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Robert W. Nelson

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Dykema
Texas, U.S.A.

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Robert Nelson serves as the co-leader of Dykema's Tax Group and advises clients on business tax planning, partnership tax planning, estate planning, international tax planning, and federal and state tax controversy. Robert’s CPA designation and years of experience handling a wide variety of complex tax matters, enable him to provide his clients with unique insight into the complex interplay between accounting and tax rules. His clients include privately held family businesses, Mexican-owned U.S. businesses, large corporations, and individuals. Robert is board certified in both Tax Law and Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1989

Education

University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 1989
Brigham Young University, MACC, 1985
Brigham Young University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1984
Brigham Young University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1984

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IRS Extends 2020 Tax Filing and Tax Payment Deadlines, But Not 2021 Estimate Dates
Dykema, March 2021

In News Release IR-2021-59, published on March 17, 2021, the IRS and Treasury Department announced that the Federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year is automatically extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021. Individual taxpayers can also postpone Federal income tax payments for the 2020 tax year due on April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021, without penalty or interest regardless of the amount owed...

IRS Issues Guidance for COVID-19 Related Mortgage Loan Forbearance and Modification
Dykema, April 2020

On April 13, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (the “Revenue Procedure”) providing guidance to lenders and loan servicers offering relief to borrowers with federally-backed residential and multifamily mortgage loans, including relief mandated under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136 (the “CARES Act”), as well as similar state programs...

Partnerships Are Eligible for Relief
Dykema, April 2020

On April 8, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-23, which allows eligible partnerships to file amended partnership returns for taxable years beginning in 2018 and 2019 in order to take advantage of the various tax incentives provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”)...

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