Greg
Nickerson
nickerson@washingtontaxgroup.com
202.534.4949
Prior to forming
The Washington Tax Group (formerly Angus & Nickerson), Mr.
Nickerson served as Tax Counsel to Chairman Thomas (R-CA) on the
Committee on Ways and Means from 2001 to February 2005. He also
served as Staff Director to Chairman McCrery (R-LA) on the Subcommittee
on Select Revenue Measures from 2004 to February 2005.
While working
for the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Nickerson had primary responsibility
for the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, the most significant
business tax reform legislation enacted in the past twenty years.
Mr. Nickerson also was lead tax staff on the dividend and capital
gains rate cuts and other business incentives in the Jobs and
Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. His primary areas
of jurisdiction for the Committee included corporate transactions,
international taxation, energy taxation, depreciation, alternative
minimum tax, financial products, tax shelters, research and development,
business tax credits, and insurance taxation.
Mr. Nickerson served on the Delegate and Caucus Team at the 2004
Republican National Convention in New York and worked as an attorney
advisor to the National Republican Senatorial Committee during
the 2004 and 2006 elections.
Prior to joining
the Committee on Ways and Means, Mr. Nickerson spent two years
as the counsel for the National Foreign Trade Council working
closely with NFTC’s 450 multinational corporations, the
Department of Treasury, the United States Trade Representative
and Congress on international tax and trade legislation and agreements.
Prior to that, Mr. Nickerson spent seven years as a trial attorney
for the Department of Justice, Tax Division and the Internal Revenue
Service.
Mr. Nickerson
received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University
of New Hampshire and his J.D., magna cum laude, from the New England
School of Law, and attended the New York University LL.M. in Taxation
program.
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