Joseph M.
Calianno
J.D., LLM, MBA, CPA
Partner, International Technical Tax Practice Leader
National Tax Office
Joe Calianno is partner and the
International Technical Tax Practice
Leader in the 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 regulations,
revenue rulings, Notices, TAMs, PLRs
and providing technical advice to the
field. He also served as an Assistant
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Branch Chief in Branch 6 (Corporate)
in the Office of Chief Counsel in which
he reviewed corporate public
guidance projects, PLRs and TAMs.
Additionally, he was an Attorney-
Advisor in Branch 4 (International) in
the office of Chief Counsel.
Mr. Calianno also spent several years
in private practice at the National Tax
Office of a Global accounting firm 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
-Vice-Chair of the Foreign Activities of
U.S. taxpayers (FAUST) committee
-Former Chairman, International
Aspects of Subchapter C Sub-
Committee, FAUST
Member of the AICPA
-Member and Vice Chair, AICPA’s
International Technical Resource
Panel
-Chairman, AICPA’s Cross-Border M&A
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Task Force CCH’s Journal of Passthrough Entities,

Board of Advisors for RIA’sJournal of
International Taxation, RIA’s Journal of
Corporate Tax, CCH’s Corporate
Business Taxation Monthly and Atlas
Community involvement
Joe is a guest lecturer at New York
University Law School in the Graduate
Tax Program 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
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 Notes
International, Tax Management
International Journal, Tax
Management 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
1900 M Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
T: 202.521.1505
F: 202.833.9165
E: Joe.Calianno@gt.com

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, Atlas, BNA, DC Bar, Dallas Bar,
Federal Bar, GW/IRS, Houston
International Tax Forum, IFA, MACPA,
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,
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