When a taxpayer cannot pay his or her living expenses, they may have their account placed in hardship, known as "uncollectible" status. But what does uncollectible status mean, exactly, and how can a taxpayer request to have their account listed as such? Our experts will explain what uncollectible status is and what practitioners should do to help their taxpayers be placed in a hardship category, so enforcement activity ceases.
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.
Green & Sklarz LLC
Partner
egreen@gs-lawfirm.com
(203) 285-8545
Eric is a partner in Green & Sklarz LLC, a boutique tax firm with offices in Connecticut and New York. The focus of Attorney Eric L. Green’s practice is civil and criminal taxpayer representation before the Department of Justice Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service, and state Departments of Revenue Services. His practice also handles probate matters and estate planning for individuals and business owners and tax planning for closely-held businesses. He is a frequent lecturer on tax topics for CCH, the NAEA, the NATP, the ABA Tax Section, and the Connecticut Society of CPAs. Attorney Green has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is the author of The Accountant’s Guide to IRS Collection (available www.tgpublish.com), and he is a columnist for CCH’s Journal of Practice & Procedure. He is also the founder of The New England IRS Representation Conference. Mr. Green is a contributing author for Advocating for Low-Income Taxpayers: A Clinical Studies Casebook, 3rd Edition, and has also been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Consumer Reports, The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch, TheStreet.com, and CreditCard.com. Before practicing law Attorney Green served as a senior tax consultant for KPMG and Deloitte & Touche. Attorney Green was the 2010 Nolan Fellow of the American Bar Association and has served as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Closely Held Businesses Tax Committee. Attorney Green is the current Chair of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section. Eric is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel (“ACTC”) and a Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and American Bar Association member. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut Superior Courts, as well as the United States Tax Court, the Federal Court of Claims, and the Federal District Court for Connecticut. Attorney Green received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting with a minor in International Business from Hofstra University and is an honor graduate from New England School of Law. He earned a Masters of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.) from Boston University School of Law.
IRS
National Taxpayer Advocate
Nina E. Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA), is the “voice of the taxpayer” within the IRS and before Congress. She leads the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), an independent organization inside the IRS that helps taxpayers resolve their IRS account problems and works for systemic change to mitigate problems experienced by groups of taxpayers.
Ms. Olson was appointed to the position of National Taxpayer Advocate in January 2001. Under her leadership, the NTA‟s Annual Report to Congress has become an essential vehicle for change. It is one of two reports the NTA is required by statute to deliver each year, and it outlines the most serious problems facing taxpayers and makes recommendations for administrative and legislative change. The IRS has implemented hundreds of the recommendations she has made for organizational change. Members of Congress have introduced bills to implement dozens of her suggestions for legislative change, and 15 of them have been enacted into law.
Agostino & Associates
Enrolled Agent
czahn@agostinolaw.com
(201) 488-5400 x103
Caren has spent 26 years with Agostino & Associates P.C., representing individual and business taxpayers in all administrative levels of the Internal Revenue Service, State, and Local taxing authorities.
She is the co-director and administrator of the Taxpayers Assistance Center, Inc. (TAC). The TAC provides pro bono representation to low-income taxpayers before all IRS and State taxing authorities’ administrative levels.
Law Office of Beverly Winstead
Director and Founder
beverly@winsteadcpa.com
(803) 407-1234
Attorney Beverly L. Winstead is the founder and manager of the tax law firm Law Office of Beverly Winstead, LLC, specializing in tax resolution, estate planning, sports, and entertainment law. In 2018, she was honored as one of the National Bar Association's Top “40 Under 40” lawyers in the country. That same year, she made history as the first Black woman chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Tax Section.
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