Taxation

Ariano Hardy Ritt advises individuals and businesses on federal, state and local tax matters. In cooperation with clients' accountants the Firm assists individual and business clients in all aspects of taxation affecting the life-cycle of a business, including compensation, buy-sell agreements, business acquisitions and dispositions, the admission or withdrawal of owners and other tax issues.

The Firm also serves as counsel to a number of tax-exempt organizations and assists such organizations in obtaining and maintaining federal tax exempt status and in qualifying for exemption from real estate, sales and use and other taxes. In addition Ariano Hardy Ritt it advises such organizations on qualification as a public charity or a private foundation and the taxation of unrelated business income.

Ariano Hardy Ritt serves clients in the Fox Valley Area and the Chicago Northwest Suburbs in communities such as Elgin, South Elgin, Huntley, Hampshire
Hoffman Estates, St. Charles, Geneva, Aurora, Bartlett, Streamwood, East and West Dundee, Carpentersville, Lake In The Hills, and Crystal Lake.

Ariano Hardy Ritt regularly practices in Kane County, Kendall County, DuPage County, McHenry County, DeKalb County and Cook County courts.