Checklists for Your Every Tax Law Need

Tax law is complicated, checklists make it easier.
From partnership allocation to corporate reorganization to NCTI deduction,
I got you covered with a comprehensive checklist that act as your game plan when advising on transactions.

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Junde Liu

Juris Doctor and LL.M. in Taxation Candidate

University of Florida Levin College of Law

About

Pilots rely on checklists for everything, from pre-flight inspection to takeoff to landing. Why? Because aviation is intricate, high-stakes, and nuanced. Similarly, tax law is also intricate, high-stakes, and nuanced. Having a checklist keeps you organized and makes sure you don't skip a step when analyzing a complex problem. That is what I aim to do with Just Tax: provide comprehensive step-by-step guides to tax practitioners.

Education

Master of Laws in Taxation
University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL
Expected December 2026
Juris Doctor
University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL
Expected May 2026
GPA: 3.64 (Top 12.6%)
Honors: Dean's List (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
Book Award: Corporate Taxation, Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers (Awarded to top of class)
Levin Ethos of Excellence Scholar (Full tuition merit-based scholarship)
Activities: Levin Ambassador
Palm Beach County Bar Association Diversity Internship Program
Orlando Community Legal Services Alternative Spring Break
Bachelor of Science
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong
Received June 2023
Major: Quantitative Social Analysis
Honors: Second Class Honor, Division I
Dean's List (Fall 2019)

Experience

Student Attorney
Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, Gainesville, FL
August 2025 – Present
  • Represent low-income taxpayers in IRS controversies under faculty supervision.
  • Prepared returns and administrative submissions, including audit reconsideration packages, Appeals protest letters, Offers in Compromise, Innocent Spouse Relief, and Collection Due Process requests.
  • Coordinating client communications including in-person interviews and written correspondence.
Summer Associate
Shuffield, Lowman & Wilson, Orlando, FL
May 2025 – July 2025
  • Rotated through all four practice groups and handled over 40 projects and assignments.
  • Corporate: Analyzed tax implications of contingent earn-out share redemption, partnership restructuring (entity redemption vs. partner cross-purchase), and §1202 QSBS transaction under the new OBBBA rules; crafted tax efficient scenarios for ESOP share purchase worth $120 million; prepared insider-trading disclosure stage chart; drafted drag-along and tag-along rights contract amendment, letters of intent, and client correspondence.
  • Estate Planning: Created presentation of settlement offer for a $50 million estate dispute; prepared trust accounting and distribution; drafted trust documents; assisted with tax deed foreclosure.
  • Litigation: Drafted motion to disqualify counsel, motion to determine homestead, and motion objecting to transfer.
  • Real Estate: Prepared closing statement, rec sheet, notice to proceed, construction lien affidavit; drafted purchase contract amendment, and critical dates memo.
Legal Intern
Palm Beach County Public Defender's Office, West Palm Beach, FL
May 2024 – August 2024
  • Drafted 10 motions and responses on a range of issues, including Miranda rights, speedy trial, court access, probable cause, the Williams Rule, the Franks Rule, warrantless searches of curtilage, scope of consensual searches, and nonconsensual blood draws.
  • Formulated strategies with supervising attorneys. Conducted 15 client interviews and jail visits.

Language Skills

Chinese (native)

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