Tax Developments
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Midstream Use of Waste Heat to Generate Power Gets An Investment Tax Credit
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Unique Tax Questions Posed by Cryptocurrencies and NFTs
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Baker Botts Tax Controversy Update: Treasury "Greenbook" for Fiscal Year 2023 Revenue Proposals
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Real Estate Industry Tax Increase Proposals Detailed in Treasury Greenbook
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Private Equity Industry Tax Increase Proposals Detailed in Treasury Greenbook
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Fossil Fuels Tax Increase Proposals Detailed in Treasury Greenbook
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Corporate Perspective of Tax Proposals Detailed in Treasury Greenbook
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International Tax Proposals Detailed in Treasury's FY 2023 Greenbook
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Texas Tax Talk: The Comptroller’s Full Court Press in the Texas Supreme Court
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Rescinded Proposals for Major California Tax Increases
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Proposed Major California Tax Increases
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Texas Tax Talk Exemption Win Signals Taxpayer Opportunity
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Build Back Better Act - Corporate Tax Perspective
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House Ways and Means Committee Releases Tax Proposals on Green Energy
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U.S. Tax Court Clarifies the Tax Implications of Generic Drug Litigation
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Texas Tax Talk: Planning For Property Tax Break's Sunset
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Notice 2021-41: IRS Extends Continuity Safe Harbor for Renewable Energy Projects
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International Tax Proposals Detailed in Treasury's Greenbook
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Tax Controversy Update: Treasury “Greenbook” for Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals
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Treasury's "Greenbook" - Corporate Tax Perspective
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Fossil Fuels Tax Increase Proposals Detailed in Treasury’s “Greenbook”
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Clean Energy Tax Credit Proposals Detailed in Treasury’s “Greenbook”
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U.S. Treasury Publishes Plan to Close the "Tax Gap" and Raise $700 Billion
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The American Families Plan - Private Equity Tax Perspective
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Tax Controversy Highlights from President Biden's American Families Plan
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The American Families Plan - Partnership Tax Perspective
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Texas Tax Talk: Sales Tax Sourcing and Court Access Issues
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Lifelines for Renewable Tax Credits and Indications of More to Follow
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Carbon Capture Projects Incentivized By Tax Credit Guidance: Section 45Q
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Treasury Report on the Made in America Tax Plan - International Tax Proposals
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Treasury Report on the Made in America Tax Plan - Corporate Tax Perspective
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Tax Highlights from Biden's American Jobs Plan
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The Made in America Tax Plan - Fossil Fuels Tax Perspective
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International Tax Proposals in the "Made in America Tax Plan"
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Tax Controversy Highlights from President Biden's Infrastructure Plan
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Following Passage of "Rescue" Legislation, Focus Shifts to Energy Tax Provisions
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Stimulus Package Provides Additional Relief to Businesses Including New Paycheck Protection Program (PPP); SBA Alters Original PPP Rules and Adds Rules For New PPP
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DOJ Tax Announces Guilty Pleas in Abusive Syndicated Conservation Easement Cases
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Major Tax, Appropriations, and Policies for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Passed by Congress
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Proposed Stimulus Bill Would Extend Renewable and Clean Energy Tax Credits
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New Energy Infrastructure Projects: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 under a Biden Administration and Other Recent Developments
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Final Regulations Issued Defining "Real Property" for Section 1031 Exchange Purposes
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Baker Botts Quarterly Tax Controversy Update
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IRS Notice 2020-65 Employment Tax Relief in Response to the Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic: IRS Releases (Sparse) Guidance on Deferral of Employee's Social Security Tax
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Coronavirus Tax Response
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Webinar: Utilizing the Employee Retention Credit under the CARES Act in Situations of Uncertainty
WebinarIRS Issues Final and Proposed Regulations on Hybrid Arrangements
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CARES Act: Opportunity to Monetize NOLs From Business Acquisitions Completed in 2018, 2019, or 2020
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IRS Clarifies the Interaction of Payroll Tax Deferral Relief with Loan Forgiveness Under the Payroll Protection Program
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CARES Act Key Tax Relief Provisions
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Tax Issues Related to COVID-19
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Opportunity Zones Webinar
WebinarIRS Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding Withholding Requirements Upon Dispositions of Partnership Interests
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IRS Releases Second Set of Proposed Regulations Clarifying Rules for Investments in "Qualified Opportunity Funds" Under 2017 Tax Reform Act
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Events
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TEI Houston Tax School
Baker Botts Event for Women in Tax, Featuring Myrtle Jones, SVP-Tax, Halliburton
Baker Botts Event for Women in Tax, Featuring Heather Crowder, Phillips 66, VP and General Tax Officer
Please join the women in tax at Baker Botts for the final virtual networking event of 2021 designed for women in-house tax professionals on Monday, December 13 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT.
2021 Texas Taxpayers and Research Association Annual Meeting
Baker Botts is a sponsor of the 2021 Texas Taxpayers and Research Association Annual Meeting taking place November 18 and 19, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT at the JW Marriott Austin.
Baker Botts Event for Women in Tax, Featuring Carla Howard, Vistra Energy, SVP-Tax
Please join the women in tax at Baker Botts for the the second of our networking events designed for women in-house tax professionals on Thursday, August 26 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT.
37th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute Virtual Conference
Baker Botts Special Counsel Leah Davis Patrick will be speaking at the 37th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute Virtual Conference on June 1, at 1:15 p.m. CT on the TCJA Enforcement Today.
Baker Botts Inaugural Event for Women in Tax
Please join the women in tax at Baker Botts LLP for the first of our networking events designed for women in-house tax professionals on March 4 at 10:30 a.m. CT.
2021 Eagle Lodge West Meeting
Tax Executive Institute's Monthly Meeting
Baker Botts Partner Ron Scharnberg and Justin Berutich of Euclid Transactional will be presenting at TEI’s Monthly Meeting Thursday, January 28 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CT on Tax Insurance 101.
Impacts of Recent U.S. Tax Reform Guidance on International M&A and PostÂ-Transaction Restructurings
On November 10, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. CT, please join Baker Botts Partners Jon Lobb and Ron Scharnberg for a webinar discussing and analyzing how recent tax reform regulations and other guidance impacts international M&A and post-transaction restructurings.