Charles F. Jensen

Experience

Charley represents individuals and companies in matters before the Internal Revenue Service and state tax agencies on differing tax issues, including income, estate and gift tax matters, private rulings, sales and use taxes, penalty abatements, obtaining tax exempt status, the applicability of excise taxes to private foundations, and applying unrelated business income tax provisions to public charities.

He advises clients on various business entities available to conduct business and the short- and long-term effects of each choice, creating drafts of documents to form them.

He provides tax and general business advice to closely-held businesses, private foundations and nonprofit corporations, and drafts documents needed for these entities.

Charley prepares all types of filings with the IRS and state tax agencies, including letter rulings and tax returns.

Charley represents individuals and entities concerning potential liability for taxes owed by themselves and others, including state sales taxes and taxes withheld from pay checks but not paid over to the IRS or to state departments of revenue.

News

Speaking Engagements

Charley has spoken at continuing education programs on various business and tax topics, most recently on state tax issues, entity choices for new businesses, not-for-profit corporation issues, and not-for-profit and charitable issues.

University of Missouri – Kansas City, Taxation Update CLE, January 2015 to present (annually), State and Local Taxation Update

Publications

"How Charities are Coping with the New Contribution Rules after the 2017 Tax Reforms," Ingram's Magazine, January 2019

Charley has contributed articles to Missouri Bar publications, the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives and other tax publishers on tax topics.