Joseph M. Calianno
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 external clients with complex international issues.   He regularly advises on issues relating to cross border restructuring and financing, subpart F and 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 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 Attorney-Advisor in Branch 4 (International) in the office of Chief Counsel.
Prior to joining the Office of Chief Counsel, Mr. Calianno 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.

Professional qualifications and memberships

Member of the ABA’s Tax Section

Chairman, International Aspects of Subchapter C Committee, Foreign Activities of U.S. taxpayers’ committee

Member, AICPA’s International Technical Resource Panel

Chairman, AICPA’s Cross-Border M&A Task Force

Board of Advisors for the Journal of International Taxation, Journal of Corporate Tax, and Atlas

Community involvement

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

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, Wall Street and World Trade Council tax conferences. He also has published numerous articles in national journals on corporate and international tax issues, including articles in Business Entities, Global Tax Briefing,  International Tax Review, Journal of International Taxation, Journal of Corporate Taxation, Journal of Taxation, Practising Law Institute, 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.

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, member of the Law Review
B.S. in Accounting, University of Scranton

Contact details

1900 M Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036

T: 202.521.1505
F: 202.833.9165
E: Joe.Calianno@gt.com