James Munuhe is a principal with Baker Tilly’s real estate and construction practice. He specializes in tax compliance, transaction tax planning, creative tax structuring and other business advisory services specific to real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity funds, developers and other investors in the real estate industry. James has extensive experience advising private, public, domestic and international companies investing in the residential, hotel, industrial, office, and retail sectors of the real estate market.
- Tax compliance services related to partnerships, REITs, consolidated corporations and a variety of other business entities
- Tax structuring and planning related to private equity real estate funds
- Tax planning related to partnership mergers and reorganizations
- Quarterly asset and annual income testing to comply with REIT requirements
- Tax planning services related to multistate tax issues
- IRS and state representation and dispute resolutions
- Review of tax accounting methods and consultations
- Tax planning related to corporate and partnership mergers and reorganizations
- Chair emeritus of Baker Tilly’s Tysons office diversity and inclusion efforts
- Active member of the recruiting team at the University of Maryland
- Nareit
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA)
- Tax reform impact on real estate investment trusts, January 2018
