Kostelanetz partner Michael Sardar will speak at New York City Bar’s Tax Law Conference 2025 on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Michael will deliver a presentation titled “Circular 230 Discussion: What should tax professionals do when they discover an error on a client’s prior tax return” from 4:00 pm to 4:50
Businesses that employ individuals who are not authorized to work (unauthorized individuals) in the United States are the subject of increasing scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Department of Labor (DOL), and other federal and state government agencies. Recently, the IRS and the Department
You could easily be forgiven for not knowing the current state of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) following the Fifth Circuit’s holiday flip-flop…or the Supreme Court subsequently weighing in…or Congress’s umpteenth attempt to push off the law’s effective date…or the recent flurry of FinCEN press releases. But the most important
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 3, 2025) — Kostelanetz LLP is pleased to welcome Melissa Wiley as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office focused on civil tax controversy matters for business and high-net-worth clients. Melissa brings more than two decades of civil tax controversy and litigation experience to Kostelanetz, augmenting the
Kostelanetz partner Caroline Ciraolo is co-chair of the 2025 D.C. Bar Tax Conference and is speaking along with several other Kostelanetz attorneys, demonstrating the firm’s experience in federal tax controversy, partnership taxation, and constitutional and administrative law. Kostelanetz is a Gold+ sponsor of the 2025 D.C. Bar Tax Conference, which
Counsel Andy Weiner wrote an article for Forbes titled “Why Filing A Tax Return Is More Important Than Paying Tax.” In the piece, Andy details the history of the US income tax system imposing separate obligations on taxpayers to file a tax return and pay the correct tax. These obligations
Kostelanetz counsel Usman Mohammad’s oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was discussed in a recent Law360 article titled, “Dutch Bank Exec Gave IRS Good Tax Tip, DC Circ. Judge Says.” The appeal deals with the denial of a whistleblower award to Kostelanetz client Joseph
Kostelanetz partner Michael Sardar was quoted in Tax Notes regarding issues with the IRS voluntary disclosure program for owners of foreign assets. The Tax Notes article by Nathan Richman is a deep dive into numerous taxpayer concerns with the Internal Revenue Service’s voluntary disclosure program (VDP). In the article, Michael
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 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
