On October 30, 2023, the Legal Aid Society of New York awarded Claude M. Millman and Ashley Morales 2023 Pro Bono Publico Awards for their outstanding achievement in pro bono services. Each year, the Legal Aid Society works with over 100 law firms and 2,000
NEW YORK (November 2, 2023) — Kostelanetz LLP has been recognized for its “professional excellence” in all of our firm’s primary practice areas — Tax Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Commercial Litigation; and Trusts & Estates — by the 2024 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best
Andy Weiner was quoted in a Law360 article titled “Tax Profs Urge Justices to Uphold Repatriation Levy” on October 20, 2023. The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the transition tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 965 in the case Charles G. Moore et
Kostelanetz has filed an amicus brief on behalf of Professors Reuven Avi-Yonah, Clinton Wallace, and Bret Wells in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Charles G. Moore v. United States (No. 22-800). The case involves a constitutional challenge to the transition tax under Section 965
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the much-anticipated procedures by which employers that applied for the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) can withdraw their claims. According to the IRS, many of the 3.6 million ERC claims filed are improper, due in part to misleading claims about
By Christopher M. Ferguson CCH Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure Fall 2023, Volume 25, Issue 3 Over the past three and a half years, countless businesses have availed themselves of the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”), a tax credit intended to incentivize businesses to retain
Claude M. Millman was quoted in a September 21, 2023 City & State New York article titled “City & State’s Government Procurement conference focuses on modernization.” City leaders, lobbyists and procurement specialists gathered at the Museum of Jewish Heritage for City & State’s Government Procurement
Bryan C. Skarlatos was quoted in an October 5th, 2023 article published in The Wall Street Journal titled “IRS Fight Against Pandemic Tax-Credit Scams Won’t Be Simple or Fast.” The Internal Revenue Service has labeled promoters of a popular pandemic-era tax credit, employee-retention credits, or
Sharon McCarthy Also Named to Top 100 Lawyers in New York and Top 50 Women Lawyers in New York NEW YORK (September 25, 2023) — New York Metro Super Lawyers has selected 11 Kostelanetz attorneys for inclusion on its 2023 list, recognizing the firm’s experience
By Caroline Rule ABA Tax Times Volume 42, No. 4 – Summer 2023 In the next Supreme Court term, the Justices will hear argument on whether the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (MRT), violates the Sixteenth Amendment. Depending on how the Court decides this issue, the case
