Potential areas of Tax Controversies include sales use tax, property taxes, income and Federal Estate and gift taxes. The Transactional and Estate Planning Groups of Carnahan Evans, specialize in representing clients at all levels of tax controversies including audits, appeals and all levels of State and Federal Courts, including the Tax Court of the United States. The more important aspects of tax controversy work is contemporaneous record keeping of transactions at the time and preparation of the possibility to future disputes. Federal Tax litigation may be pursued in three distinctly different tax systems, the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims and local Federal District Courts.