About Craig Alan Houghton

Craig Alan Houghton is a lawyer practicing transactions and tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, stock sales, and bootstrap acquisitions and 27 other areas of law. Craig received a B.A. degree from University of California San Diego in 1976, and has been licensed for 47 years. Craig practices at McCormick Barstow LLP in Fresno, CA.

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Awards

AV Preeminent Peer Rated

This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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Services

Areas of Law

Business Law
Corporate Law
Trusts and Estates 1
- Estate Planning
Property Tax Appeals
Other 25
- TRANSACTIONS AND TAX PLANNING
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Asset Sales, Stock Sales, and Bootstrap Acquisitions
- Entity Formations, Restructuring, and Reorganizations
- Basis, At Risk, and Passive Loss Tax Planning
- Insolvency and Workout Tax Planning
- Affiliated Entity and Transfer Pricing Tax Planning
- Succession Planning (including Entity and Asset Valuation Issues)
- Sales, Use, and Other Business Taxes Planning
- Property Tax Planning
- TAX CONTROVERSIES
- Income, Estate and Gift, Employment, Sales and Use, and other Business Tax Audits
- California Residency Audits (Individuals and Tribal Members)
- Penalty Abatement or Waiver Claims (including Offshore)
- Tax Administrative Appeals (Federal and California)
- Tax Collection Issues (including Tax Liens, Levies, and Collection Due Process Appeals)
- Deficiency and Collection Cases in the United States Tax Court
- Tax Refund Suits in the Federal District Courts
- Tax Appeals in the Federal Courts of Appeals
- TAX COMPLIANCE
- Tax Reporting Issues (including Disclosure Issues)
- Amended Returns and Claims for Refund
- Accounting Method Issues
- Non-Filed and Delinquent Return Issues
- Federal Voluntary Disclosures (Domestic and Offshore)

Practice Details

Firm Information

Position
Of Counsel

Firm Name
McCormick Barstow LLP
Representative Cases & Transactions

Cases
Cases of Significant Interst
Peracchi v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 143 F.3d 487 (9th Cir. 1998)
Rojas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 901 F.2d 810 (9th Cir. 1990)
Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 145 T.C. 145 (2015)

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Experience

Bar Admission & Memberships

Admissions
1979, California
United States Tax Court
U.S. District Courts (Eastern and Central Districts of California)
United States Court of Appeals (Ninth and Eight Circuits)
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Memberships

Associations
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of California
- United States Tax Court
- U.S. District Courts (Eastern and Central Districts of California)
- United States Court of Appeals (Ninth and Eight Circuits)
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
American Bar Association
-Section of Taxation, Member Various Committees
Chair former Business Cooperatives & Agriculture Committee
California Lawyers Association
- Tax Section, Member Various Committees
Executive Committee Member and Vice Chair (1998-2001)
Federal Bar Association
-San Joaquin Valley Chapter Secretary and Board Member (Former President)
-Chair/Coordinator Tax Court Pro Se Program (2011-Present)
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Limited Cooperative Associations Act
-ABA Advisor to Drafting Committee
Fresno County Bar Association
Education & Certifications

Law School
Hastings College of Law University of California
Class of 1979
J.D.

New York University School of Law
Class of 1982
LL.M.
Taxation

Other Education
University of California San Diego
Class of 1976
B.A.
highest honors
Personal Details & History

Age
Born in 1954
Orange, California, February 9, 1954

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