Program Details
2025-09-19 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-09-19 13:00:00
1h CLE Credits
Intermediate
1
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm ESTThis session examines the critical warning signs that distinguish intentional fraud from innocent mistakes during IRS audits. Participants will learn to recognize affirmative acts of fraud such as maintaining dual books, concealing bank accounts, and omitting income, as well as indicators that a case may have been referred to criminal investigation.
Eric L. Green. 1:20 pm - 1:40 pm ESTThis session explores the various legal protections available to taxpayers during audits, including attorney-client privilege, the Section 7525 accountant-client privilege, and Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. Participants will understand the critical limitations of each privilege, particularly how accountant-client privilege disappears in criminal cases and why voluntarily filed documents cannot be protected.
Eric L. Green. 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm ESTThis session details how accountants can effectively participate in eggshell audits while avoiding serious legal pitfalls. Topics include structuring proper Kovel arrangements to extend attorney-client privilege to accountants, conducting shadow investigations, and understanding the strategic decisions around cooperation versus non-cooperation with auditors.
Eric L. Green.Eric L. Green is the managing partner and co-founder of Green & Sklarz LLC, a boutique tax firm with offices in Connecticut and New York, and the founder of Tax Rep LLC and the Tax Rep Network — the country’s leading training and coaching program for tax representation practitioners. His practice focuses on civil and criminal taxpayer representation before the IRS, the DOJ Tax Division, and state departments of revenue. Eric is a nationally renowned tax expert who has lectured to more than 70,000 practitioners, is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a past Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section, and the host of the weekly Tax Rep Network podcast. He holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Hofstra University, a J.D. (Honors) from New England School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. Prior to practicing law, he was a senior tax consultant at KPMG and Deloitte & Touche.
Eric L. Green is the managing partner and co-founder of Green & Sklarz LLC, a boutique tax firm with offices in Connecticut and New York, and the founder of Tax Rep LLC and the Tax Rep Network — the country’s leading training and coaching program for tax representation practitioners. His practice focuses on civil and criminal taxpayer representation before the IRS, the DOJ Tax Division, and state departments of revenue. Eric is a nationally renowned tax expert who has lectured to more than 70,000 practitioners, is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a past Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section, and the host of the weekly Tax Rep Network podcast. He holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Hofstra University, a J.D. (Honors) from New England School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. Prior to practicing law, he was a senior tax consultant at KPMG and Deloitte & Touche.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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