Overview
Lana has over 20 years of tax experience serving closely held and pass-through businesses, with a focus on complex partnership tax compliance, planning, and consulting. Her experience includes private equity-backed portfolio companies, real estate investment structures, operating partnerships, and multi-state partnership reporting. Lana brings a practical, quality-focused approach to coordinating federal and multi- state compliance, K-1 planning and investor reporting, and complex partnership tax matters. She also advises high-net-worth individuals and families on trust, estate, and gift tax matters.
Technical experience
- Complex partnership tax compliance and consulting for pass-through entities, private equity funds, and real estate investment structures
- Target allocations, partnership capital account maintenance (PCAM), and tax basis capital reporting
- 704(b) substantial economic effect allocations, §704(c) methods, and reverse §704(c) allocations
- 754 election planning, basis step-up analysis, and transaction modeling
- Multi-state partnership compliance, PTE tax elections, composite returns, and nonresident withholding
- Operating agreement analysis and partnership waterfall interpretation
- Transaction planning, tax due diligence, and buyer/seller-side tax consulting
- K-1 planning, investor reporting, and coordination of complex partner reporting requirements
Education
- Master of Accountancy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
In the community
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA)