Joe Calianno is a managing director in the US National Tax practice in the Washington D.C. office and serves as the USNT leader for international tax. He advises clients on all areas of international tax, including provisions related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and cross-border restructuring.
Before joining Andersen, Joe was a partner at both BDO and Grant Thornton, where he served as the International Technical Tax Practice Leader in both firm’s national tax offices.
Joe also previously served as Special Counsel to the Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International) in the office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service. As Special Counsel, he was a technical advisor to the Associate and Deputy Associate Chief Counsel International and was involved in reviewing international tax regulations, revenue rulings, Notices, TAMs, PLRs, and providing technical advice to the IRS field offices. He also practiced with PWC’s National Tax office and Miles & Stockbridge, a large law firm.
Joe has been a guest lecturer at New York University Law School in the Graduate Tax Program (International Business Transactions class) and an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown Law School in the Graduate Tax Program.
Joe is a frequent speaker on international tax issues, has published numerous articles for national journals, and is regularly quoted in the tax press on international tax developments.
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Education
- University of Scranton, BS (Accounting)
- Villanova University School of Law, JD (Villanova Law Review)
- New York University School of Law, LLM (Taxation)
- New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, MBA
Affiliations
- American Bar Association (ABA), Tax Section
- ABA, Tax Section, Past Chair, Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Past Chair and Vice Chair, International Tax Technical Resource Panel
- International Fiscal Association (IFA), Member of IFA USA Branch CounselAICPA, Prior Member of the AICPA's Tax Executive Committee
- Federal Bar Association, Advisory Board Member for Annual Tax Law Conference (Served as Co-Chair of International Tax Section)