Joseph M. Calianno
J.D., LLM Tax, MBA, CPA
Partner, International Technical Tax Practice Leader
National Tax Office
Joe Calianno is partner and the International
Technical Tax Practice Leader in the Washington
National Tax Office of Grant Thornton LLP. He
practices in all areas of international taxation and
helps assist the offices around the firm and the
firm’s clients with complex international issues.
He regularly advises on issues relating to cross
border restructuring and financing, subpart F,
foreign tax credit planning, tax treaties and global
tax rate reduction.
Experience
Prior to joining Grant Thornton LLP, Joe was a
Special Counsel to the Deputy Associate Chief
Counsel (International) in the office of Chief
Counsel, Internal Revenue Service. As a Special
Counsel, he was the technical advisor to the
Associate and Deputy Associate Chief Counsel
(International) and was involved in reviewing
international tax regulations, revenue rulings,
Notices, TAMs, PLRs and providing technical
advice to the IRS field offices. He also served as
an Assistant Branch Chief in Branch 6
(Corporate) in the Office of Chief Counsel in
which he reviewed corporate tax public guidance
projects, PLRs and TAMs. Additionally, he was
an Attorney-Advisor in Branch 4 (International)
in the office of Chief Counsel.
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Mr. Calianno also spent several years in private
practice at the Washington National Tax Office
of Coopers & Lybrand LLP and a large law firm
in which he advised clients in several areas of tax
law, including international, corporate and
partnership taxation.
Professional qualifications and
memberships
Member of the ABA’s Tax Section
-Chair of the Foreign Activities of U.S.
taxpayers (FAUST) committee
-Former Vice-Chair of FAUST committee
-Former Chairman, International Aspects of
Subchapter C Sub-Committee, FAUST
Member of the AICPA
-Immediate Past Chair of the AICPA’s
International Technical Resource Panel
-Former Vice-Chairman of AICPA’s International
Technical Resource Panel
-Chairman, AICPA’s Cross-Border M&A Task
Force
Board of Advisors for RIA’s Journal of
International Taxation, RIA’s Journal of
Corporate Tax, CCH’s Corporate Business
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Taxation Monthly, the AICPA’s Tax Advisor and
Atlas/BNA Bloomberg CITE.
Community involvement
Joe is a guest lecturer at New York University
Law School in the Graduate Tax Program
(International Business Transactions class) and
has been an adjunct faculty member at
Georgetown Law School in the Graduate Tax
Program
Education
M.B.A., New York University’s Leonard N. Stern
School of Business
LL.M. in Taxation, New York University School
of Law
J.D., Villanova University School of Law, cum
laude, and member of the Villanova Law Review
B.S. in Accounting, University of Scranton
Presentations and publications
Mr. Calianno is a frequent speaker on
international and corporate tax issues, especially
issues relating to cross border restructurings. He
has spoken at several national and regional tax
conferences, including the ABA, AICPA, AliABA, Atlas, BNA, DC Bar, Dallas Bar, Federal
Bar, GW/IRS, Houston International Tax
Forum, IFA, MACPA, NYU Advanced
International Tax Institute, Practising Law
Institute, TEI, St. Louis International Tax Group,
USD School of Law/Procopio International Tax
Institute, Wall Street and World Trade Council
tax conferences.
He also has published numerous articles in
national journals on international and corporate
tax issues, including articles in RIA’s Business
Entities, CCH’s Global Tax Briefing, CCH’s
Journal of Passthrough Entities, CCH’s Journal of
International Tax, International Tax Review,
RIA’s Journal of International Taxation, RIA’s
Journal of Corporate Taxation, RIA’s Journal of
Taxation, Practising Law Institute, CCH’s
Taxation of Global Transactions, Tax Notes, Tax
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Memorandum and The Tax Adviser. His articles
have been cited in several major treatises and he
frequently is quoted in the tax press on legislative
and regulatory developments.
Contact details
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
T: 202.521.1505
F: 202.833.9165
E: Joe.Calianno@us.gt.com