Lawyers serving you and your family . . .James W. C. Canup
Jamie has more than 20 years of tax experience representing corporations, closely-held businesses, tax-exempt entitites, governmental agencies, and individuals. His practice includes, but is not limited to, forming and representing LLCs and partnerships, business succession planning, like-kind exchanges, conservation easements and other tax credits, corporate formation, liquidations and reorganizations, taxation of securities and financial products, forming and advising tax-exempt entitites, and representing clients before the national office of the Internal Revenue Service and the Office of Tax Policy at the Treasury Department.
Jamie began his tax career in the Chief Counsel's Office (Financial Institutions and Products) at the IRS, Treasury Department, where he was the principal drafter of the REMIC reporting regulations and a member of the team that drafted the original issue discount regulations. He then worked for Brown & Wood in their New York and Washington, DC, offices, representing underwriters and issuers of securitization transactions and real estate investment trusts. He was a partner at McGuire Woods and Troutman Sanders in Richmond, Virginia, before joining Virginia Fiduciary and Virginia Estate Plans. Jamie is also the managing member of 529 Counsel, PLC, a subsidiary of Virginia Estate Plans.
Jamie is recognized by Virginia Business as a member of Virginia's Legal Elite. He serves on the Nonprofit Advisory Subcommittee of the Community Tax Law Project. He has served as the Chair of the Corporate Affiliate Advisory Board of the National Association of State Treasurers, College Savings Plan Network. He has also served on the board of Junior Achievement of Central Virginia, Orchard House School, and Seven Hills School. Jamie has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Investments News, and other publications.
Jamie received his B.A., with distinction, from the University of Virginia, his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law, and his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a graduate adviser for The Tax Lawyer.
jcanup@VirginiaEstatePlans.com
Direct Dial: 804.592.3551
Jamie began his tax career in the Chief Counsel's Office (Financial Institutions and Products) at the IRS, Treasury Department, where he was the principal drafter of the REMIC reporting regulations and a member of the team that drafted the original issue discount regulations. He then worked for Brown & Wood in their New York and Washington, DC, offices, representing underwriters and issuers of securitization transactions and real estate investment trusts. He was a partner at McGuire Woods and Troutman Sanders in Richmond, Virginia, before joining Virginia Fiduciary and Virginia Estate Plans. Jamie is also the managing member of 529 Counsel, PLC, a subsidiary of Virginia Estate Plans.
Jamie is recognized by Virginia Business as a member of Virginia's Legal Elite. He serves on the Nonprofit Advisory Subcommittee of the Community Tax Law Project. He has served as the Chair of the Corporate Affiliate Advisory Board of the National Association of State Treasurers, College Savings Plan Network. He has also served on the board of Junior Achievement of Central Virginia, Orchard House School, and Seven Hills School. Jamie has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Investments News, and other publications.
Jamie received his B.A., with distinction, from the University of Virginia, his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law, and his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a graduate adviser for The Tax Lawyer.
jcanup@VirginiaEstatePlans.com
Direct Dial: 804.592.3551