David J. McLaughlin
David has experience in the areas of individual income and gift taxation, taxation of debt and other financial instruments, taxation of partnerships and issues of Massachusetts taxation.
Representative Client Work
- Assisted dairy processing company in structuring and closing its joint venture with a farmers’ cooperative
- Resolved a dispute between partners in a large hotel in Orlando, Florida, regarding the income tax consequences of contributions of property to a partnership
- Prepare disclosure of material income tax considerations for various public and private offerings of securities
- Advise on proper Federal and Massachusetts income tax reporting for high net worth individuals and large trusts
- Assist S corporations in structuring tax efficient dispositions of assets
- Evaluate for individual shareholders and corporations the potential or actual status of a foreign corporation as a passive foreign investment company
- Advise on various payroll and worker classification issues
News & Publications
- Sullivan & Worcester Ranked in the 2013 Edition of The Legal 500 United States, S&W Press Release (June 4, 2013)
- "Massachusetts Increases Business Taxes, Empowers Commissioner to Deny Tax Benefits" (with Jonathan B. Dubitzky, William F. Halmkin and David J. Nagle), 27 State Tax Notes 1007 (March 17, 2003)