What do you do when your client tells you something that changes your routine civil IRS exam into a potential criminal tax nightmare? These exams, referred to as “eggshell audits”, are full of opportunity and pitfalls for practitioners. Join Attorney Eric Green as he explains the issues and how to handle them to not only protect your client but yourself!
Mike McGinty (Michael McGinty, CPA)
"As a retired IRS Field Agent with over 30 years experience I found Eric's presentation to be right on point. I personally referred several cases for fraud and participated in one as the cooperating revenue agent. I witnessed how the taxpayer, and perhaps the accountant, participated in preparing false documents in order to make personal expenses appear to be business expenses of his closely held corporation. Many of these items didn't pass the "SMELL" test and resulted in a criminal investigation when not supplying false documents would have only resulted in additional taxes."Sandra J Brooks (Sandra J Brooks EA)
"I really liked this presenter. He kept my attention and gave a lot of excellent information. I do a lot of representation, and did have some fraud content a couple of years ago, IRS was really nice in working with me on it, and the ugly preparer became a project, CI filed charges. This webinar was right on point!"Jane Jimenez (JTJ Bookkeeping)
"I especially appreciated the integrity of the presenter! Impeccable!! In the business world, too often the accounting question focuses on methods of escaping scrutiny from audits. As a professional bookkeeper, I hope to work with CPAs and tax preparers who work at this level of professional integrity!"Kathleen Harrison (H&R Block)
"I enjoyed and appreciated that we don't want to do more damage and the details given. I thoroughly enjoyed the explanations of the "3-step drop", Kovel letters, and "eggshell audit". This course could have been 90 or 120 minutes, easily, as there is so much to learn."Minh Tran (King County)
"What a great and powerful speaker we have today!! Eric is outstanding, knowledgeable, and passionate in his field. Thank you for the stories to connect with the subject matter."Lloyd Doletski (Self Employed)
"The information was presented at a reasonable pace. The speaker was able to present in a free flowing manner. I had no questions of the material presented."William Sannuto (William Sannuto)
"Wow Eric is such a great listen I never had anyone present so much great info and it was awesome he stayed for another 15 minutes to answer our questions ."Mark Dann (L. Mark Dann, CPA)
"The instructor was fantastic! He is very knowledgeable in the field and communicates the subject matter well."
Green & Sklarz LLC
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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.