Karen Kelly and Michael Waalkes will present a webinar titled “COVID-19 Penalty and Interest Relief: Are You Ready for the July 10 Deadline?” for the Virginia Bar Association Taxation Section on May 12, 2026, at 12 p.m. ET.
Two recent cases, Kwong and Abdo, suggest that certain penalties and interest should not have accrued during the declared COVID-19 emergency. This course covers the legal basis for interest/penalty relief under section 7508A. It also covers the procedures necessary to raise and preserve the legal grounds for relief.
Participants will learn:
The webinar is open to all Virginia legal and tax professionals, but no CLE credit is associated with the presentation.
For more information, click here.
About Karen
The former acting head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Karen joined Kostelanetz after more than 30 years of federal and state trial practice, including prosecuting tax and white-collar crime. Her practice focuses on representing clients adverse to the government, including in criminal matters, and state and federal civil tax controversies.
About Mike
Mike is an associate with Kostelanetz LLP. He focuses his practice on civil and criminal tax controversy matters, including audits, promoter investigations, voluntary disclosures, U.S. Tax Court litigation, and criminal tax investigations. Prior to joining the firm, Mike served for two years as a judicial law clerk for Judge Joseph W. Nega of the U.S. Tax Court. Mike is an adjunct professor at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law, where he co-teaches a course on federal tax practice and procedure in the school’s graduate tax program.
