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| Welcome to the Martens, Seay & Todd website. Our firm represents clients in Texas tax and federal tax controversies and litigation. We are centrally located in downtown Austin, Texas. |
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| Federal Tax Litigation | | We have the skills to represent clients at all levels, from the audit stage, through the administrative appeals process, and in court. Our lawyers are licensed to practice in all of the Texas state courts, the United States Tax Court, the United States District Courts, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. | | More Info | Archives |
| Upcoming Seminars | | All of our attorneys are frequent lecturers and speakers at symposiums and seminars throughout Texas and the nation, not just for lawyers, but also for CPAs, corporate controllers, and individual taxpayers. | | More Info | Archives |
| Offshore Voluntary Compliance Deadline Extended |
| The IRS extended, until October 15, 2009, its deadline for taxpayers to participate in the Offshore Voluntary Compliance Program. There is still time to initiate the disclosure process. Click "More Info" below. |
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| Texas Tax Legislation |
| Sweeping changes were recently made to the Texas franchise tax. Click "More Info" below for additional coverage. |
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| Federal Tax Matters | | For our federal tax clients, we handle cases involving income taxes, estate and gift taxes, excise taxes, and payroll taxes. We have significant experience handling cases involving international tax issues, domestic tax issues, employee vs. independent contractor status issues, and other complex tax issues. | | More Info | Archives |
| State Tax Clients | | Our state tax clients include Fortune 500 companies involved in numerous industries, including tobacco and agriculture, steel, heavy equiptment manufacturing, oil and gas, high technology, petrochemical refining, equiptment leasing, defense contracting, insurance wholesale, retail, cable television, manufacturing, and service industries. | | More Info | Archives |
| Texas Tax Controversies | | We handle tax disputes at all levels, beginning with assisting clients' tax professionals and in-house accountants with the audit. We routinely defend our clients through the Comptroller's administrative court process and in the Travis County district courts. When necessary, we prosecute cases through the Third Court of Appeals. | | More Info | Archives |
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Breck Bostwick
Property Tax Consultant
- Real Estate Property Tax
- Personal Property Tax
- bbostwick@austin.rr.com
- (512)418-0027
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Breck Bostwick is the principal of a property tax representation company, Breck Bostwick & Associates, in Austin, Texas. Mr. Bostwick is a licensed senior property tax consultant with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. He began his career in property taxation with the Governor's Office of Education Resources on the first statewide property tax study conducted in Texas. He continued with the School Tax Assessment Practices Board and later, with the Texas State Property Tax Board, where he last served as Director of Valuations. His primary responsibility in that position was the annual Property Value Study, which is still used as the basis for the distribution of state funds for public education. He left the State in 1986 to join Real Estate Tax Services, a nationwide property tax consulting firm, where he served as Vice President and Manager of the Austin office. Mr. Bostwick became a Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche and its leader of the Austin Commercial Practice after it acquired RETS. He started his own company in December, 2001. He is a past president of the Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals and served as their Legislative Committee chair for 14 years. He received his B.A. degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin. He focuses on handling difficult and complex commercial property tax problems. He routinely represents the owners of hotels, office buildings, apartments, retail stores and other businesses in challenging their Texas property tax assessments. He is a frequent speaker at property tax seminars and conferences, including the Texas A & M Legal Seminar on Property Taxation.
Mr. Bostwick can be reached by e-mail at bbostwick@austin.rr.com or by telephone at (512)418-0027.
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