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Helping Clients Come Into Tax Compliance (CLE)

New York Law School’s Graduate Tax Program hosted their annual ethics workshop on professional responsibility for tax practitioners on May 17, 2024. Partner Megan L. Brackney spoke at an event titled “Helping Clients Come Into Tax Compliance.” See program details here.  CLE Credit in Ethics is available for this event. 

Kostelanetz Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Tax Court

Kostelanetz LLP has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Center for Taxpayer Rights in support of petitioner Philip G. Groves in Groves v. Commissioner, T.C. No. 9974-22L, a case involving the IRS’s assessment of tax penalties. The petitioner is challenging penalty liability on the ground that the IRS

Staying On The Right Side Of The Law In Tax Collection Matters

By Megan L. Brackney and Vishan Chaudhary The CPA Journal January/February 2024, Featured Columns, Taxation In their article for The CPA Journal, Megan L. Brackney and Vishan Chaudhary outline an approach for tax advisors responding to clients who ask for advice or assistance on what might sound like evasion of

Federal Bar Association 2024 Tax Law Conference (CLE/CPE)

Join the Section on Taxation for the 48th Annual Tax Law Conference. This three-day program will offer the same great content in-person and online. Programming will be held in-person on Friday, March 1 and virtually from Monday, March 4 – Tuesday, March 5. Programming will include a keynote luncheon address

Tax Controversy and the Partnership Representative in the BBA Audit Context

Megan Brackney will participate in a program titled “Tax Controversy and the Partnership Representative in the BBA Audit Context” hosted by the Practicing Law Institute. Event Description:  The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“BBA”) changed the way adjustments are made in the partnership context by enacting new partnership audit rules.

Best Law Firms’ 2024 List Recognizes Kostelanetz for Tax, White-Collar, Commercial Litigation, and Trusts & Estates “Excellence”

NEW YORK (November 2, 2023) — Kostelanetz LLP has been recognized for its “professional excellence” in all of our firm’s primary practice areas — Tax Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Commercial Litigation; and Trusts & Estates — by the 2024 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list. The 2024 U.S.