Matthew J. Scheer

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Matthew J. Scheer is a board certified tax attorney and a member of the firm’s
Tax, Corporate, Private Wealth Services, and International practice groups.
Matt advises clients on complex business transactions, joint venture structuring
and corporate restructurings, cross-border investment structures, investment
fund structuring, intergenerational wealth transfers and planning, estate
planning, and charitable planning. Matt works closely with clients to ensure that
clients’ personal, professional, and business objectives are met while achieving
tax efficient structures. Matt’s clients are wide-ranging, including investment
funds, closely-held businesses, entrepreneurs, family offices, family trust
companies, high net worth individuals, and tax-exempt organizations, both
public and private.
In addition, Matt represents clients in tax controversy matters, including income
tax audits, estate tax audits, and Florida sales and use tax audits. He has
represented clients in appeals of audits and other proceedings.
Whatever the challenge, Matt is committed to helping his clients solve their
problems through creative and effective solutions combining his technical skills
and wide range of experience. Matt seeks to be an effective advisor and partner
for his clients by providing practical, actionable advice and helping distill
complicated concepts into understandable information.
Matt has served on the Florida Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
Section’s subcommittee for Family Trust Companies and the Tax Law Section’s
subcommittee for the Florida Business Corporation Act. He also serves on the
local board of two industry-related organizations, the Palm Beach Tax Institute
and the East Coast Estate Planning Council.