Calianno, Joe

Joseph M. Calianno J.D., LLM, MBA, CPA

Partner, International Technical Tax Practice Leader National Tax Office

Joe Calianno is partner and the International Technical Tax Practice Leader in the National Tax Office of Grant Thornton LLP. He practices in all areas of international taxation and helps assist the offices around the firm and the firm’s clients with complex international issues. He regularly advises on issues relating to cross border restructuring and financing, subpart F, foreign tax credit planning, tax treaties and global tax rate reduction. Experience

Prior to joining Grant Thornton LLP, Joe was a Special Counsel to the Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International) in the office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service. As a Special Counsel, he was the technical advisor to the Associate and Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International) and was involved in reviewing international regulations, revenue rulings, Notices, TAMs, PLRs and providing technical advice to the field. He also served as an Assistant © Grant Thornton LLP All rights reserved U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd

Branch Chief in Branch 6 (Corporate) in the Office of Chief Counsel in which he reviewed corporate public guidance projects, PLRs and TAMs. Additionally, he was an AttorneyAdvisor in Branch 4 (International) in the office of Chief Counsel. Mr. Calianno also spent several years in private practice at the National Tax Office of a Global accounting firm and a large law firm in which he advised clients in several areas of tax law, including international, corporate and partnership taxation. Professional qualifications and memberships

Member of the ABA’s Tax Section -Vice-Chair of the Foreign Activities of U.S. taxpayers (FAUST) committee -Former Chairman, International Aspects of Subchapter C SubCommittee, FAUST Member of the AICPA -Member and Vice Chair, AICPA’s International Technical Resource Panel -Chairman, AICPA’s Cross-Border M&A

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Task Force Board of Advisors for RIA’sJournal of International Taxation, RIA’s Journal of Corporate Tax, CCH’s Corporate Business Taxation Monthly and Atlas Community involvement

Joe is a guest lecturer at New York University Law School in the Graduate Tax Program and has been an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown Law School in the Graduate Tax Program Education

M.B.A., New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business LL.M. in Taxation, New York University School of Law J.D., Villanova University School of Law, cum laude, and member of the Villanova Law Review B.S. in Accounting, University of Scranton Presentations and publications

Mr. Calianno is a frequent speaker on international and corporate tax issues, especially issues relating to cross border restructurings. He has spoken at several national and regional tax conferences, including the ABA, AICPA, Atlas, BNA, DC Bar, Dallas Bar, Federal Bar, GW/IRS, Houston International Tax Forum, IFA, MACPA, TEI, St. Louis International Tax Group, USD School of Law/Procopio International Tax Institute, Wall Street and World Trade Council tax conferences. He also has published numerous articles in national journals on international and corporate tax issues, including articles in RIA’s Business Entities, CCH’s Global Tax Briefing, © Grant Thornton LLP All rights reserved U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd

CCH’s Journal of Passthrough Entities, CCH’s Journal of International Tax, International Tax Review, RIA’s Journal of International Taxation, RIA’s Journal of Corporate Taxation, RIA’s Journal of Taxation, Practising Law Institute, CCH’s Taxation of Global Transactions, Tax Notes, Tax Notes International, Tax Management International Journal, Tax Management Memorandum and The Tax Adviser. His articles have been cited in several major treatises and he frequently is quoted in the tax press on legislative and regulatory developments. Contact details 1900 M Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 T: 202.521.1505 F: 202.833.9165 E: [email protected]