Robert M. Anderson

Robert M. Anderson is a member of Nexsen Pruet’s Tax Practice Group and is an estate planning attorney and a tax attorney at the firm's Charleston, South Carolina office.

As an estate planning lawyer at Nexsen Pruet’s Charleston office, Mr. Anderson’s practice consists of a wide variety of estate plans from the drafting of simple wills to planning for more complicated estates, which include the use of various complex trusts.  His practice as an estate planning attorney also includes wealth transfer planning that, in large part, consists of business succession planning.

Mr. Anderson’s practice as a tax lawyer in the Charleston office consists of work in various types of tax law.  Primarily, his tax law practice consists of business tax planning for federal taxation as well as state and local taxation.  His practice as a tax attorney also incorporates tax controversy and tax-exempt organizations.

He also has a limited practice as a corporate attorney, incorporating limited partnerships, limited liability companies, closely held corporations, and corporations as a part of his broader practice as an estate planning lawyer and tax lawyer. 

Mr. Anderson earned his undergraduate degree in political science, magna cum laude, from Furman University, where he was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  He earned his law degree, summa cum laude, from the Charleston School of Law where he graduated as salutatorian.  Additionally, he earned a Masters of Laws degree (LL.M) in taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center.

During his time at the Charleston School of Law, Mr. Anderson received various CALI Excellence for Future Awards in Legal Research and Writing I, Civil Procedure II, Business Associations, Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Insurance, and Law of the European Union.  Also, he was a member of the Charleston Law Review and Tax Law Society.

Mr. Anderson lives in Charleston.  When he is not working he enjoys traveling, University of Georgia and Clemson University football, offshore fishing, and brushing up on his Spanish.

• Charleston Law Review

• Nexsen Pruet Expands Tax Group; Robert Anderson Joins Charleston Office
  Nexsen Pruet is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s Tax Group with the hiring of Robert (Bobby) M. Anderson.

• Client Alert: 2010 Tax Act Provides Portability to Reduce the Estate Taxes Paid by Couples
  The IRS is offering a new way for surviving spouses to reduce their estate tax bill if their spouse passed away after December 31, 2010.
• Client Alert: The Taxation Treatment of Employer-Provided Cell Phones
  The Internal Revenue Service has issued long-awaited guidance that clarifies the taxation treatment of employer-provided cell phones or other similar telecommunications equipment.
• Client Alert: A Low Cost Option to Voluntarily Reclassify Workers
  In September, The IRS announced the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP), a voluntary initiative allowing taxpayers the opportunity to change the prospective classification of their workers at a low cost. Taxpayers seeking to apply to the VCSP for the fourth quarter of 2011 must act quickly to meet the initial deadlines set by the IRS.