Overview
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 11:30am to 1:30pm
Join us for a lively exchange of information and ideas with your peers over lunch at this FOX Regional Member Briefing.
Attendance is included with membership, but advance registration is required.
Host Presentation:
“Doing Business” in California: Perspectives on California’s Aggressive Taxation of Business Entities and their Members
Recommended for:
Families and Single Family Office Executives. This event is not open to wealth advisors.
Location
Schiff Hardin LLPOne Market, Spear Street Tower, 32nd Floor
San Francisco California 94105
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- Agenda
- Speakers
- FOX Facilitators
12:00 p.m. FOX Welcome
12:15 p.m. Host presentation during lunch
1:15 p.m. Peer Dialogue
2:00 p.m. Adjourn
Host presentation:
“Doing Business” in California: Perspectives on California’s Aggressive Taxation of Business Entities and their Members
Moderated by Paula goodwin and Brett Zudekoff
The California Franchise Tax Board has adopted a broad interpretation of what constitutes “doing business” in the state that can subject out-of-state LLCs and their out of state members (individuals, corporations and other pass through entities) to California filing requirements and tax obligations. Even if your business is registered in another state and makes its profit in that other state, or has its primary asset in another state, if the activities of one or more members of the LLC are treated as “doing business” in California, then the LLC along with all of its other members are also treated as “doing business” in California – even if those other members have no ties to California whatsoever. Instructing a property manager or employee over the phone by one member could constitute enough activity to be treated as “doing business”, and result in all other members being subjected to California taxation.
As the State of California plans to become more aggressive in the collection of these taxes, please join Family Office Exchange as Paula L. Goodwin, Partner, and Brett David Zudekoff, Associate, of Schiff Hardin, LLP assess the impact of this controversial interpretation and its effect on your family and the families that you serve.
Paula and Brett will provide insight into…
• How to identify if you or your entity are “doing business” in California
• Penalties associated with failing to file a return and pay taxes
• Asset review and planning critical to minimizing tax and enhancing family wealth and family businesses
Paula Leibovitz Goodwin, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP
Paula Leibovitz Goodwin has more than 30 years of experience in estate planning and decedent estate administration, with an emphasis on tax planning for both large and small estates. Her estate planning practice includes preparing living trusts, wills, power of attorneys, retirement and life insurance beneficiary forms. Her decedent estate administration practice includes postmortem trust administration, probates and federal estate tax return preparation.
Speeches and Presentations
"Charitable Lead Trusts: The Time is Now," (co-presenter) East Bay Community Foundation, Oakland, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2010)
Previous Experience
Ms. Goodwin founded Leibovitz Goodwin Law Group and maintained her own practice until she joined Schiff Hardin in 2013. She was a Senior Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University's Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation from 1985 to 1993.
Awards and Honors
AV Rated – Martindale-Hubbell
Northern California Super Lawyers – Estate and Probate; Tax
Outstanding Faculty Member, Golden Gate University Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation (1989)
Outstanding Friend of Education, Contra Costa County and Orinda Union School District (2002)
Education
University of California — Hastings College of the Law(J.D., 1979)
Golden Gate University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1980)
University of Colorado Boulder(B.A., 1975)
Professional Certifications
Certified Specialist – Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, State Bar of California
Certified Specialist – Taxation, State Bar of California
Brett D. Zudekoff, Associate, Schiff Hardin LLP
Brett D. Zudekoff focuses his practice on general estate planning, including wills, trusts and other tools for family wealth preservation, charitable planning and asset protection, as well as probate and estate administration.
Publications
"Critical Time for Same-Sex Couples to Review Estate Plans," (co-author) Daily Journal (July 5, 2013)
"Designating the Application of Another State’s Laws in a Trust," (co-author) The Practical Practitioner, Estate Planning, Vol. 38, No. 4 (April 2011)
Speeches and Presentations
"It's a Whole New World: Tax and Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples after the Demise of DOMA," (co-presenter) Diablo Valley Estate Planning Council, Lafayette, Calif. (Sept. 18, 2013)
"It's a Whole New World: Tax and Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples after the Demise of DOMA," (co-presenter) Schiff Hardin Presentation, San Francisco, Calif. (July 18, 2013)
Education
Georgia State University College of Law(J.D., magna cum laude, 2009)
Associate Editor, Georgia State Law Review
Judicial Intern — Honorable Justice Hugh P. Thompson
Supreme Court of Georgia (Fall 2008)
Georgia Institute of Technology(B.S., Management, 2005)
Mariann Mihailidis, Managing Director, Family Office Market
Mariann Mihailidis serves as managing director and consultant to family office members of the Family Office Exchange. In her role she oversees the management of all domestic family office relationships. As a practicing tax and estate-planning attorney, she develops strategies in wealth transfer issues, taxes, and corporate structures. Ms. Mihailidis has served as an executor and trustee, and her fiduciary responsibilities included administrative, legal, and accounting duties of various trusts and estates.Prior to joining FOX in 1996, Ms. Mihailidis worked in one of America’s leading family offices for four years as an accounting manager for the family’s investment partnerships and operating companies.She also spent more than six years in public accounting, including work as an auditor for Price Waterhouse.
Karen Rush, Director of Membership
Karen Rush is Director of Membership for Family Office Exchange (FOX). She is part of the advisor team that works to increase membership and provide member services. Formerly events manager, she was responsible for planning all external FOX events, including forums, workshops and regional events. Prior to joining FOX in 2005, Ms. Rush spent 10 years at a large, multi-generational family office as the communications coordinator. She worked directly with the family office and family members to develop a family meeting process and younger generation education program.