Tax partner and tax controversy group co-founder Kat Gregor recently spoke on a panel of leading experts on “Hidden Wealth”: The Global Campaign for Tax Transparency –the Latin Response” at the 12th Annual U.S. and Latin America Tax Practice Trends Conference on June 13th in Miami, Florida. Topics included the Common Reporting System (CRS); Golden Passports; Economic Substance Requirements for Shell Companies; Beneficial Ownership Disclosure; Tax Haven Black Lists; and the OECD Global Forum on…

On June 7, 2019, the Ninth Circuit re-issued a decision in Altera v. Commissioner, upholding an IRS Regulation that had been previously struck down by the Tax Court.  (This follows a decision in the same case that had previously been released by the Ninth Circuit on July 24, 2018, only to be precipitously withdrawn on August 7, 2018, as previously reported by Ropes & Gray with respect to the July 2018 and August 2018 decisions).…

Kat Gregor was recently quoted in a Law360 article, “Foreign FATCA Criticism Unlikely To Spur Changes, which discussed how the U.S. Department of the Treasury is unlikely to change reporting requirements of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act in response to European complaints. Her remarks were also published in POLITICO Pro’s “Morning Tax” roundup. Kat explained that it would be out of character for the U.S. Treasury to roll back FATCA reporting requirements,…

Kat Gregor, tax partner and co-founder of the tax controversy group, was recently appointed to both Law360’s Tax and Tax Authority Federal Editorial Advisory Boards. The purpose of these boards, according to the announcement, is “to get feedback on Law360’s coverage and gain insight from experts in the field on how best to shape future coverage.” To learn more about Kat and the other elected board members, please click here and here.…

STEP Mid Atlantic Webinar: Kat Gregor will be a featured webinar panelist on “What Private Wealth Planners Need to Know About the EU’s Mandatory Disclosure Directive DAC 6.” This panel provided an overview of the elements of DAC 6, provided a comparison to existing US mandatory disclosure rules, explained when foreign tax planning may implicate US criminal conduct, and, through hypotheticals, offered suggestions as to how to navigate the DAC 6 requirements. ABA Tax Section …

In a recent Law360 article, tax partner and tax controversy group co-founder Kat Gregor, tax controversy counsel Elizabeth Smith and litigation associate Liz Tolon explore the tax privilege nuances associated with attorney-client privilege and other relevant analogs that exist to protect client confidentiality. Their article discusses applicable privileges in the tax context, as well as two key exceptions: waiver and the crime-fraud exception. It also examines three recent cases that highlight the practical implications of these…

On December 21, 2018, IRS and Treasury issued final regulations implementing the partnership audit regime (T.D. 9844). The final regulations largely adopt, with some changes, the proposed regulations issued in August 2018. By issuing almost 200 pages of preamble, the final regulations provide extensive discussion of which comments were incorporated and why others were not.  Likely, IRS is thinking ahead to litigation over the validity of the regulations by issuing such broad discussions of…