Overview
Gauri works tirelessly to represent clients in appealing complex property tax assessments as well as resolving intricate federal, state and local tax disputes.
She counsels clients through all tax dispute stages, including representation before the relevant local administrative agency, the Minnesota Tax Court and the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Property Tax Appeals & Litigation
Gauri represents clients in appealing and reducing real property assessments and taxes for commercial properties, with a primary focus on hotels, apartment buildings and special purpose properties.
Federal, State & Local Tax Disputes & Litigation
Gauri represents clients in federal, state and local tax audits, appeals, and litigation concerning income and franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, and MinnesotaCare taxes.
Prior to joining Fredrikson, Gauri attended the University of Minnesota Law School and graduated with a business law concentration. She has served as a clerk to Chief Judge John Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, and enjoys applying her knowledge of procedural and evidentiary rules and persuasive advocacy to effectively resolve tax disputes for her clients today.
Services
Experience
- Property Tax—currently representing hotels, motels, apartment buildings, and vacant land owners in appeals of property tax assessments all pending before the Minnesota Tax Court.
- Property Tax—currently representing ethanol plant facility in appeal of property tax assessments pending before the Minnesota Supreme Court.
- MinnesotaCare Tax—currently representing client dispute taxes assessed relating to sales of medical equipment before Minnesota Tax Court.
- Minnesota Corporate Franchise Tax—represented Fortune 500 client in summary judgment before Minnesota Tax Court and currently pending before Minnesota Supreme Court relating to the research and development credit refund claim.
- Minnesota Sales Tax—currently representing client in audit dispute issues related to nexus.
- Minnesota Withholding Tax—represented corporate clients during Minnesota Department of Revenue examinations involving independent contractor-employee classification.
- Federal Income Tax—successfully represented client before U.S. Tax Court resulting in full dismissal of assessed income tax liability.
- Federal Income Tax—successfully negotiated abatement of assessed failure-to-file and failure-to-pay tax penalties of approximately $2 million for high net-worth client.
- Federal Income Tax—successfully negotiated agreement with IRS relating to trust fund penalty of corporate and individual clients.
Credentials
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2015, cum laude
- State University of New York College at Geneseo, B.A., 2012, summa cum laude
Admissions
- Minnesota, 2015
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Clerkships
- Clerk, Honorable John Tunheim, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2016-2017
Recognition
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Tax Law, 2022-2024
- North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2015, 2019, 2022
- Phi Beta Kappa
Civic & Professional
Professional Activities
- Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Committee Member, 2018-present
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT), Member, 2018-present
- Journal of Law and Inequality, Note and Comment Editor, 2014-2015; Staff 2013-2014
Community
- Twin Cities Youth through Metro Social Services, Mentor, 2014-present
News & Insights
News
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Publications & Presentations
Co-Presenter with the Honorable Wendy Tien, Judge of the Minnesota Tax Court, Tax Court Mediations and Remote Trial Procedures, Property Tax Appeals: 2023 Update, February 28, 2023
Co-Presenter, Is it Over? Hospitality and Other Assets in Post Pandemic Times, IPT Property Tax Symposium, November 8, 2022
“Challenging Hotel Real Estate Taxes During COVID-19,” AAHOA’s Today’s Hotelier, May 2021
Co-Presenter with David Wilkes of Wilkes Law Group, PLLC and Kenneth West of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, Avoid Overpaying on Your Hotel Property Taxes, Asian American Hotel Owners Association, March 6, 2018
Co-Presenter, Cross-Culturalism and the Law, St. Thomas Law School, October 18, 2018
“Hotel Valuation: Deduction for the Return on FF&E,” American Bar Association Tax Times, Vol. 38 No. 1, Fall 2018
Co-Presenter with Ann Motl and Kyle Kroll, What Judicial Law Clerks Wish You Knew: Lessons and Cautionary Tales from Recent Clerks in the District of Minnesota, Fish & Richardson, December 14, 2017
Co-Panelist, Judicial Clerkship 101 Session, University of Minnesota Law School, October 3, 2018
Co-Author, North Dakota Chapter of American Bar Association’s Sales & Use Tax Deskbook, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017
Co-Author, “How Your Online Life Can Affect Your Taxes,” Minnesota Good Age Magazine, November 2014