Tax Blog and News
Richard Gano Elected as Co-Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Young Tax Lawyers Committee of the California Lawyers Association, Tax Section
Richard Gano has been elected as Co-Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Young Tax Lawyers Committee of the California Lawyers Association, Tax Section. The Young Tax Lawyers Committee (“YTLC”) is composed of an executive board that works with regional chapters to...
Richard Gano Shares Insights for Bloomberg Tax on Special IRS Penalty Relief
Richard Gano recently published an article for Bloomberg Tax entitled “Taxpayers Must Act Quickly on Relief for Late Filing Penalties.” In this article, Richard analyzes IRS Notice 2022-36, in which the IRS provides relief to most people and businesses who file...
Holtz, Slavett, Drabkin & Warner Sponsors 38th UCLA Tax Controversy Institute. Igor Drabkin to Speak on IRS Collections
Holtz, Slavett & Drabkin is proud to sponsor the 38th Annual UCLA Tax Controversy Institute, the preeminent conference exclusively dedicated to tax controversy and tax litigation. The conference provides an open forum for many distinguished presenters from the...
Michele Weiss to Speak on Tax Implications of Inflation Reduction Act
Michele Weiss, Senior Counsel at Holtz, Slavett & Drabkin, will be speaking at the upcoming Beverly Hills Bar Association webinar titled “Tax Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act” on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. The program will also...
Non-Payment of Payroll Taxes Can Lead to Serious Legal Problems
Payroll taxes withheld by employers account for nearly 72% of all revenue collected by the IRS. Cheating and noncompliance in this area is one of the biggest problems for the nation’s tax system. Civil and criminal employment tax enforcement is one of the top...
David J. Warner to Speak on Taxation of Foreign Branches at Strafford Webinar
Holtz, Slavett & Drabkin tax attorney, principal, and shareholder David J. Warner will be co-presenting a Strafford webinar entitled “Taxation of Foreign Branches Under Current Tax Law: Qualified Business Units, Foreign Tax Credits, Anti-Hybrid Rules” on...
Own a Business Outside California? You May be Subject to California Tax Without Even Knowing It.
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) may determine that an out-of-state business is subject to California tax if the business has enough of a connection with the State of California. The FTB is a taxing agency that has taken aggressive positions against...
David J. Warner Elected to Loyola Law School’s Board of Governors
David J. Warner has been elected to the Loyola Law School Alumni Association Board of Governors. The Board of Governors has 35 members who support the law school by connecting the Loyola alumni community with the law school and its students, mentoring students,...
Holtz, Slavett, Drabkin & Warner Sponsors 14th Annual NYU Tax Controversy Forum in New York
Holtz, Slavett & Drabkin is proud to sponsor the New York University 14th Annual Tax Controversy Forum, which will take place on June 23-24, 2022, at the Westin New York Grand Central. The Forum is a gathering of high level government representatives, judges,...
Are FBAR Penalties Limited? U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide.
On June 21, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review (that is, granted certiorari) in the case of Bittner v. United States. This case centers around the report of foreign bank and financial accounts (FBAR) and penalties for not timely filing the FBAR form. The...