Biography
Frank C. Carnahan is a member of the Transactional Practice Group of Carnahan Evans PC. His practice includes tax (planning, audit, tax controversy and collection matters), transactional, corporate and other business entities, real estate, general business and franchise law. Martindale-Hubbell awarded him an AV Rating.
Frank maintains a personal law page with frequently asked questions and other information about Internal Revenue Service tax collection, employment tax, sales and use tax, and other topics at CarnahanLaw.com.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association 1986-2020 (Technology Committee Member, 1986-2020, Chairman 2002)
- American Bar Association 1986-2010 (Sections on: Taxation, Law Practice Management and Franchise Forum)
- Missouri Bar Association 1986-2010 (Taxation Committee, 1987-2010; Technology & Computer Law Committee, 1990-2010)
- Oregon State Bar Association 1984-2005 (resigned 2006)
ACCOLADES
2025: Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, Tax Law
EDUCATION
San Diego School of Law, LL.M. Taxation, 1986
Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, J.D., 1984
University of Missouri – Columbia, B.A., 1971
PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate and Business Entities
Business Organization and Planning
Family | Business Succession Planning
Transactions: buying and selling of businesses / stock and asset purchases
Real Estate
Like Kind Exchange
Taxation (income, employment and sales)
Tax Controversy (audits, protests, Tax Court cases and collection)
IRS Collection (installment agreements, offer in compromise, innocent spouse relief, discharge or property from lien, penalty abatement)
Franchise
Biography
Frank C. Carnahan is a member of the Transactional Practice Group of Carnahan Evans PC. His practice includes tax (planning, audit, tax controversy and collection matters), transactional, corporate and other business entities, real estate, general business and franchise law. Martindale-Hubbell awarded him an AV Rating.
Frank maintains a personal law page with frequently asked questions and other information about Internal Revenue Service tax collection, employment tax, sales and use tax, and other topics at CarnahanLaw.com.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association 1986-2020 (Technology Committee Member, 1986-2020, Chairman 2002)
- American Bar Association 1986-2010 (Sections on: Taxation, Law Practice Management and Franchise Forum)
- Missouri Bar Association 1986-2010 (Taxation Committee, 1987-2010; Technology & Computer Law Committee, 1990-2010)
- Oregon State Bar Association 1984-2005 (resigned 2006)
ACCOLADES
2025: Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, Tax Law
EDUCATION
San Diego School of Law, LL.M. Taxation, 1986
Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, J.D., 1984
University of Missouri – Columbia, B.A., 1971
PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate and Business Entities
Business Organization and Planning
Family | Business Succession Planning
Transactions: buying and selling of businesses / stock and asset purchases
Real Estate
Like Kind Exchange
Taxation (income, employment and sales)
Tax Controversy (audits, protests, Tax Court cases and collection)
IRS Collection (installment agreements, offer in compromise, innocent spouse relief, discharge or property from lien, penalty abatement)
Franchise
