General Tax

Ivins, Phillips & Barker attorneys have among them hundreds of years of experience handling all aspects of U.S. federal income tax matters, and so there are few areas of tax law with which they are not familiar. This is why a large component of our practice is answering the day-to-day issues that arise for businesses and high net worth individuals, even when such questions do not fall neatly into the categories of tax accounting, corporate, partnership or international tax. Our unique culture ensures that these questions are resolved by the Ivins attorney with the most knowledge and relevant experience.   

News

• June 15, 2018
  Les Schneider and Pat Smith submit comments on new sections 451(b) and 451(c)
• May 23, 2018
  Pat Smith quoted in Tax Notes on recent developments in Chamber v. IRS
  Tax Notes
• May 14, 2018
  Tax Notes has Published Pat Smith's Latest Article Discussing the Anti-Injunction Act Issue in Chamber of Commerce v. IRS
  Tax Notes
• April 20, 2018
  Ivins Attorneys Jamie Brown and Heléna Klumpp Spoke at TEI’s 2018 Audits & Appeals Seminar
• March 28, 2018
  Ivins attorney Pat Smith quoted in Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report
  Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report
• March 27, 2018
  Ben Grosz and Jon Holbrook Offer Tax Planning Insights to Small Business Owners at Pro Bono Program
• March 15, 2018
  Ivins Attorney Leslie Schneider Quoted in Tax Notes
  Tax Notes
• March 15, 2018
  Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
  Tax Notes
• March 6, 2018
  Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
  Tax Notes
• February 14, 2018
  Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
  Tax Notes
• February 5, 2018
  Ivins Attorneys Teach Tax Strategies for Artists
• January 23, 2018
  Leslie Schneider Quoted in The Washington Post re: Prepaid Property Taxes
  The Washington Post
• January 22, 2018
  Pat Smith Quoted in Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report article
  Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report
• January 11, 2018
  LB&I Instructs Field Agents on How to Audit the Subpart F Manufacturing Exception
  Corporate Client Alert
• January 11, 2018
  Pat Smith Quoted in Law 360 Article
• January 10, 2018
  Ivins Attorney Patrick Smith Spoke at D.C. Bar
• December 29, 2017
  Leslie Schneider Quoted in Wall Street Journal re: IRS Prepayment Rule
  Wall Street Journal
• July 14, 2017
  Pat Smith Quoted re Maze v. IRS
  Tax Notes and Bloomberg BNA's Daily Tax Report
• May 22, 2017
  Heléna Klumpp Speaks at Tax ACT Annual Meeting
• May 10, 2017
  Ivins Attorney Doug Andre Quoted re: Expatriation
  Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report
• April 2017
  Hank Gutman Speaks re: Tax Reform
• March 31, 2017
  Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re: Section 883 Regulations
  Tax Notes
• March 2017
  Heléna Klumpp Joins Ivins, Phillips & Barker
• March 22, 2017
  Ivins Attorney Teaches "Tax Strategies" Class in Pro Bono Partnership
• February 24, 2017
  Ivins Attorneys Speak re Protecting Sensitive Tax Documents
• February 10, 2017
  IRS Identifies High-Priority Enforcement Issues
  Corporate Tax Insider
• February 9, 2017
  Ivins, Phillips & Barker Partner Announcements
• February 2017
  Mindy Herzfeld Joins Ivins Phillips & Barker
• November/December 2016
  Hank Gutman Featured in TEI's "Ask the Expert"
  Tax Executive
• November 18, 2016
  Taxation of Business Income - Client Alert
  IP&B Client Alert
• November 14, 2016
  Section 385 Regulations-Corporate Client Alert
  IP&B Corporate Client Alert
• September 19, 2016
  Lawrence Axelrod Coauthors Article: Proposed Debt-Equity Regulations
  Tax Notes
• September 5, 2016
  Tax Analysts Exclusive Conversation with Lawrence Axelrod
  Tax Notes
• August 24, 2016
  Larry Axelrod, Prominent Corporate M&A Tax Lawyer, Joins Ivins
• July 21, 2016
