Awards & Rankings 04.10.24
Pillsbury’s International Arbitration Group Again Included in GAR 100 Guide as Top International Arbitration Practice
Source: Global Arbitration Review
Bill Bonano leads Pillsbury’s Federal Tax Controversy & Tax Policy practice. His practice focuses on international and domestic tax planning and representing taxpayers involved in federal and state controversy matters.
Bill is very experienced in handling U.S. domestic and international issue tax controversy matters, including dealing with all aspects of IRS audits, resolving hundreds of matters before the Office of Appeals and litigating over 25 matters before the U.S. Tax Court, including the only Tax Court arbitration of a transfer pricing issue. He has extensive international planning experience, particularly in the areas of transfer pricing, FATCA compliance and foreign financial asset reporting compliance.
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He frequently advises foreign companies involved in investing in the U.S. and U.S. companies concerning structuring operations outside of the U.S. He also frequently advises clients concerning cost sharing, cross-border IP transfers, and treaty Competent Authority proceedings. Bill also has considerable experience with inbound investment from Japan and China. Finally, Bill has successfully resolved a number of very large employment tax matters.
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Cases Litigated
La Fargue v. Commissioner, 73 T.C. 40 (1979).
Soelling v. Commissioner, 70 T.C. 1052 (1978).
Author of the litigation chapter in the Practical Guide to U.S. Transfer Pricing, published by Tax Analysts.
Government Service
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Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law
B.S., California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
Admissions
California
Washington State
Courts
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court