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
Don Fort Participates In A Panel Entitled “The US Treasury’s National Illicit Finance Strategy: A Closer Look” with AML RightSource
May 18 @ 3:00 pmMegan L. Brackney Presents In A Webinar Entitled “Ethical Dilemmas – The IRS’s Enforcement of Foreign Information Return Penalties and the Practitioner’s Duty to Promote Compliance” For The International Tax Institute
May 17 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pmDon Fort Participates In Keynote Fireside Chat At ACAMS Law Enforcement Anti-Financial Crime Seminar
May 16 @ 9:10 am - 10:00 amBryan C. Skarlatos Participates In A PLI Panel Entitled “Balancing Tax Planning, Advocacy, and Professional Ethics: The Rules That Every Tax Advisor Should Know”
May 11 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pmDon Fort Participates In The 2022 Government Analytics Leadership Forum For Canadian Government Officials
May 10 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 amCaroline D. Ciraolo Delivers Opening Remarks For A Panel Entitled “Breaking Down Barriers To Effectuate Change in the Legal Field” Hosted By The Federal Bar Association’s Section On Taxation
May 4 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmChristopher M. Ferguson Participates In A Panel Entitled “So Your Client Wants to Pay You in Cryptocurrency…” For The New York Law School 19th Annual Tax Lawyering Workshop
April 29 @ 9:15 am - 10:30 amMegan L. Brackney Participates In A PLI Panel Entitled “Balancing Tax Planning, Advocacy, and Professional Ethics: The Rules That Every Tax Advisor Should Know”
April 28 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A Panel Entitled “Targeting the Oligarchs: New Tax Transparency Initiatives, Sanctions, Seizures, and Freezes” For The ABA’s 2022 ILS Annual Conference
April 28 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 amJay Nanavati Participates In A Panel Entitled “The Corporate Transparency Act and Treasury’s New Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Rules: Potential Impacts on Financial Crimes Investigations and Tax Controversies” Hosted By Miller & Chevalier
April 26 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pmDon Fort Presents A CPE Webinar Entitled “Criminal Tax Fraud Overview: Crossing the line from Civil to Criminal” For MyCPE
April 26 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pmKostelanetz & Fink Sponsors And Don Fort Participates In The 2022 AML Partnership Forum
April 20 - April 22Caroline D. Ciraolo Participates In A Panel Entitled “Pathways to Careers in Tax Law (Tax Controversy)” With The ABA Tax Section
April 11 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Moderates A Panel Entitled “Blurred Lines—The Edge of Civil and Criminal Tax Enforcement” For The Virtual 22nd Annual U.S. And Europe Tax Practice Trends Conference
March 31 @ 10:45 am - 12:00 pmRobert M. Russell Participates In a Panel Entitled “Tax Practice in a Perfect Storm – Assessing the Impacts of Inflation, Supply Chain Disruption, and Legislative Uncertainty on the Tax Function” At The Tax Executives Institute’s Midyear Conference
March 21 @ 9:45 am - 10:45 amRobert M. Russell Moderates A Panel Entitled “Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technologies: An Industry Perspective” At The FBA’s 2022 Tax Law Conference
March 3 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Moderates A Panel Entitled “In The Eye of the Beholder: What Moves a Tax Case from Civil to Criminal?” At The ABA White Collar Crime Conference
March 2 @ 10:30 am - 11:45 amClaude M. Millman Leads A Webinar Entitled “Contract Essentials for Nonprofits” For NYLPI
February 22 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 amDon Fort Speaks At The Association Of Certified Financial Crime Specialists’ Future Of FinCrime Skills Summit
February 15 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 amThe Law Firm Antiracism Alliance Hosts Fourth Discussion In Series Entitled “Diversity in the Tax Bar” As Part Of Its Tax System Working Group Discussion Series
February 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmBryan C. Skarlatos Presents A Virtual Course Entitled “Ethical Issues In Everyday Tax Practice: When Are You Crossing A Line?” At The Golden Gate University’s Annual Tax Update Conference
February 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmCaroline D. Ciraolo Participates In The “Audits and Tax Controversy Panel” For The Florida Tax Institute
February 3 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 amK&F And The Morehouse-Spelman Pre-Law Society Host A Program Entitled “LSAT 101”
January 24 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmCaroline 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 pm