Fall Meeting Webinar:
Criminal Tax Update
Presented by: Caroline Ciraolo, LL.M, Esq.
former Acting Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division
Partner, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Eastern
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Description: On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment in the largest ever tax fraud investigation. This is among a series of recent press releases involving indictments, guilty pleas, convictions, and sentencings for criminal tax violations ranging from failure to file tax returns, filing false returns, tax evasion, and conspiracies to defraud the IRS. These announcements make it clear that IRS – Criminal Investigation and the Justice Department are actively pursuing those who willfully seek to violate the internal revenue laws. This program will review the current landscape of criminal tax enforcement, government priorities, recent prosecutions, and best practices for those practitioners whose clients find themselves in entangled in a criminal tax investigation as a witness, subject or target.
Learning Objectives:
- The roles of IRS CI and DOJ in criminal tax enforcement
- The government’s current priorities in criminal tax enforcement
- Best practices for practitioners representing clients in criminal tax matter
Webinar: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 pm Eastern (11:00 am Pacific)
Education
NASBA approved for 1.5 CPE credit; 1.5 (M)CLE credit*
Please note CPE credit cannot be provided if you participate only via telephone
Cost - Individual Program
AAA-CPA Members $20.00; Non-Members $30.00
Speaker Information
Caroline D. Ciraolo
Caroline Ciraolo, Partner, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD. Ms. Ciraolo is former Acting Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division. She represents individuals and entities in civil tax controversies, including sensitive audits, administrative appeals, and litigation, evaluating tax compliance options, internal investigations, and criminal tax investigations and prosecutions. During her tenure, the T
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ax Division reached agreements with 80 Swiss financial institutions that facilitated tax evasion and the avoidance of reporting requirements by U.S. accountholders, and pursued suits to collect and defended challenges to FBAR penalties assessed by the IRS. Ms. Ciraolo is Vice President of the American College of Tax Counsel, Chair of the Civil & Criminal Tax Penalties Committee of the ABA's Section of Taxation, and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center (International Tax Controversies, Tax Fraud and Tax Crimes) and University of Baltimore School of Law Graduate Tax Program (Investigation, Prosecution and Defense of Tax Crimes).
For Caroline's full biography, click here.
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AAA-CPA continuing education programs are designed to meet the needs of Attorneys and CPAs and to qualify for credit both as CPE and CLE. Of course, the decisions of various state authorities determine the actual credit granted. There are no prerequisites or advance preparation requirements for this course.
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meetings@attorney-cpa.com and we will do our best to arrange for credit. Please note that most state bars will accept our Certificates of Attendance sent in by the attorney and NOT charge a fee. A general Certificate of Attendance will be made available for those professionals who feel the program satisfies their continuing education requirements and are able to self-file. It is the responsibility of the attendee to determine whether their state, discipline, or designation will allow one to self-file for a distance-learning program.
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