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Bruce Mitchell Givner
Of Counsel| KFB Rice, LLP | www.kfbrice.com
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Listed as a SuperLawyer. Martindale-Hubbell Highest Rating AV Preeminent. Author of 110 articles in professional journals, chapters in professional treatises and books for professional societies. 43 years of practice in (i) ordinary income tax planning; (ii) reducing, deferring and eliminating capital gains taxes; (iii) eliminating estate taxes; (iv) planning for protection from future plaintiffs; and (v) potpourri of international tax, real estate tax, Tax Court, Probate Court, and estate planning.
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- President
- Givner & Kaye, A Professional Corporation
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- Federal and state tax law, including estate planning, estate tax planning, retirement plans, asset protection planning; represent taxpayers before the California Franchise Tax Board (audits, protests and SBE appeals) and the Internal Revenue Service (audits, appeals, Tax Court).
Education
- New York University School of Law
- LL.M. | Tax
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- Activities: Sampling every ethnic cuisine in the Village. Watching the Lakers win the NBA title. Going to Orange Julius.
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- Columbia Law School
- J.D. (1976)
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- Activities: Important leisure activities included walking from 116th street to 45th and Broadway, taking the Circle Line Tours, visiting Lincoln Center, and going to the Journalism School to read out-of-town newspapers to check on UCLA basketball games (no internet back then).
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- University of California - Los Angeles
- B.A. | History
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- We would watch the games at Pauley Pavilion, and then rush back to the dorms to watch the re-broadcast on TV. How long would it take the other team to call its first timeout? At 2 minutes when the score was 12-1?
- Activities: Avid basketball fan as the Bruins went 117-3 (4 NCAA titles) in 4 years under the legend, the Wizard of Westwood.
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Professional Associations
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Taxation Section. Estate and Probate Section.
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- California State Bar # 73354
- Member
- - Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts May Make You Yawn, But They Work
- Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Anticipating Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax
- Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Anticipating Joe Biden’s Proposed Capital Gains Tax
- Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Use It Or Lose It: The Newly Doubled Estate And Gift Tax Exclusion
- Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Mitigating The New Limit On Home Property Tax Deductions
- Los Angeles Daily Journal
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- Website
- KFB Rice, LLP - Firm Website
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