On May 24, 2022, Christopher M. Ferguson teaches a course entitled, “Walking on Eggshells: How to Handle An Eggshell Audit” for the CPA Academy. CLE and CPE credit is offered for this event. Course Description: An IRS audit can be a harrowing experience under any circumstances. When there is the risk
On April 29, 2022, Christopher M. Ferguson participates in a panel entitled, “So Your Client Wants to Pay You in Cryptocurrency…” for the Graduate Tax Program at New York Law School’s 19th Annual Tax Lawyering Workshop: Tax Practice In A Changing World. The program meets virtually via Zoom and offers
By Christopher M. Ferguson CPA Journal August/September 2021 Faced with shrinking budgets and resources, for more than a decade the IRS has been forced to do more with less. It has responded by turning to big data analytics. In recent years, the IRS has amassed massive amounts of taxpayer data
In the third segment of a three-part series entitled, “Rescuing the Rescuer,” K&F partner, Christopher M. Ferguson, joins Dov Tuzman on the radio show, Equal Footing with Dov Tuzman, to discuss the emotional and psychological toll on lawyers when they are unable to “save” their client or achieve justice for
In the fourth episode of the Financial Crimes – Dirty Money Stories podcast, K&F partner Christopher Ferguson joins AML RightSource Executive Vice President John Byrne and AML RightSource Creative Director Elliot Berman to discuss the recently adopted Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and some of its key provisions affecting financial crimes
By Christopher M. Ferguson and Hannah Ambinder On March 3, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (Egmont Group) released Trade-Based Money Laundering: Risk Indicators, a publication outlining anti-money laundering risk factors. The FATF Report’s purpose is to improve the identification of suspicious
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,
