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Surgent's Navigating Your Client Through the IRS Appeals Process

Monday, September 16
 1:00pm - 4:30pm

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4.00 Credits

Member Price $159.00

Non-Member Price $224.00

Overview

Despite the fact that a client’s tax matter may be taken directly to court, utilizing IRS Appeals usually results in saving your client both time and money. Join us as we discuss the misunderstood process of going to IRS Appeals.

Objectives

  • Recognize how to craft the appeal protest to best effect the desired findings for your client
  • Identify strategies regarding in person, correspondence, or phone conferences with IRS Appeals
  • Utilize IRS Appeals, the only level of appeal within the IRS, to avoid costly, contentious, and time-consuming court trials
  • Understand how to prepare and submit a Tax Court petition

Highlights

  • Preparing a valid Appeals Protest for small case requests when tax, penalties, and interest for each period are $25,000 or less
  • Writing and filing a Formal Protest, including required information
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution options available to clients
  • Negotiation and time limitations
  • Preparing and submitting a Tax Court petition to preserve a client’s rights

Designed For

Accounting and Financial Professionals who wish to represent clients with a tax matter in disagreement

Prerequisites

Experience in preparing individual and business tax returns

Preparation

None

Notice

To access this program, log into your CTCPA account at https://www.ctcpas.org/my-cpe/upcoming and click on the orange “Launch Event” button.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Deborah Phillips, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC

Deborah A. Phillips, CPA, MST, operates her own tax controversy practice where she specializes in partnership and S corporation tax law as well as IRS audits and procedures. Debbie has been very successful petitioning and resolving tax issues under the jurisdiction of the United State Tax Court. She is proficient in the Section 199A provisions and computations as well as all aspects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. She works with various CPA firms during tax season preparing all types of tax returns. In addition, she utilizes her forensic accounting skills for tax preparation of clients involved in potential IRS criminal prosecution. Debbie retired from the Large Business and International Division (LB&I) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), where she was a Senior Manager in the Flow Through Issue Practice Group (IPG). The IPG specializes in S corporation and partnership tax issues for LB&I. Debbie worked for the IRS for over 32 years. She has extensive accounting and taxation knowledge of individual, corporate, and partnership federal tax returns. She was the Operations and Technical Assistant to the Deputy Commission International, the Technical Assistant to the Director of PFTG, a Territory Manager in the Retail, Food and Pharmaceuticals Industry, a Team Manager in the Heavy Manufacturing Industry, and the IRC Section 263A Technical Advisor. Debbie taught graduate and undergraduate courses in accounting and taxation as an adjunct faculty member at Delaware State University, Wilmington College, and Goldey-Beacom College. She has been a seminar presenter for approximately 20 years as well as a textbook author. In 2015 through 2018, she received the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award because of her consistently high evaluations for knowledge and presentation skills. Debbie earned her master’s degree in taxation from Widener University.

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Non-Member Price $224.00

Member Price $159.00