Caroline D. Ciraolo participates in the panel entitled “Tax Fraud Red Flags” at the ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference on December 9 and 10, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Two powerhouse organizations at the forefront of financial crimes–the American Bankers Association and American Bar Association–partner to deliver this premier educational event
Caroline D. Ciraolo participates in the Criminal Tax Workshop at the 36th Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud / the 9th Annual National Institute on Tax Controversy in Las Vegas, NV, on December 11, 2019. This program brings together high-level government representatives, judges, corporate counsel, and private practitioners engaged
Caroline D. Ciraolo participates on the panel “The Consequences of Conviction: The Sentencing Guidelines, Restitution, Forfeiture, and Other Bad Things That Happen,” at the 36th Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud / the 9th Annual National Institute on Tax Controversy in Las Vegas, NV, on December 12, 2019. This
The Midyear Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation in Boca Raton, Florida offers individuals the opportunity to learn from leaders in taxation over the course of three days: January 30 – February 1, 2020. During the panel “Update: Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice” on February 1,
Caroline D. Ciraolo presents “Women in Tax” at Georgetown University Law Center on February 12, 2020.
Washington, D.C.-based Kostelanetz & Fink partners Caroline D. Ciraolo and Jay R. Nanavati present “Financial Crimes Enforcement, Compliance & Risk Mitigation” at the Bahamas Financial Services Board in Nassau, Bahamas on February 19, 2020.
Each year the Forum’s steering committee welcomes up to 44 senior tax directors and leading lawyers personally selected from renowned regional and national firms and corporations around the world. With increased transparency and information sharing amongst tax authorities, as well as use of aggressive techniques like criminal investigations and digital taxation on
Caroline D. Ciraolo co-chairs the Enforcement & Criminal Tax Program at the Federal Bar Association’s 2020 Tax Law Conference, on March 5 and March 6, 2020. Panel topics include “Avoiding or Not Avoiding Evasion of Payment Prosecutions and the Civil Aftermath,” “Use of Data Analytics in Criminal Tax Investigations,” “Navigating
The panel reviews the latest sentencing statistics in criminal tax prosecutions and discusses best practices in connection with negotiating plea agreements, calculation of tax loss, impact of forfeiture, dealing with the Office of Probation and Pretrial Services, character letters, payment of restitution, sentencing memoranda, allocutions, witnesses, conditions of probation or
This panel touches on a variety of ethics issues including those arising from limited representation of a client, from service as a personal representative under unified partnership audit procedures, and from a data breach. Topics include: • The ethical rules pertaining to limited representations of clients in tax matters, including
