Mark L. Astling

Associate
Salt Lake City Office
Main: 801.415.3000
Direct: 801.297.1378
mastling@djplaw.com

Mr. Astling advises a wide variety of corporate and pass-through entities and individuals on federal and state tax issues, including business formations, equity compensation, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, tax accounting, tax exempt organizations, and other tax planning matters. He also represents taxpayers in IRS and state audits and administrative appeals, as well as deficiency litigation in the U.S. Tax Court.

Mr. Astling joined DJP in 2009, after practicing in the Salt Lake office of Stoel Rives for three years. Prior to that, he worked for three years with Deloitte & Touche as a tax consultant.

PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate & Securities

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Tax & Estate Planning

  • Corporate & Partnership Taxation
  • Federal & State Tax Litigation
  • Estate Planning & Probate

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota Law School - J.D., cum laude (2003)

University of Utah - B.S., Accounting (2000)

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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • Utah
  • All State and Federal Courts in Utah
  • Minnesota
  • United States Tax Court

INDUSTRIES

  • Financial

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • Member, Tax Law Sections, American and Utah Bar Associations
  • Qualified Tax Expert, Centro Hispano Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (2007 - present)

PUBLICATIONS

  • "A Primer on Equity Compensation," Business Connect Magazine (February 2008)
  • "Notes and Trends: Tax Law" (coauthor) Bench & Bar Minnesota (May 2003)

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Tax and Corporate Associate, Stoel Rives, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Tax Consultant, Deloitte & Touche, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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