Partner Melissa Wiley was quoted in a recent article for Tax Notes titled “Interim CTA Rule Shields Domestic Owners From Reporting Requirements.” The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was enacted by Congress in 2021 to provide law enforcement with greater insight into the ownership of domestic
Chris Ferguson was quoted in a Tax Notes article titled “The IRS Is Getting Fewer FOIAs. Why Aren’t Response Times Improving?” Chris noted that the IRS’s FOIA Office historically has done a decent job in processing requests with the resources it has and that delays
NEW YORK (March 31, 2025) — Kostelanetz LLP is excited to welcome Victor Suthammanont as a partner in the New York City office. Coming off a decade-long stint at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he served as a Senior Trial Counsel and, more recently, as Enforcement
Michael Waalkes and Melissa Wiley were cited in a recent Tax Notes column titled “Listed Transactions and the Trump Administration — What Happens Now?” Stephen J. Olsen, the faculty director of the Graduate Tax Program at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law and a
Title: Tax Controversy 2025: Navigating the New Enforcement Landscape Partner Bryan Skarlatos is co-chairing the Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) one-day program, Tax Controversy 2025: Navigating the New Enforcement Landscape, in New York City on March 24, 2025. Bryan will be joined by Michael J. Desmond
Gray Proctor took up the role of judge for the National Tax Moot Court Competition from March 6-8, 2025 at Stetson University in St. Petersburg, Florida, lending his knowledge and experience to the next generation of tax controversy practitioners. Gray’s service as a judge is
Claude M. Millman was recently quoted in a The City article entitled, “At Rikers Commissary, Prices Exceed Those at Local Stores Despite Pledge to Bring Costs Down,” about a New York City Department of Corrections contract for prison commissary services. The article by reporters Reuven Blau
Partner Bryan Skarlatos recently co-authored an article for the Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure with George Hani of Miller & Chevalier and Matt Cooper of Deloitte, titled “IRS’s Enhanced Enforcement Efforts For Partnerships and High-Net-Worth Individuals”. The article provides an outline of the key
Counsel Wilda Lin penned an article for The CPA Journal titled “Basic Tax Reporting for Decedents and Estates.” The article provides a roadmap of the tax obligations that the fiduciary of an estate will likely encounter. The fiduciary may be a professional experienced with estate
You could easily be forgiven for not knowing the current state of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) following the Fifth Circuit’s holiday flip-flop…or the Supreme Court subsequently weighing in…or Congress’s umpteenth attempt to push off the law’s effective date…or the recent flurry of FinCEN press
