Brian A. Peabody is a principal in Ernst & Young LLP’s National Tax Department in Washington, D.C., where he concentrates his practice on corporate tax planning in the context of domestic and international acquisitions, dispositions, and financings. In addition, Brian focuses on tax issues facing troubled companies and obtains ruling requests from the Internal Revenue Service on a wide range of corporate tax issues, including reorganizations, consolidated return matters, and 9100 relief.
Brian has published numerous articles addressing corporate taxation, contributed to several ABA, DC Bar, and NYSBA reports, and is a frequent panelist at ABA, Federal Bar, DC Bar, and TEI conferences. In addition to BNA portfolios, Brian co-authors the Tax Accounting in Mergers and Acquisitions treatise (Wolters Kluwer). Brian is a former chairperson of the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Affiliated and Related Corporations Committee.
Education:
LL.M., New York University
J.D., University of Pennsylvania
B.A., Haverford College
Bloomberg Tax Management Portfolios
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Consolidated Returns — Elections and Filing (Portfolio 754)
This Portfolio analyzes the eligibility requirements and scope of the consolidated return regulations, and it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of filing consolidated returns.