Deanna Harris
Senior Manager, Tax
Senior Manager, Passthroughs Group, Washington National Tax, 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 LLP
Deanna Harris is a senior manager in 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 LLP鈥檚 (乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网) Washington National Tax Passthroughs Group. She advises 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 partners, employees, and clients on partnership, S corporation, and general corporate tax matters.
Deanna serves as a cross-functional adviser to firm personnel and clients regarding issues arising in both corporate and partnership transactions. In that capacity, she frequently advises many of the firm鈥檚 largest clients in tax planning for partnership transactions including partnership income and liability allocations, section 704(c) planning, debt restructurings, and 鈥渄isguised sale鈥� transactions.
Prior to joining 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网, Deanna was an attorney with the Internal Revenue Service鈥檚 Office of Chief Counsel, Passthroughs and Special Industries Division. While with Chief Counsel, she worked extensively on both public and private guidance regarding the taxation of partnerships, S corporations, and disregarded entities. She also served as member of the IRS鈥檚 partnership and real estate industry specialization programs.
Deanna is responsible for instructing firm-sponsored seminars in the taxation of corporations, taxation of partnerships, the taxation of S corporations, and advanced topics in mergers and acquisitions.聽She is also a frequent author on those topics.
Deanna has an LLM degree, with distinction, from the Georgetwon Univeristy Law Center, and a JD degree, magna cum laude, from Indiana University. She earned her BS degree from Purdue University.
About 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网鈥檚 Passthroughs Group
The Passthroughs Group is responsible for providing insight to 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 professionals and clients regarding the federal taxation of partnerships, real estate investment trusts, and S corporations across all major industries.聽 In addition, the Passthroughs Group advises in specialty areas such as like-kind exchanges, oil and gas, leasing, and excise taxes. Client services include transaction structuring, the issuance of opinions, and requesting private letter rulings.