Dan Butcher counsels clients on tax matters, particularly in the areas of state and local taxation, federal income taxation, state tax, and tax-exempt organizations. He has extensive experience with matters involving Texas franchise tax, Texas sales and use tax, and other state and local taxes, including administrative appeals, refund claims, and litigation. A significant part of this practice includes representing taxpayers before the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts as well as the agencies responsible for state taxes in many other states in the U.S.

Mr. Butcher currently serves as Strasburger's Managing Partner.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Represented many taxpayers in cases and proceedings seeking Texas state tax refunds or contesting assessments.
• Assisted numerous private companies in voluntary disclosure of state and local tax liability throughout the United States to reduce exposure to penalty, interest and back taxes.
• Assisted companies in negotiation of state sales and use tax collection agreements.
• Assisted taxpayers to reduce sales tax on aircraft and other "large ticket" item purchases.
• Assisted taxpayers in structuring business operations to reduce state corporate income and franchise tax.
• Analyzed and advised with respect to state transaction and income tax aspects of numerous mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions.
• Assisted taxpayers in negotiating and implementing tax incentive and tax abatement agreements.
• Represented taxpayer in Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc. v. Strayhorn, 175 S.W. 3d 856 (Tex.App.-Austin, 2005, pet.denied) (Texas franchise tax provisions governing "throwback" of out-of-state sales discriminated against interstate commerce and therefore violated Commerce Clause).

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Multi-State Tax Update (November 2009)

Recent Texas Sales & Franchise (Margin) Tax Developments and Legislative Update, Dallas/Fort Worth State Tax Association (February 2007)

Unique Tax and Accounting Issues for Direct Selling Companies, Direct Selling Association 2004 Tax & Accounting Practicum (July 2004, Washington, D.C.).

Traps to Avoid in State and Local Taxation, Strasburger & Price, LLP Annual Tax Symposium (August 2002, Dallas and San Antonio, Texas).

Going Global: International Tax Issues, Direct Selling Association 2002 Finance, Tax & Administration Seminar (December 2002, Washington, D.C.).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Admitted, Texas; State Bar of Texas Tax Section (Chairman, Corporate Tax Committee 1991-93; Chairman, State Tax Committee 1992-94).

Mr. Butcher is a former General Counsel of the Southwest Chapter of the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce.

Named in the 2005-2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America

Named a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008

EDUCATION

Southern Methodist University, LL.M. (Taxation) 1989
The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. (with honors) 1984; Editor, Texas International Law Journal (1983-84)
University of Denver, B.S.A. (cum laude) 1981