On October 20, 2021, K&F, led by Destiny Reese, co-hosts a program entitled “Tax Law and Racial Justice.” This program is hosted in partnership with the Morehouse-Spelman Pre-Law Society and aims to examine, with students at the historically Black institutions of Spelman College and Morehouse College, the racial biases embedded
On November 11, 2021, Megan L. Brackney participates in a panel entitled “Balancing Tax Planning, Advocacy, and Professional Ethics: The Rules that Every Tax Advisor Should Know” for “Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings 2021” hosted by the Practising Law Institute (PLI). Description: “Tax
On October 20, 2021, Megan L. Brackney participates in a panel entitled “Handling Controversy and Staying Out of Trouble (CLE Ethics)” for the UJA-Federation of New York. The UJA is hosting the 52nd Annual Sidney Kess New York Estate, Tax & Financial Planning Conference on Tuesday, October 19 and Wednesday,
On December 3, 2021, Megan L. Brackney presents “Defining the Reasonable Cause Defense to Tax and Information Reporting Penalties” for Lawline. “Reasonable cause” is a defense to most penalties in the Internal Revenue Code. This program discusses how “reasonable cause” is defined in various contexts, including delinquency penalties, accuracy penalties,
Megan L. Brackney was quoted in a recent Tax Notes article entitled “Second Circuit Hands Government Win on Foreign Trust Penalties,” published on July 29, 2021. Brackney analyzes the District Court’s decision that trust beneficiary reporting penalties can also apply to the owner of a foreign trust. The article notes:
On July 28, 2021, Megan L. Brackney participates in a panel entitled “Cryptocurrency: Navigating Minefields in the Virtual Currency World” for the USA Branch of the International Fiscal Association. The IFA USA is hosting its New York Regional Conference virtually on Wednesday, July 28 and Thursday, July 29. The purpose
Megan L. Brackney was quoted in a recent Tax Notes article entitled “Most Partnerships Are Staying in the Centralized Audit Regime,” published on July 14, 2021. Brackney analyzes the determination by partnerships to stay in or elect out of the centralized partnership audit regime enacted by the Bipartisan Budget Act
