BALTIMORE (December 22, 2024) — Maryland Super Lawyers has named Caroline D. Ciraolo a Top Rated Tax Attorney in Baltimore, MD for 2025. Caroline co-founded Kostelanetz LLP’s Washington, D.C., office in 2017 and maintains an office in Baltimore to serve the firm’s Maryland-based clients. Caroline has been selected for the past six
Caroline Rule was quoted in a recent Bloomberg Tax article about the broad implications of a corporate tax loophole that the U.S. Tax Court upheld in its August 2024 decision in Varian Medical Systems Inc. v. Commissioner, 163 T.C. No. 4. The article, titled “Cisco, Booking Get Big Tax Benefits
By Abigail Burke and Malena Solin The CPA Journal November 2024 In a recent article for The CPA Journal, Abigail Burke and Malena Solin address the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2023-2024 term, which included two cases with significant implications for future litigation over executive branch agency regulations and actions. In
Kostelanetz attorneys will be speaking on various panels at the American Bar Association’s 2024 Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax Controversy Conference, which is being held from Dec. 12-14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Our lawyers will demonstrate their experience and knowhow on topics ranging from defense of high-wealth taxpayers and ethical
Kostelanetz attorneys Andrew Weiner and Abigail Burke were quoted in Thomson Reuters tax and accounting publication, Checkpoint, regarding the case of John Paul Salvador v. United States (No. 24-108). Previously, Andrew and Abigail co-authored an amicus brief on behalf of the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC) supporting Salvador’s petition
Kostelanetz partner Christopher M. Ferguson was quoted in a Forbes article about the end of the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) voluntary disclosure program (the ERC-VDP). The ERC-VDP, which ended on November 22, 2024, was an IRS initiative that permitted businesses to return refunds they erroneously received on questionable ERC claims
Kostelanetz counsel Gray Proctor presented a virtual CLE session through the Florida Bar, “Tax Penalties after the Revolution of Summer ’24”. The session covered how IRS penalties in future tax controversy and criminal tax fraud cases may be affected by the outcome of SEC v. Jarkesy, a Supreme Court case
Kostelanetz associate Abigail Burke led the October Women in Tax Forum’s Zoom Tea with Guinevere Moore of Moore Tax Law Group. The Zoom Tea is a virtual discussion hosted monthly by the ABA Tax Section’s Women in Tax Forum to enjoy a hot beverage and discuss careers in tax law.
Kostelanetz partner Christopher Ferguson will speak at the IRS Representation Conference on November 8, 2024. He is a panelist for the session “Enforcement Trends: What’s Hot and What’s Not” that will be held from 10:15 AM to 11:05 AM Eastern. The panel will cover a variety of tax enforcement topics,
Kostelanetz partner Caroline Ciraolo and Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez principal Sandra Brown will be honored on November 7, 2024, at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the California Tax Bar and Tax Policy Conference in Anaheim, California. The Women in Tax Standing Committee plans to hold “A Toast to Women in
