Lisa Barringer Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California

Mill Valley, Ca

Responsible for a wide range of tax and legal issues affecting athletes and entertainers

San Francisco Bay Area

• Oversee tax and operations department responsible for providing financial reporting, bill pay, budget, payroll and tax services to over 150 professional athletes• Serve as TCM’s liaison with third party legal and CPA firms • Build a scalable business management platform by developing and consistently improving procedures to streamline tax preparation process both internally and with external third party providers • Review and advise on entity formation and maintenance including charitable giving• Direct all IRS and state tax audits as well as all handle all federal and state tax inquiries • Review legal agreements for clients, including contracts, purchase agreements, business plans, leases, and estate plans• Conduct legal research as necessary to advise clients and collaborate with outside law firms on various issues including sponsorship agreements, custody, child support, and criminal complaints• Create annual tax projections and tax planning scenarios that identify optimal payroll withholding, estimated payments, or loan out corporate salaries • Lead firm wide educational sessions on variety of business management topics

San Francisco Bay Area

Sports and Entertainment Specialty GroupProvide tax and financial management services to professional athletes and Olympians. Manage tax department and develop all internal tax procedures to streamline tax reporting, and ensure staff in two offices collaborate as a team to provide superb client service.Lead coordination of tax return preparation process with multiple CPA firms and developed procedures to create consistent deliverables.Manage all federal and state tax audits for clients. Personally closed over 50 IRS audits. Negotiated settlement proposals with IRS appeals officers and state tax officials.Sole responsibility for coordination of responses to state and federal tax notices, assessments, and state residency audits. Analyze professional sports contracts and prepare contract summaries and cash flow projections.Prepare annual tax projections for all clients incorporating information gathered from the clients, teams, and outside service providers. Create letters for each client summarizing tax deferrals and tax savings achieved from implementing recommended tax planning strategies. Partner with professional teams’ payroll and HR departments to respond to state inquiries as well as to implement optimal tax withholding.

State and Local Tax Practice and Federal Tax PracticeConsulted with corporate clients regarding income, franchise, payroll, and sales and use tax issues on both federal and state levels. Projects included due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, audit defense, voluntary disclosure agreements, tax minimization strategies, state tax return review, and credit and incentives projects.Drafted complex documents and memoranda including audit response briefs, claims for refund, tax protests and appeals to California and Washington agencies, as well as opinion letters, intercompany service and license agreements, nexus and taxability studies.

Consulted with professional athletes and sports organizations regarding tax and financial issues; identified and implemented planning opportunities involving income sourcing, apportionment and nexus.

Jd, Tax

Research Assistant, Tax Professor Steven Lind, 1995-1997 President, Association of Communications, Sports and Entertainment Law, 1995-96.

Ba, Law And Society

Track and Field Team