Joshua D Odintz

Joshua D. Odintz is a tax attorney in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office. Mr. Odintz focuses on tax policy, tax controversy and tax planning matters. Mr. Odintz represents clients before the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service U.S. Congress and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He assists clients in seeking legislative and regulatory changes to tax laws, as well as monitoring key legislative and regulatory developments. Significant issues include OECD Pillars One and Two, GILTI, BEAT, FDII, foreign tax credits, debt versus equity, the deductibility of research expenses, interest limitations, mark-to-market on financial products, FATCA, the Common Reporting Standard, the Build Back Better Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Further, Mr. Odintz represents clients under investigation by Congress regarding tax issues.

He also advises clients on domestic and international tax controversy matters at all phases, from audit and administrative appeals through litigation. Mr. Odintz has experience handling cases involving methods of accounting, transfer pricing, Section 199, research credit, tax accounting, attorney-client privilege and work product, among others.

Mr. Odintz works with multinational businesses to structure their inbound and outbound investments.

Mr. Odintz is the Washington Regional Vice President of the International Fiscal Association, US Branch. He is also a member of IFA USA’s executive committee. Mr. Odintz is the Washington co-chair of Holland & Knight’s pro bono program.

Mr. Odintz spends his free time writing tax articles for various publications. He is a frequent contributor to the Knight Watch column in TAXES magazine, and his most famous article is The TCJA is Not for Losers, which appeared in Bloomberg’s Tax Management International Journal.