The firm has an active estate administration practice and serves as counsel for numerous estates and trusts. This aspect of the firm's practice includes preparation of federal estate and state inheritance tax returns, handling of the federal estate tax audit and state inheritance proceedings, income tax planning for trusts, estates and their beneficiaries, and preparation of trust & estate accountings.

The firm represents clients at all levels of the Internal Revenue Service, as well as in proceedings before the U.S. Tax Court. We enjoy a respected reputation with the Internal Revenue Service's Estate and Gift Tax Department and our clients can be assured that they will be represented zealously and honestly in an estate or gift tax audit.

Danziger & Markhoff LLP has developed a special concentration in the administration of the estates of owners of closely held businesses. This includes the ability to deal thoroughly and creatively with the many issues relating to the valuation of such enterprises for tax and other purposes, and with the broader problems faced in administering an estate that has a continuing business as one of its key assets.