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New IRS Guidance Under IRC 7216
LIVE Webcast
Jim F. Kurdziel
Senior Program Analyst and Technical Advisor, Electronic Tax Administration (ETA)
Internal Revenue Service
Electronic Tax Administration prides itself on being a thought leading organization. Its goal is to energize IRS interaction with taxpayers and practitioners through an ever-expanding array of electronic and web-based products and services. Jim plays a key role in ETA by advising executives on strategy and policy issues.
Because of his vast experience at the IRS spanning 35 years as an auditor, manager, educator, video media producer, system developer and management analyst, Jim is valued for bringing depth and perspective to his analysis. For the last 15 years, he has worked in ETA on all of the major strategic, policy, product and service initiatives that have made IRS e-file the preferred method of filing for the American public.
Jim holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of Scranton.
Phillip Pillar
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Phillip A. Pillar is a Shareholder in the Philadelphia Office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Phil's practice concentrates on representing and advising clients in federal, state and international tax issues before tax authorities and courts. Phil negotiates sophisticated tax problems for clients including voluntary disclosures, methods of accounting and tax shelters. Phil's cases include precedent-setting decisions in the taxation of many different industries, particularly financial services. He advises investment funds, insurance companies, banks and other lenders on strategies and transactions. He also tried numerous estate tax valuation matters and has been involved in other notable reported cases. He possesses broad experience in federal tax alternative dispute resolution procedures, including mediation and arbitration. For multinational clients, Phil uses his experience of having advised and represented IRS in transfer pricing matters. Phil has also worked with clients' tax treaty positions and anti-deferral regime issues.
Phil has also counseled many companies, from Fortune 1000 to privately held, on managing their tax risk. He is experienced in the fields of reportable transactions compliance and tax transparency, how tax issues in transactions and structures may be scrutinized. He specializes in resolving civil tax penalties and practice before the IRS. Recently, Phil has counseled clients and addressed tax professionals on the effects of greater transparency in tax disclosures under FIN 48 and tax reporting rules changes.
Phil has authored many articles and has been published in The Tax Lawyer. He is also a former Chair, Administrative Practice Committee of the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation.
Phil is admitted to practice in the Bars of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of Texas, along with various Federal Courts.
Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Phil was a Director of Tax Controversy and Risk Management Services Practice at Ernst & Young and a senior litigation in the Office of the Chief Counsel, IRS.
Mr. Pillar received his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis, his J.D. from The University of Texas and his B.A. also from The University of Texas.
Michael P. Dolan
Chair of the AICPA Section 7216 Regulations Task Force
KPMG LLP
Mr. Dolan is the Practice, Procedure & Administration Group’s National Director of IRS Policies and Dispute Resolution. He works with a group of KPMG professionals who help clients creatively resolve complex IRS controversies and procedural issues. He also assists clients and firm members identify the opportunities and risks associated with the IRS structural, procedural and operating changes. Mike also helps evaluate potential client impacts of various IRS compliance initiatives.
Background
Mr. Dolan joined KPMG’s Washington National Tax practice in March of 2000. He brought with him nearly 30 years of tax administration experience, 27 of which were gained with the Internal Revenue Service. During the last six years of his IRS career Mike served as the IRS Deputy Commissioner with two extended appointments as Acting Commissioner. As Deputy Commissioner, Dolan exercised line supervision over all IRS Headquarters and field functions, interacted extensively with the senior Treasury and Justice Department tax officials and was the senior U.S. representative to the principle international tax administration bodies. Prior to his appointment as IRS Deputy Commissioner, Mike held a succession of other key IRS district, regional and headquarters executive positions. As a result of his experience as the IRS’ senior operating official, Mike possesses broad knowledge of IRS operations, procedures and personnel.
Between leaving the IRS and joining KPMG, Mike was a senior counselor for a tax-based e-commerce start-up. He also provided tax administration technical assistance for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in Eastern Europe and South America.
Professional Achievement
Dolan is a member of the AICPA and is chair of its IRS Practice and Procedure Committee. He is a member of the DC Bar Association and its tax section and he is a frequent speaker and writer on a wide range of IRS practice, procedure and controversy topics.
Education
Mike earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from George Washington University.
Ken Wright
Tax Attorney, Tax section - ABA, Co-chair Task Force of Tax Preparer Regulation
Tax Education, Inc.
Kenneth K. Wright received his Juris Doctor with honors and a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Florida. He is the owner of Tax Education, Inc., a private provider of continuing professional education to CPAs and other tax return preparers. Ken also maintains a private practice focusing on estate and business planning. From 2007 through 2009 Ken was a member of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, a Federal advisory committee to the IRS, serving, among other roles, as its vice chair. During his time on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Ken was involved in working with the IRS on return preparer issues, including regulation of preparers.
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