Anthony Vitiello, chair of Connell Foley's Taxation & Estate Planning Group, is a panelist at the Third Annual New England IRS Representation Conference, held November 17-18, 2016 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. Speaking on "Gift Tax Returns & IRS Examination: Challenges and Pitfalls for Practitioners," Mr. Vitiello is joined in the discussion by Seth Cohen, Esq., Withers Bergman, Greenwich, CT. Mark G. Sklarz, Esq., Green & Sklarz, New Haven, CT, and James R. Grimaldi, Esq, CPA, Citrin Cooperman, New York, NY. The panel examines the various ways clients and practitioners often get into trouble when preparing and filing gift tax returns, and provides guidance for practitioners to help clients shift wealth to the next generation.
Additional topics covered at the Third Annual New England IRS Representation Conference include: Preparer Penalties: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know to protect Themselves; What to Do When the IRS System Seems Screwed Up; Update on IRS Initiatives: Hear from the IRS Executives on What We Can Expect to See in in the Next Year; Tax Division Update: Hear from the Acting Assistant Attorney General for Department of Justice Tax Division on DOJ Tax Division’s Priorities; The Hearing: Join Us for a Real Office of Professional Responsibility hearing Into Mike the Preparer’s Fitness to Practice Before the IRS; Criminal Tax Investigations of Tax Preparers: Go Inside a CI Investigation as it Focuses on the Taxpayer’s Preparer; and The Sentencing: Join Both the Prosecution Team and the Defense Team as they Prepare for Mike the Preparer’s Criminal Sentencing.
For more information, please visit http://irsrepconference.com/
