Tax Controversy
Foley’s tax controversy practice is comprised of seasoned practitioners, including former tax enforcement and other government officials, who use their experience and insight to craft efficient and innovative strategies to obtain favorable results for their clients. Our tax controversy attorneys have represented clients in all phases of tax disputes and have collectively handled thousands of audits, appeals, administrative proceedings, alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and cases involving local, state, federal, and international tax issues and disputes, both civil and criminal, including:
- Civil and criminal tax litigation before state and federal trial and appellate courts and administrative bodies, including the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court
- IRS audits, protests, and appeals
- State and local tax audits, protests, and appeals
- Alternative dispute resolution, including fast track settlement, post appeals mediation, and the rapid appeals process
- Transfer pricing disputes for state and federal taxes
- Requests for competent authority assistance, unilateral, bilateral, and multi-lateral advance pricing agreements and private letter rulings
- Tax shelter cases, including injunction and penalty cases
- International and offshore tax compliance and reporting, including international information returns and Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts filing requirements and penalties
- Collection proceedings
- State and local tax liens
- Property tax appeals
- Excise and employment taxes
- Estate and gift taxes
- Tax return preparer regulations and penalties
- White collar crime and government investigations
- Unclaimed property audits, disputes, and voluntary disclosures
Our Approach
Clients are best served when disputes and litigation are avoided in the first place. Our attorneys use their deep, across-the-board understanding of complicated tax procedures and substantive issues to counsel clients on their business operations and structures and assist them with planning matters and formulation of creative, business-oriented strategies geared toward dispute avoidance.