Voluntary compliance and enforcement of the tax laws are at the heart of our tax system. Over the past several years, the IRS has been challenged to develop new and more efficient ways to ensure that all taxpayers report and pay the correct tax amount. These panel interviews provide us with an update on recent developments at the IRS.
The IRS Representation Conference brings together representatives from the government and expert private practitioners to compare perspectives on a variety of topics involving federal tax audits, appeals, and litigation. The Conference covers a wide range of representation issues, from procedural seminars to substantive programs, estate & gift issues, ethical problems, current enforcement initiatives, sensitive audits, and civil and criminal tax penalties.
This comprehensive, two full-day event focuses on the practical issues and how to handle them rather than theoretical issues.
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Please note: Enrolling in an individual session will grant you access to the entire two-day event.
IRS
Commissioner, Small Business and Self-Employed Division
Appointed in September 2019, Mr. Hylton oversees taxpayers’ programs and services, affecting the nation’s small business and self-employed individuals. He is responsible for providing executive leadership and direction to a nationwide staff of approximately 20,000 employees responsible for service and enforcement programs for taxpayers who file personal, corporate, flow-through, employment, excise, estate, and gift tax returns.
Jim oversees a worldwide staff of approximately 3,000 employees, including 2,100 special agents in 21 Field Offices and 11 foreign countries. He manages, leads, and oversees some of the most significant investigations of financial crimes involving tax evasion, sanctions evasion, money laundering, bribery, international corruption, bank malfeasance, cyber-crimes, and terrorist financing
IRS
Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel
Michael J. Desmond is the 48th Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, where he oversees a staff of more than 2,000 employees, including approximately 1,500 attorneys. Mr. Desmond began serving as Chief Counsel on March 4, 2019, following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate on February 27, 2019. As Chief Counsel, he is also an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury. After serving as a law clerk for the Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew in the federal district court in Los Angeles, Mr. Desmond began his legal career with the Attorney General’s Honors Program at the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
After serving in the Tax Division, he joined McKee Nelson, LLP, where he was elected in 2004. In early 2005, Mr. Desmond joined the Office of Tax Policy at the Department of the Treasury, where he served as Tax Legislative Counsel through 2008. Following his tenure at the Treasury Department, he spent several years as a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, California. In January 2012, Mr. Desmond started his boutique tax firm in Santa Barbara, California, where he practiced until he was nominated Chief Counsel in 2018. Mr. Desmond has held several offices with the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association and served as a Regent for the American College of Tax Counsel. He also served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University School of Law. Mr. Desmond was born in Santa Monica, California, and is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.
Kostelanetz LLP
Partner
bskarlatos@kflaw.com
(212) 808-8100
For more than thirty years, Bryan C. Skarlatos has represented individuals and corporations in sensitive matters, many of which involve negotiation or litigation with government agencies. He has significant experience in federal and state tax audits, appeals and litigation, criminal tax investigations, and white-collar criminal prosecutions. Mr. Skarlatos also has an active practice providing tax and estate planning advice.
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