NEW YORK (January 10, 2023) — Kostelanetz LLP is thrilled to announce that we have promoted three of our attorneys — Nicholas S. Bahnsen, Stephen Josey, and Wilda Lin — to Counsel. The promotions became effective on January 1. “Nick, Stephen, and Wilda have provided outstanding counsel to our clients
Garrett L. Brodeur participates in a panel titled “Basic and Advanced Issues Regarding IRS Liens and Levies, and Hot Topics in Tax Collections” at the American Bar Association’s 2023 Midyear Tax Meeting in San Diego, California on February 9, 2023. Description: This panel focuses on the basics of liens and
Garrett L. Brodeur moderates a panel titled “Emerging Issues in Crypto and Blockchain Practice” at the American Bar Association’s 2023 Midyear Tax Meeting in San Diego, California on February 10, 2023. Description: Representing cryptocurrency clients involves a variety of issues and practical considerations, from tax compliance to incident response in
In this CLE/CPE course, Heather Fincher provides tax professionals with an in-depth discussion of the challenges posed to U.S. businesses that must report their global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI). The panel provides tax professionals with guidance on the challenges of the GILTI rules and discusses calculating GILTI and the Section 250
BALTIMORE (December 14, 2022) — Super Lawyers has selected Kostelanetz LLP partner Caroline D. Ciraolo for inclusion on the 2023 Maryland Super Lawyers list as a “Top Rated Tax Attorney in Baltimore, MD.” Super Lawyers describes itself as a “rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have
The IRS responded swiftly to the Tax Court’s recent decision, Green Valley Investors, LLC, et al. v. Comm’r, 159 T.C. No. 5 (Nov. 9, 2022), which invalidated IRS Notice 2017-10, identifying syndicated conservation easements as “listed transactions,” on the ground that the Notice violated the prior notice and comment requirements
Megan L. Brackney guest authored a two-part series for the Procedurally Taxing Blog entitled “The IRS’s Aggressive Enforcement Of Foreign Information Return Penalties Has Created Ethical Dilemmas For Practitioners.” The two posts raise important questions about practitioners’ ethical responsibilities when confronting clients’ potential exposure to penalties for failing to file
Caroline D. Ciraolo shared her insight in a recent Tax Notes article by Lauren Loricchio entitled “Documents Shed Light on IRS Scrutiny of Employee Retention Credit” published on December 5, 2022. The article details the IRS’s issuance of training materials that explain how examiners should scrutinize the use of the
As part of Kostelanetz’s commitment to pro bono work and giving back to the tax community, on December 5, 2022, Kostelanetz sponsored the New York County Lawyers Association’s (NYCLA) Tax Court Calendar Call Pro Bono Program. NYCLA’s U.S. Tax Court Calendar Call Pro Bono Program matches attorneys with unrepresented taxpayers
Kostelanetz LLP brings extensive trial experience to its work for firm clients. Two of our ten partners — Sharon L. McCarthy and Jay R. Nanavati — are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers; Best Lawyers named us “Law Firm of the Year” for Tax Litigation in 2021 and