  Hank Gutman Spoke at Denver Tax Institute
• July 14, 2016
  Benjamin Grosz on "Child Roth IRA" Tax Planning Strategy
  FiduciaryNews.com
• April 30, 2016
  Forbes Quotes Ivins Attorney Benjamin L. Grosz about Tax Planning via Retirement Accounts
  Forbes
• April 2016
  Nine Ivins Attorneys Named as 2016 DC Super Lawyers
• March 31, 2016
  Benjamin Grosz Quoted by US Tax Center on Tax-Advantaged Saving
• March 10, 2016
  Ivins Attorney Discusses Complex US Tax Issues Associated with Cross-Border Spin-Offs
  Bloomberg BNA
• February 9, 2016
  Douglas Andre Speaks at TEI San Diego Chapter
• February 4, 2016
  Robin Solomon Quoted in US News & World Report
  US News & World Report
• January 27, 2016
  Retirement Plan Tax Breaks Discussed by Ivins Attorney Ben Grosz
• January 2016
  Ivins Attorney Speaks on Section 367 Regulations at ABA Midyear Tax Conference
• January 2016
  Ivins Alum Honored as 2015 Tax Person of the Year
  Tax Notes
• December 8, 2015
  Pat Smith Speaks to DC Bar on “Challenging Tax Regulations"
• December 2015
  Ivins Partner Named to Washingtonian 2015 Top Lawyers
  Washingtonian Magazine
• December 2015
  Ivins, Phillips & Barker Hosts Intangible Property Tax Symposium on December 7-8, 2015
• November 12, 2015
  Leslie Schneider Speaks at the TEI Chapter Meeting in Tulsa, OK
• October 28, 2015
  Leslie Schneider Speaks at the TEI Ft. Worth Chapter Meeting
• October 19, 2015
  Leslie Schneider Speaks at the TEI Annual Meeting in Dallas TX
• September 21, 2015
  Jeff Moeller Co-Chairs Bloomberg BNA Tax Credit Symposium
• September 17, 2015
  Douglas M. Andre Speaks to TEI on Foreign Withholding Rules & FATCA
• August 26, 2015
  Benjamin L. Grosz Quoted on the Tax Consequences of Settlements
• August 3, 2015
  Pat Smith Featured in Top 10 Most Downloaded Administrative Law Articles for July 2015
  Blog from the Yale Journal on Regulation
• July 31, 2015
  Patrick Smith Quoted in BNA Daily Tax Report on the Altera Decision
  Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report
• Ivins Attorney, Patrick Smith, Quoted in Law360 Article on the Altera Decision
  Law360
• July 14, 2015
  Pat Smith Featured in Top 10 Most Downloaded Administrative Law Articles
  Administrative Law SSRN Reading List/June 2015 Edition
• May 26, 2015
  Ivins Attorney Pat Smith was Quoted in a Law 360 article
• May 2015
  Robert H. Wellen Appointed as Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate) of the Internal Revenue Service
• May 21, 2015
  Pat Smith Participated in Tax Court Judicial Conference
• May 20, 2015
  Jeff Moeller Speaks at 2015 TEI Audits & Appeals Seminar
• March 30, 2015
  Pat Smith Quoted on Supreme Court's Decision in Direct Marketing Association
  Tax Notes Today
• March 20, 2015
  Les Schneider Speaks at TEI Carolinas Chapter Meeting
• March 16, 2015
  Patrick Smith Comments on Tax Notes Article re: Discretionary Actions
  Tax Notes: TaxAnalysts / News Analysis
• March 6, 2015
  Ivins Attorneys Speak at Federal Bar Association Tax Law Conference
• February 2, 2015
  Ivins Attorneys Comment on Codified Economic Substance Doctrine
• January 22, 2015
  Ivins Attorney Lisa Milot Quoted re Tax Court Decision in Perez v. Commissioner
  Bloomberg
• November 6, 2014
  Douglas Andre, Speaker, State of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
• May 29, 2014
  Ivins Attorneys Lecture on Life Science Industry Tax Issues
  BloombergBNA
• May 22, 2014
  Ivins Attorneys Speak on U.S. Transfer Pricing Developments
  DC Bar
• May 2014
  Ivins Attorneys Moderate Panels at ABA Section of Taxation 2014 May Meeting
  American Bar Association (ABA)
• April 2, 2014
  Steve Witmer and David Sherwood Speak at Orange County Chapter of TEI: Employee Benefits Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions
• March 26, 2014
  Robert Wellen to Speak at ALI CLE Corporate Taxation Program
• February 24, 2014
  Robert Wellen Spoke at Recent Practising Law Institute Program
