The team at Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, regularly participates in media interviews, posts client alerts, speaks at events nationally and locally, and hosts educational events for professionals virtually and at the firm’s offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Feel free to check our site frequently for news and upcoming events that professionals at the firm will be participating in and/or hosting.
Kostelanetz & Fink is pleased to announce that this year’s NYU Tax Controversy Forum will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 24 and 25, 2021, as an online webinar featuring senior government representatives, including IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig, and other experienced tax practitioners. We are again holding the forum entirely online this year in order to ensure the health and safety of conference attendees and panelists.
News & Events
Caroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A Panel Entitled “In The Eye of the Beholder: When Does a Civil Tax Case Move to a Criminal Tax Investigation?” At The 40th Annual Florida Bar Tax Section International Tax Conference
January 14 @ 11:20 am - 12:10 pmMegan L. Brackney Teaches A Course Entitled “Ethical Issues in Practice Before the IRS” For CPA Academy
January 13 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A Panel Entitled “Tax Fraud Trends” At The ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference
January 12 @ 1:45 pm - 2:30 pmDon Fort Participates In A Panel Entitled “Cryptocurrency Update” With The FBA Section On Taxation
January 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmRobert S. Fink Moderates A Panel Entitled “The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection in Tax Cases – Developments and Best Practices” At The ABA’s 38th Annual Criminal Tax Fraud Institute And 11th Annual Civil Tax Controversy Institute
December 10, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 amBryan C. Skarlatos Moderates And Jordan L. Weatherwax Introduces A Panel Entitled “Common Yet Challenging Ethical Questions” At The ABA’s 38th Annual Criminal Tax Fraud Institute And 11th Annual Civil Tax Controversy Institute
December 9, 2021 @ 4:50 pm - 6:00 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A Panel Entitled “Getting To ‘No’: What Works and What Doesn’t Work to Get the IRS and DOJ to Decline Prosecution” At The ABA’s 38th Annual Criminal Tax Fraud Institute And 11th Annual Civil Tax Controversy Institute
December 9, 2021 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pmMegan L. Brackney Participates In A Panel Entitled “Ethical Issues in International Tax Practice” At The 2nd Annual IFA USA Winter International Tax Conference
December 9, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pmMichael Sardar And John D. (Don) Fort Participate In A “Criminal Tax Workshop” At The ABA’s 38th Annual Criminal Tax Fraud Institute And 11th Annual Civil Tax Controversy Institute
December 8, 2021 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pmMegan L. Brackney Presents A CLE Program Entitled “Preparing for a Tax Controversy: Gearing Up for Increased Tax Audits and Investigations” For The American Law Institute
December 7, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A PLI Panel Entitled “Balancing Tax Planning, Advocacy, and Professional Ethics: The Rules that Every Tax Advisor Should Know”
December 3, 2021 @ 4:15 pm - 5:15 pmMegan L. Brackney Presents “Defining the Reasonable Cause Defense to Tax and Information Reporting Penalties” For Lawline
December 3, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In An Interview With The ABA Tax Section’s Women In Tax Forum
November 19, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A Panel Entitled “International Criminal Tax Enforcement” At The First Annual Freeman Law International Tax Symposium
November 19, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pmDon Fort Participates In A Panel Entitled “The Pandora Papers and Data Leaks” At The First Annual Freeman Law International Tax Symposium
November 19, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 amCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A Panel Entitled “Foreign Forms 101: The Forms Every Practitioner Should be Familiar With” At The IRS Representation Conference
November 18, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pmMegan L. Brackney Co-Chairs A Panel Entitled “Update on the Centralized Partnership Audit Rules: Are You and Your Clients Ready?” At The NYU Institute On Federal Taxation
November 18, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmRobert M. Russell Participates In A Panel Entitled “A Closer Look at GILTI and FDII” At The First Annual Freeman Law International Tax Symposium
November 18, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmMichael Sardar Participates In A Panel Entitled “Tax Liens 101: Mechanics and Impact of the Federal Tax Lien, and What to Do With It?” At The IRS Representation Conference
November 18, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmClaude M. Millman Participates In A Panel Entitled “What to Know About Doing Business in New York” At City & State New York’s 2021 Virtual Government Procurement Conference
November 18, 2021 @ 1:30 pm - 2:25 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Speaks At The 4th Annual White Collar Institute Hosted By Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC
November 18, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 7:30 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Interviews Darren Guillot And De Lon Harris In A Panel On IRS Enforcement Updates At The IRS Representation Conference
November 18, 2021 @ 8:40 am - 10:45 amBryan C. Skarlatos Chairs A Panel Entitled “Crossing the Line: Real Life Ethical Issues in Tax Practice” At The NYU Institute On Federal Taxation
November 16, 2021 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo And Don Fort Participate In A Panel Entitled “Enforcement Priorities: High-Income Non-Filers & High Wealth Taxpayers”
November 15, 2021 @ 12:50 pm - 2:05 pmMegan L. Brackney Participates In A PLI Panel Entitled “Balancing Tax Planning, Advocacy, and Professional Ethics: The Rules that Every Tax Advisor Should Know”
November 11, 2021 @ 2:15 pm - 3:15 pmDon Fort Participates In A Panel Entitled “Intermediate Discussions Regarding Digital Assets” For The NYSSCPA
November 8, 2021 @ 1:30 pm - 4:50 pmThe Law Firm Antiracism Alliance Hosts A Discussion Section Entitled “Diversity in the Tax Bar” As Part Of Its Tax System Working Group Discussion Series
November 5, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A Panel Entitled “Tips and Traps (or Hot Topics) in Dealing with International Taxpayers and Reporting”
November 4, 2021 @ 4:45 pm - 6:15 pmMegan L. Brackney Presents A CLE Program Entitled “Domestic & Financial Abuse: Advising Clients When Facing The IRS” For The NYSBA
November 3, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Facilitates A Discussion With USC Prof. Jeesoo Nam At The Tax Policy Colloquium Speaker Series, Loyola Law School
November 1, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
