King & Spalding's nationally recognized tax attorneys regularly assist our healthcare clients. We have extensive experience in proceedings before the IRS and in providing advice to both taxable and tax-exempt clients in structuring transactions for the most beneficial tax treatment. Our expertise includes:

• Consulting with new healthcare organizations concerning whether they qualify for tax-exempt status, and if so, assisting them in preparing an application for tax-exempt status to be filed with the IRS.
  
  
• Advising tax-exempt healthcare organizations with respect to activities that may give rise to unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) and assisting them in minimizing their tax liability.
  
  
• Advising taxable and tax-exempt healthcare organizations with respect to the tax consequences of important transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and significant contracts.
  
  
• Representing tax-exempt healthcare organizations before the IRS in connection with audits and controversies, including those that threaten their tax-exempt status.
  
  
• Assisting tax-exempt healthcare organizations with current and deferred charitable giving matters, including planned giving transactions involving charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts and pooled income funds.

Recognitions

A number of our tax lawyers have served in high level positions at the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, King & Spalding’s tax attorneys have been recognized by:

• The Best Lawyers in America
  
  
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
  
  
• The Who’s Who of Business Lawyers
  
  
• Georgia Super Lawyers - Atlanta Magazine