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Karl A. Kaufman

Contact Us 907-276-5152

I focus on explaining complicated rules in simple language and finding practical solutions.

Karl’s practice emphasizes tax planning and advice, wills, trusts and probate administration, tax-exempt organizations, and Alaska Native law. 

Karl is a past president of the Anchorage Estate Planning Council, and he is a frequent speaker on federal and state tax issues, estate planning and probate, and other topics.

He entered private practice in 2010 in Portland, Oregon, after receiving his LL.M. in taxation from New York University.  Before attending NYU, Karl clerked for the Hon. Walter Edmonds on the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Facilitating Fraud: The Perils of Cooperating with a Tax Avoidance Scheme, Oregon State Bar Taxation Section newsletter, (Volume 14, Number 3), Fall 2011

Litchfield Revisited: Post Valuation Appreciation of S Corporation Stock Should Not Be Included in Built-in Gain Discount, Insights (Willamette Management Associates, Summer 2011

Making a Will, Alaska Association of Paralegals, February 2017

Initial Steps in Probate Estate Administration, Estate Administration From Start to Finish, Anchorage, Alaska, December 20, 2016

Initial Steps in Estate Administration, Estate Administration From Start to Finish, Anchorage, Alaska, December 20, 2016

Distribution and Closing the Probate Estate, Estate Administration From Start to Finish, Anchorage, Alaska, December 20, 2016

Maintaining an Ethical Balance in Probate Practice, Estate Administration From Start to Finish, Anchorage, Alaska, December 20, 2016

Alaska Marijuana Taxation:  The Latest Rules (co-presentation with LBB Attorney Leslie R. Need), Anchorage, Alaska, December 9, 2016

Tax Benefits of ANCSA Settlement Trusts, Anchorage, Alaska, August 2016

Alaska Native Corporation Stock Inheritance, Anchorage, Alaska, July 2016

Alaska Education Tax Credit (co-presentation with Emily Drygas and Sheri Buretta) Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, 8th Annual Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, April 18, 2016

Drafting Effective Wills and Trusts, National Business Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, December 15, 2015

Recent Changes to Circular 230 (Legal Education Presentation), Tax Section of the Alaska Bar Association, Anchorage, Alaska, January 14, 2015

Alaska Education Tax Credit: the Ultimate ROI (co-presentation with Harry Need, Director of Gift Planning, UA Foundation), Presentation to the Alaska Native Law Section of the Alaska Bar Association, November 17, 2014

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karlk@lbblawyers.com

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907-276-5152

I focus on explaining complicated rules in simple language and finding practical solutions.

Admitted to Practice

  • State of Alaska (2014)
  • State of Oregon (2007)

Memberships & Recognition

  • Member, Tax Law Section
  • Member, Alaska Native Law Section
  • Member, Estate Planning and Probate Law Section

Education

  • Tax Law Review, Graduate Editor
  • Wilf Tax Scholar