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
Michael Sardar and Don Fort participate in a panel titled “Criminal Tax Workshop” at the 39th Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and the 12th Annual National Institute on Tax Controversy. Panel Description: This popular workshop teaches strategies and techniques for handling sensitive civil examinations and criminal investigations, and
Don Fort was quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article entitled “First Came the Crypto Crash. Now Comes the Taxman.” published on November 11, 2022. The article notes: “The IRS has already used this strategy, called a John Doe summons, to pursue crypto tax cheats with transactions of $20,000
Garrett L. Brodeur participates in a panel titled “Exploring Tax Practice Settings With Alumni” for students of the Georgetown Law Center Tax LL.M. Program on October 25, 2022. Panelists: Garrett L. Brodeur, Kostelanetz LLP Ballinger Doyle, Grant Thornton Camilah Gould-Bailey, Google Tax Saiya Savooji, KPMG Canada This panel was only
Kostelanetz & Fink has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the American College of Tax Counsel (“ACTC”) in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Alexandru Bittner v. United States (No. 21-1195). The brief asks the Supreme Court to reverse a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that
On August 16, 2022, the Department of Justice published a press release announcing that a federal court in the Central District of California has authorized the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on the cryptocurrency prime dealer SFOX. That summons directs SFOX to identify and produce records relating to
