Frank L. Brunetti - Of Counsel/Partner Emeritus

Chair: Tax, Trusts & Estates Practice

201-896-7061
201-896-7062
fbrunetti@sh-law.com
Lyndhurst

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Biography

Frank L. Brunetti has been practicing law for forty years in the areas of estate and wealth preservation, tax planning for business entities and complex tax matters.

Mr. Brunetti handles all aspects of client financial, family and tax matters including gift and estate planning, tax exempt organizations, family business arrangements and corporate tax matters. He has extensive experience in federal and state individual income and corporate tax compliance and tax controversy matters. He is admitted to the New Jersey and New York Bars as well as the United States Tax Court.

Mr. Brunetti practices in the areas of estate and wealth preservation, tax planning for business entities and complex tax matters. In more than 40 years of practice, he has handled all aspects of client financial, family and tax matters including gift and estate planning, tax exempt organizations, family business arrangements and corporate tax matters. He has extensive experience in federal and state individual income and corporate tax compliance and tax controversy matters.

In addition to practicing law, Mr. Brunetti is a Professor of Taxation and Law at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he teaches several graduate tax courses. He is the author of numerous articles and books in the income tax and estate planning field, including Fundamentals of Federal Tax Accounting published by the American Law Institute-American Bar Association. He continues to lecture extensively on topics that include tax accounting, corporate taxation and estate planning to name a few. Mr. Brunetti is also an Observer Member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Cooperation in International Tax Matters.

Publications

Title	Publisher	Date
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact – Guide to Exceeding the Standard Deduction	Commerce Clearing House	November 30, 2018
Federal Tax Accounting (2019)	Commerce Clearing House	September 24, 2018
(Co-Author) Young Lawyers Advisory Board: The Anniversary of Bail Reform	New Jersey Law Journal	April 2, 2018
(Co-Author) Rafizadeh Limits IRS’s Ability to Assess Tax on Foreign Accounts	Tax Notes	March 19, 2018
Negotiating Bilateral Tax Treaties, Manual Revision	United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters, Geneva, Switzerland	2016, 2010, 2009, 2006, 2005, 2003
Compensatory Distribution of Partnership Interests	Tax Notes, Volume 150, Number 10	March 7, 2016
@ISSUE: Is enough being done to catch tax cheats?	Asbury Park Press	May 8, 2015
Post-Assessment Income Taxes Held Non-Dischargeable Under U.S. Bankruptcy Code	New Jersey Law Journal	January 29, 2015
The Trusteed Individual Retirement Account	New Jersey Law Journal	December 17, 2014
Is the Right to Receive an Insurance Dividend an Incident of Ownership	New Jersey Law Journal	September 9, 2013
Defining Ponzi-Scheme Losses	New Jersey Law Journal	June 2012
A Primer for Tax Whistleblowers	The Tax Magazine®	April 2012
Yes, the IRS can Pierce the Corporate Veil	New Jersey Law Journal	February 2012
Circumventing the Priority of Federal Tax Liens	Real Estate Tax Digest	1997
Circumventing the Priority of Federal Tax Liens	Real Estate Tax Digest	1997
Fundamentals of Tax Accounting Methods and Periods	American Law Institute - American Bar Association	2007
Accounting Methods and Periods	CCH Solutions Tax and Business Advisory Library	2000
Right to Disclaim in Avoidance of Federal Tax Lien in Dispute	Real Estate Tax Digest	January 1999
Significant Changes Proposed to Rules for House GRITS	Real Estate Tax Digest	1997