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| Welcome to the Martens, Seay & Todd website. Our firm represents clients in Texas tax and federal tax controversies and litigation. We are centrally located in downtown Austin, Texas. |
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| Federal Tax Litigation | | We have the skills to represent clients at all levels, from the audit stage, through the administrative appeals process, and in court. Our lawyers are licensed to practice in all of the Texas state courts, the United States Tax Court, the United States District Courts, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. | | More Info | Archives |
| Upcoming Seminars | | All of our attorneys are frequent lecturers and speakers at symposiums and seminars throughout Texas and the nation, not just for lawyers, but also for CPAs, corporate controllers, and individual taxpayers. | | More Info | Archives |
| Offshore Voluntary Compliance Deadline Extended |
| The IRS extended, until October 15, 2009, its deadline for taxpayers to participate in the Offshore Voluntary Compliance Program. There is still time to initiate the disclosure process. Click "More Info" below. |
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| Texas Tax Legislation |
| Sweeping changes were recently made to the Texas franchise tax. Click "More Info" below for additional coverage. |
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| Federal Tax Matters | | For our federal tax clients, we handle cases involving income taxes, estate and gift taxes, excise taxes, and payroll taxes. We have significant experience handling cases involving international tax issues, domestic tax issues, employee vs. independent contractor status issues, and other complex tax issues. | | More Info | Archives |
| State Tax Clients | | Our state tax clients include Fortune 500 companies involved in numerous industries, including tobacco and agriculture, steel, heavy equiptment manufacturing, oil and gas, high technology, petrochemical refining, equiptment leasing, defense contracting, insurance wholesale, retail, cable television, manufacturing, and service industries. | | More Info | Archives |
| Texas Tax Controversies | | We handle tax disputes at all levels, beginning with assisting clients' tax professionals and in-house accountants with the audit. We routinely defend our clients through the Comptroller's administrative court process and in the Travis County district courts. When necessary, we prosecute cases through the Third Court of Appeals. | | More Info | Archives |
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State Tax Litigation
Martens, Seay & Todd has one of the largest Texas state and local tax controversy and litigation practices in Texas. We represent clients in tax disputes involving most all Texas taxes, including sales and use tax, franchise tax, insurance gross receipts tax, inheritance tax, cigarette tax, tobacco products tax, alcoholic beverage tax, hotel occupancy tax, crude oil tax, natural gas tax, telecommunications tax, motor fuel tax, and motor vehicle taxes.
We also handle tax disputes arising in other states. We've represented clients in tax disputes with the states of Louisiana, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, California, North Dakota, Kansas, Florida, and others.
Our state tax clients include Fortune 500 companies involved in numerous industries, including tobacco and agriculture, steel, heavy equipment manufacturing, oil and gas, high technology, petrochemical refining, equipment leasing, defense contracting, insurance, wholesale, retail, cable television, manufacturing, and service industries.
We handle tax disputes at all levels, beginning with assisting clients' tax professionals and in-house accountants with the audit. For Texas tax, we routinely defend our clients through the Comptroller’s administrative court process and in the Travis County district courts. When necessary, we prosecute cases through the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas, and through the Texas Supreme Court. For disputes with other states, we assist clients during the audit phase, represent them through the stats' administrative processes, and when necessary defend them in the states' court system, with the assistance of local counsel.
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