T.W. Lewis & Co., LLC is a boutique tax law firm, practicing exclusively Tax Law, International Tax Law, Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Exempt Organizations. We provide the highest quality legal and tax advice. We serve clients throughout the world on many taxes imposed by different taxing authorities.
Our tax practice spans domestic and international matters. For each, we provide advisory, compliance, collection and controversy matters. Tax aspects of real estate, including FIRPTA, partnership tax and use of entities in tax planning, makes up a significant part of our practice. Our clients range from extremely wealthy individuals requiring tax and estate planning to self-employed blue collar individuals requiring tax collection defense and an ultimate resolution of a difficult tax and financial situation arising from failure to file returns or pay taxes. Many of our clients have applied for penalty relief under IRS Streamlined and Voluntary Disclosure Program Initiatives or the New York State Voluntary Disclosure Program.
We are also well recognized in the legal community. Our sophisticated international practice assists many New York City based corporate and real estate law firms, along with related financial advisory and real estate brokerage firms. We quickly resolve unexpected title closing issues such as tax liens so that a transaction can proceed with minimal disruptions. We also prepare Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, FIRPTA withholding certificate applications, requests for EINs and ITINs. We also prepare all types of tax returns, Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBAR) and other filings.
Firm founder Tim Lewis is a member of the New York State and City bar associations, leads Metropolitan Tax Lawyers and co-leads the Downtown Lawyers attorney forum. He has significant experience in all types of legal work environments: large law firm, small law firm and in-house. He holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and an L.L.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law. He is also well published and regularly teaches continuing education classes in his fields of expertise. Likewise, of counsel attorneys Iven R. Taub and Lissett Ferreira have significant experience in their tax, trusts and estates and elder law fields of specialization.
Tim Lewis can also accommodate Spanish-speaking clients. All pages of this site constitute attorney advertising.