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It’s Almost June 30th: Do You Know Where Your FBARs Are?
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Phillip A. 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.
Kristine Roth
Legislation Counsel
The Joint Committee on Taxation
Ms Roth joined the staff of the Joint Committee in September 2008, where she is responsible for issues related to all aspects of compliance, including offshore compliance, penalties, information reporting, etc. Prior to joining JCT, she held a variety of positions at the Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, most recently as Special Counsel, Procedure and Administration. She previously litigated before the US Tax Court, managed practice groups both in the field and National Office, taught as Visiting Professor for the 1989-1990 academic year at Cornell University Law School and advised a transfer pricing team while on secondment to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in the United Kingdom. She holds a Master of Law (Taxation) from Georgetown University Law Center, and a J.D. with honors from The Ohio State University College of Law.
Todd Simmens
Partner and National Director, Tax Controversy & Procedure
BDO Seidman, LLP
Todd Simmens is a partner and BDO Seidman’s National Director
of Tax Controversy and Procedure. Todd focuses primarily on
assisting clients in resolving tax disputes, Internal Revenue
Service procedure, reportable transaction rules and penalty
issues.
Prior to joining BDO Seidman, Todd was a member of the Tax
Controversy & Risk Management Services practice of Ernst &
Young, LLP. He also practiced law at White & Case LLP, where
he assisted in the writing and production of Michael I. Saltzman’s
IRS Practice and Procedure (Revised Second Edition).
Additionally, Todd served as legislation counsel to the U.S.
Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, as an associate with
Blank Rome LLP, and as law clerk to U.S. Tax Court Judge Joel
Gerber.
Todd is the co-author of Tax Management Portfolio (BNA)
No. 648, Reportable Transactions.
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