J Paul Varner is a lawyer practicing tax, taxation of businesses, state and local tax and 7 other areas of law. J received a B.B.A. degree from University of Mississippi in 1977, and has been licensed for 44 years. J practices at Butler Snow LLP in Ridgeland, MS and 1 other location.
Associations
American Bar Association
Taxation Section
State and Local Tax Committee
Institute for Professionals in Taxation
Capital Area Bar Association
National Association of Property Tax Attorneys
Mississippi Bar Association
Taxation Section
Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants
Board of Governors, 1987-1989
Board of Governors, 1997-1999
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Tax
• Certified Public Accountant (Miss.)
• Mississippi Legal Correspondent, State Tax Notes
• Mississippi Tax Institute
- Board of Trustees, 1993-1995
• AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Associations
• American Bar Association
- Taxation Section
-- State and Local Tax Committee
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
• National Association of Property Tax Attorneys
• Mississippi Bar Association
- Taxation Section
• Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants 1987-111997-11
• Capital Area Bar Association
Experience
• Fed Gift Tax Controversy. Representation of taxpayers in U.S. District Court to contest transferee liability for unpaid gift taxes.
• Fed Income Tax Controversy. Representation of taxpayers before the IRS Appeals Division and the U. S. Tax Court to contest proposed assessments of income tax.
• Fed Estate Tax Controversy. Representation of estate in the U.S. Tax Court to contest the disallowance of a charitable deduction for a post mortem grant of a conservation easement.
• Fed Gift Tax Controversy. Representation of taxpayers before the IRS Appeals Division to defend discounts claimed in connection with the valuations of gifted interests in family limited partnerships.
• State Tax Controversy. Representation of multi-state corporaton in Miss. Chancery Court involving the issue of how to apportion income earned from electronic commerce.
• State Tax Controversy. Representation of out-of-state individual taxpayers in multi-million dollar Miss. income tax assessment; taxpayers could not post jurisdictional bond, so relief was secured in TRO action in Miss. Chancery Court resulting in favorable settlement for taxpayers of approximately 25% of original assessment..
• State Tax Controversy. Representation of Fortune 500 company in multi-million dollar income tax assessment and refund action in Miss. Chancery Court resulting in $4,000,000 refund (issue was whether gain on sals of business was business income or nonbusiness income under UDITPA).
• State Tax Controversy. Representation of multi-state corporation seeking refund of state use taxes pursuant to exemption based on payment of sales tax to another state on the same transactionn Weeks Dredging & Contracting, Inc. v. MS State Tax Commission, 521 So. 2d 884 (Miss. 1988).
• State Tax Controversy. Representation of multi-state corporation in Miss. Chancery Court contesting the disallowance of deductions for premiums paid to captive insurance company.
• Tax Deferred Exchanges. Representation of numerous taxpayers in structuring and documenting forward and reverse like kind exchanges of real property.
• Corporate Reorganizations. Representation of numerous corporations in structuring acquisitive and divisive tax-free reorganizations.
• Private letter Rulings. Representation of numerous taxpayers to successfully obtain private letter rulings on various issues from both the IRS and the Miss. State Tax Commission.
• State Tax Controversy. Representation of Fortune 500 company in Million Dollar plus assessment of income tax from the disallowance of royalties paid to an affiliate for use of affiliate's intellectual property.
Papers, Presentations & Publications
• Co-Presenter, "Overview of Mississippi Sales and Use Tax," Lorman, 2011.
• Presenter, "Tax Changes in the Healthcare Reform Act of 2010," Financial Planning Association of Mississippi, 2010.
• "IRS Proposes New Audit Me Disclosure Requirement," Pointe Innovation, Spring 2010.
• "Mississippi's Tax Commission is Replaced by Department of Revenue and Independent Board of Tax Appeals," Mississippi Tax Bulletin, July 2010.
• "Change in Mississippi Contractor's Tax Impacts Refinery Owners and Contractors That Construct Improvements at Refineries," Mississippi Tax Bulletin, May 2010.
• "New Mississippi Corporate Franchise Tax Regulation Many Tax Certain Loans from Affiliates," Mississippi Tax Bulletin, December 2009.
• "The Tax Relief Act of 2010: An Overview of Business Incentives," Planning Notes, April 2011.
• "The Tax Relief Act of 2010: An Overview of Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Provisions," Planning Notes, January 2011.
• "Planning for Largest Tax Increase in U.S. History," Planning Notes, November 2010.
• "New Law Provides Significant Tax Breaks to Businesses," Planning Notes, September 2010.
• "IRS Implements New Corporate "Audit Me" Disclosure Requirement," Planning Notes, August 2010.
• "Estate Tax: Gone Today, But Still Requires Planning," Planning Notes, January 2010.
• "Passive Activity Loss Rules: Members in LLC and LLP Are Not Limited Partners," Planning Notes, September 2009.
Renaissance at Colony Park1020 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 1400P.O. Box 6010Ridgeland, MS 39157U.S.A.
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