Steven M Packer

August 28, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Well, IRS audits are back … and high-net-worth taxpayers, including lawyers and their high-wealth clients, are being specifically targeted.

By Michael A. Gillen, Mary Beth Lee and Steven M. Packer

5 minute read

March 07, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The "Dirty Dozen" American film released by MGM in 1967 depicts wartime law breaking, theft and ­impersonation, but today we are talking about the IRS's "Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2017" list, which depicts law breaking, theft and impersonation issues that are ­putting taxpayers at risk.

By Michael A. Gillen 
and Steven M. Packer

20 minute read

March 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

For many of us, and our clients, identity theft, unfortunately, is an all-too-familiar topic.

By Michael A. Gillen and Steven M. Packer

7 minute read

March 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

For many of us, and our clients, identity theft, unfortunately, is an all-too-familiar topic.

By Michael A. Gillen and Steven M. Packer

7 minute read

June 03, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Certain companies will soon be required to submit their financial results, including annual and quarterly required submissions, electronically using XBRL, a language for communication of financial data.

By Steven M. Packer

7 minute read

April 01, 2008 | Law.com

With more than 60,000 people leaving the workforce in February, the largest drop in payrolls in four years, the continued housing and credit crunch and the current volatility in the financial markets, some of your clients may be facing serious financial difficulties and may be unable to pay their upcoming tax obligations.

By Michael A. Gillen and Steven M. Packer

10 minute read

May 04, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers often have expressed or implied fiduciary oversight responsibilities in connection with the "family office" of wealthy individuals, families and private foundations.

By Steven M. Packer

8 minute read

October 06, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Our tax system is based on voluntary compliance. That is, the principle that taxpayers voluntarily comply with the tax laws and report their income and other tax items honestly.

By Steven M. Packer And Barbara A. Ruth

10 minute read

April 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the tax filing deadline now only days away (April 18 this year due to Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C.), we thought it would be helpful to share a few last-minute tax filing tips, with a bias twist. As a result of interaction this tax season with more than 500 lawyers who have engaged the tax compliance and planning services of the Tax Accounting Group, we can comfortably and confidently report a common theme.

By Michael A. Gillen and Steven M. Packer

15 minute read

September 01, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Exposure of fraudulent and unscrupulous tax preparers, along with increasing voluntary compliance with federal tax laws and closing the tax gap (currently estimated to be in the billions of dollars) are among the goals of the Internal Revenue Service's five-year strategic plan released April 27, and runs from 2009 through 2013.

By Michael A. Gillen And Steven M. Packer

11 minute read