Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Anthony J. Scaletta is a tax lawyer whose practice has centered on the representation of individuals, families, business entities and nonprofit organizations in matters of tax planning, wealth preservation planning and tax controversy representation.

Mr. Scaletta regularly represents taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service at the audit, appeal and trial levels. He assists taxpayers in securing private letter rulings from the National Office, as well as in negotiating installment payment agreements, offers in compromises, interest and penalty abatements and removing tax liens.

Mr. Scaletta also regularly represents taxpayers before the Florida Department of Revenue and counsels clients on matters involving sales tax, documentary stamp taxes and intangible taxes.

Mr. Scaletta maintains an active trusts and estates practice. He has significant experience in planning and implementing wealth preservation plans for high-net-worth individuals, and he counsels fiduciaries and beneficiaries in probate and trust litigation.

Mr. Scaletta sits on the Executive Council of the Florida Bar Association’s Tax Section, and previously served on the Executive Council of the Florida Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section.

Areas of Practice

• Private Wealth: Private Wealth Planning
• Private Wealth: Trusts & Estates
• Tax: Controversy & Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1996
• U.S. Tax Court, 1996
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1997
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Bar Association’s Tax Section (Executive Council)
• Florida Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (Executive Council)

Education

• Nova University Center for the Study of Law, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1995
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1997
  L.L.M.
  Major: Taxation
• University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 1990
  B.S.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: Finance

Published Works

• The Governor's Troops Under the Florida Constitution, 18 NOVA L. REV 1133, 1994
• “The Incredible Taxpayer: The U.S. Tax Court and I.R.C. Section 7491,”, Fla. B.J. 80, June, 2003
• “The Continuing Evolution of the ‘New’ Innocent Spouse Rules as Implemented and Interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service and the Courts, Part II,”, 76 Fla. B.J. 53, March, 2002
• "The Continuing Evolution of the ‘New’ Innocent Spouse Rules as Implemented and Interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service and the Courts, Part I,”, 76 Fla. B.J. 41, February, 2002

Address

SunTrust Center, Suite 2300
200 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801-3432

Phones

(407) 649-4026

Faxes

(407) 841-0168

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