NYU Advanced International Taxation Conference

Michael Sardar will participate in the NYU Advanced International Taxation Conference, to be held in New York City on July 23-24, 2026.

The Advanced International Taxation Conference provides sophisticated knowledge of “hot button” issues and opportunities in international taxation such as:

• Planning and pitfalls applicable to doing business globally, including the use of hybrid US and foreign entities and investment structures
• Planning and structuring issues involving cross-border mergers and acquisitions
• Eligibility issues under US income tax treaties
• Foreign investment in US real estate property and US taxpayers’ investments in foreign real estate
• Drafting intercompany agreements with an eye on transfer pricing

Michael’s panel, Current Penalty Issues, will be held at 3:15 pm on July 24 and will address international information returns.

Tax controversy professionals, and the Taxpayer Advocate, have long been sounding the alarm about the complex filing requirements for international information returns and the often life-altering penalties imposed for noncompliance. In part due to the IRS’s approach to enforcement in this area, taxpayers have challenged international information return penalties on various technical grounds and on the basis of reasonable cause. Recently, some of these challenges have been addressed by the courts. The panel will discuss recent cases in the area as well as their implications going forward.

Other speakers include Leila D. Carney of Caplin & Drysdale; Jorge M. Oben-Cuadros of Procopio, and Lawrence A. Sannicandro of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

More information on the conference can be found here.

About Michael

Michael has extensive experience on a wide range of tax controversy and white-collar criminal defense matters, and he represents clients in all stages of civil and criminal tax controversies before the IRS, state tax authorities, the Department of Justice, and local prosecutors. Additionally, Michael represents clients in gift and estate tax audits, where he is called upon to assist taxpayers in challenging the IRS’s valuation of gifts and bequests and/or the includability of certain transfers.