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
Kostelanetz LLP was proud to be a Diamond Sponsor of this year’s American Bar Association (ABA) Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax Controversy Conference. Bryan Skarlatos, Caroline Ciraolo, Jay Nanavati, Michael Sardar and Abigail Burke explain some of the takeaways from this year’s conference.
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 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 partner Caroline Ciraolo and Director of Investigations Don Fort participated in multiple panels at the 61st annual Hawaii Tax Institute, the largest tax and wealth transfer conference in the U.S. that takes place in Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. The comprehensive five-day conference covers several aspects of wealth transfers, tax
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
Kostelanetz LLP partner Jay Nanavati will participate in a panel discussion during UCLA’s 40th Annual Tax Controversy Conference on October 24, 2024, at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Jay will speak on, “Superman’s Krypto – The IRS’s Focus on Civil and Criminal Enforcement of Cryptocurrency” from 4:45 pm – 5:50 pm.
Kostelanetz LLP partner Michael Sardar will participate in a key panel at the 2024 Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax Controversy Conference, hosted by the Tax Section of the American Bar Association (ABA), from December 12-14, 2024, at Wynn Las Vegas. Michael’s panel, “Voluntary Disclosure: Where Are We Now?” will address