• January 24, 2014
  IP&B Client Boston Properties Wins Summary Judgment in DC Tax Litigation
• January 16, 2014
  David Sherwood Speaks at Tax Executives Institute Houston Chapter
• December 5, 2013
  Advanced US Transfer Pricing Conference
  Bloomberg BNA
• December 4, 2013
  TEI Baltimore/Washington Annual Tax Education Day
  Tax Executive Institute (TEI)
• December 2, 2013
  US Tax Planning for CFCs Under Subpart F
  Bloomberg BNA
• October 2013
  Ivins Attorneys Speak at 68th Annual TEI Conference
• October 21, 2013
  Robert Wellen Speaks at Southern Federal Tax Institute
• October 16, 2013
  Robert Wellen Speaks at Practising Law Institute
• September 25, 2013
  Robert Wellen Speaks at Kansas City Chapter of Tax Executives Institute
• September 20, 2013
  Ivins Attorneys Speak at ABA 2013 Fall CLE Meeting
• May 24, 2013
  Amicus Brief Filed re: Sabena Loving; Elmer Kilian; and John Gambino v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
• April 25, 2013
  Joshua Brady Speaks at NYC Bar Institute on Tax Aspects of M&A
• April 25, 2013
  Robert Wellen Speaks at 10th Annual Institute on Tax Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions
• March 28, 2013
  Funeral Industry Comments on Proposed Regs on Net Investment Income Tax
  Tax Notes Today
• March 1, 2013
  Ivins Attorneys Speak at Federal Bar Association Tax Law Conference
• February 26, 2013
  Practising Law Institute Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2013
• February 6, 2013
  ABA Tax Section Teleconference: Intra-Group Restructurings
• January 7, 2013
  Les Schneider Testifies at Public Hearing on the Proposed Regulations
• May 31, 2012
  Ivins Secures Post-Mayo Victory in Federal Circuit Invalidating Treasury Regulation -- Dominion Resources v. United States
• May 31, 2012
  Pat Smith to Moderate Panel on Post-Mayo Developments at Federal Bar Association Insurance Tax Seminar
• May 11, 2012
  Robert Stack moderates ABA Panel on Repatriation Transactions
• May 2012
  Ivins Attorneys Named to 2012 Washington DC Super Lawyers
• April 2012
  Robert Wellen Speaks at J. Nelson Young Tax Institute on Contingent M&A Prices
• April 2012
  Robert Wellen Speaks at Ninth Annual Institute on Tax Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions
• March 28, 2012
  Robert Wellen Speaks at ALI-ABA on Taxable Acquisition Structures
• March 2, 2012
  Ivins Attorneys Speak at Federal Bar Association Tax Law Conference
• February 27, 2012
  Robert Wellen Speaks at Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2012 PLI Course
• January 24, 2012
  Alex Sadler Comments Regarding Third-Party Return Information Disclosure Exception
  Tax Analysts
• December 7, 2011
  Ivins Attorney Presents at BNA CITE International Tax Seminar
• December 1, 2011
  Ivins Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in Washington DC
  Washingtonian
• November 30, 2011
  Ivins Attorney Presents to Young IFA Network on Foreign Currency Tax Issues Webinar
• March 30, 2011
  Ivins Attorneys Speak at TEI Event
• December 9, 2010
  Danielle Rolfes to Speak at GWU/IRS Institute on International Taxation
• September 24, 2010
  Robert Stack Speaks to ABA on Economic Substance Codification
• December 4, 2009
  Danielle Rolfes Co-chairs Symposium on Tax Issues Relevant in Emerging from an Economic Downturn
• July 1, 2009
  Danielle Rolfes Elected to DC Bar Tax Section Steering Committee

Publications

• March 14, 2018
  Tax Implications of ASU 2017-07
  IP&B Tax Insider
• March 6, 2018
  "Exit of Dana Trier a Loss for the Tax System"
  Wall Street Journal
• January 26, 2018
  Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Daily Tax Report
  Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report
• January 8, 2018
  Lawrence Axelrod Published in Tax Notes
  Tax Notes - Tax Practice
• December 20, 2017
  "The Problem with Wearing Two Hats" Cited by Senator Wyden