On December 2, 2020, Megan L. Brackney teaches a course entitled “Tax Penalties: Focus on IRS Enforcement Priorities” for CPA Academy. Course Description: This program will discuss the tax penalties that relate to the IRS’s current enforcement priorities, including trust fund recovery penalties, gross valuation misstatement penalties, and foreign asset reporting
On December 7, 2020, Megan L. Brackney teaches a course entitled “The Nuts and Bolts of Tax Penalties: Analyzing Types of Penalties, Potential Defenses to Penalties, and Procedures for Challenging Penalties” For Lawline. Course description: This program discusses tax penalties assessed against taxpayers, defenses to penalties, and the procedures for
On November 19, 2020, Megan L. Brackney participates in a panel entitled “Partnership Audit Rules” as part of the NYU 79th Virtual Institute on Federal Taxation. Panel information: UPDATE ON THE CENTRALIZED PARTNERSHIP AUDIT RULES: ARE YOU AND YOUR CLIENTS READY? Now that entities taxed as partnerships and their tax
On November 12, 2020, Megan L. Brackney participates in a panel entitled “Problems Facing Taxpayers with Foreign Information Return Penalties (Statute of Limitations, Jurisdictional Concerns, Flora, etc.)” at The University of San Diego 16th Annual USD School of Law-Procopio International Tax Law Institute via Zoom. Panel information: The IRS continues
On November 20, 2020, Megan L. Brackney participates in a panel entitled “Dealing with the Undocumented Worker” as part of the IRS Representation Conference. Panel information: Employers who choose to hire undocumented workers often do not understand the potential mess they have created for themselves and their workers. The panel
NEW YORK CITY, NY (September 29, 2020) – Kostelanetz & Fink is pleased to announce that 10 attorneys at the firm have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list, recognizing the firm’s experience and skill in the areas of Tax, Criminal Defense: White Collar,
By Megan L. Brackney Tax Notes Federal September 28, 2020 In a Sept. 28, 2020 Tax Notes article entitled, “Focus on High-Net-Worth Nonfilers,” Megan Brackney examines what taxpayers who fail to file returns can expect from the IRS, and she offers strategies to avoid some of the harsher potential consequences of
Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, is pleased to share that our offices in New York and D.C. have continued to grow. This summer was particularly exciting as we were joined by three summer associates and five new paralegals. K&F HOSTS THREE SUMMER ASSOCIATES This year, we welcomed three summer associates, including
NEW YORK (Aug. 27, 2020) — Eight Kostelanetz & Fink attorneys have been recognized by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America The K&F lawyers who have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America by their peers are: Megan Brackney for Tax Law in New York;
