Tax counsel built for executives who want a straight answer, not a longer engagement.
Direct, business-minded counsel on multistate sales and use tax — audits, refunds, and nexus — from a Minnesota attorney with an MBA and a board seat at a publicly traded company.
Most executives don't love working with attorneys. There's a reason.
Too much of the tax bar treats every question as a reason to open a file, hedge every answer six ways, and staff up. That model rewards uncertainty and volume — not resolution. Kyle built Brehm Tax Counsel PLLC to work the opposite way: fewer people, faster answers, and advice that's sized to what a matter is actually worth to your business.
A Business Mind First
Kyle holds both a J.D. and an MBA, and sits on the board of a publicly traded company — he reads a tax exposure the way a CFO or audit committee would: in terms of materiality and business impact, not worst-case theory.
Judgment Over Volume
If an issue isn't worth pursuing, you'll hear that directly, in plain terms. No manufactured risk, no memos hedged to protect against every hypothetical, no busywork dressed up as diligence.
Built for Decisions
Executives need an answer they can act on this week, not an open-ended engagement that expands to fill available time. Every engagement is scoped around a decision you need to make — and ends when that decision is made.
Skin in the Game
As an independent director overseeing audit and risk at a public fintech company, Kyle evaluates exposure the way an owner does — prioritized and tested against what's actually material, not theoretical.
“I didn't get an MBA so I could think like a lawyer with a business degree. I got it so I could think like the executives I work for — and tell them what's actually worth their attention, not everything that could theoretically go wrong.”
Kyle M. Brehm, FounderIndirect tax counsel for complex, multistate operations
Since South Dakota v. Wayfair, sales and use tax exposure has become one of the most consequential — and most overstated — risks facing growing businesses. The job isn't to find every conceivable issue. It's to find the ones that matter, size them accurately, and close them out.
Audit Defense
Strategic representation throughout state sales and use tax audits, from initial notice through appeal, managed to limit disruption to your business.
Reverse Audit & Refund Review
Comprehensive reviews of historical transactions to identify overpayments and pursue recovery of refunds owed to your business.
Nexus Determination
Clear, defensible analysis of where your business has established economic or physical presence — and what that actually means for your filing obligations.
Voluntary Disclosure
Negotiated resolution of historical exposure through state voluntary disclosure programs, limiting look-back periods and mitigating penalties.
Big Four rigor. Private practice experience. A boardroom perspective.
Kyle built his practice inside a Big Four accounting firm and respected law firms, advising public and private companies on their most consequential multistate tax issues. Brehm Tax Counsel PLLC brings that same technical depth directly to clients, filtered through a business lens rather than a billable-hour one.
- Nearly 20 years of dedicated state and local tax experience
- Background at a Big Four accounting firm and respected regional law firms
- J.D. and MBA, University of Minnesota — trained to think like counsel and like management
- Sitting audit & risk committee member on the board of a publicly traded company
- Direct working relationship with the attorney handling your matter — no hand-offs
Facing a state sales tax audit, or unsure where you owe?
Most exposure is discovered before it becomes a problem. A short, direct conversation is often enough to tell you whether you have a real issue — or nothing worth worrying about.
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