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
- April 20, 2018
Ivins Attorneys Jamie Brown and Heléna Klumpp to speak 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
- November 13, 2017
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
Tax Notes - November 6, 2017
"The Problem With Wearing Two Hats"
Tax Notes - October 12, 2017
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
Tax Notes - October 3, 2017
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
Tax Notes - September 6, 2017
Heléna Klumpp Published in CFO.com re: Partnership Agreements
CFO.com - June 26, 2017
Heléna Klumpp Published in Tax Notes
Tax Notes Special Report - April 17, 2017
Why "Rite Aid" Was Right
Tax Notes - Winter 2017
"The Saga of Unfulfilled Business Income Tax Reform"
Temple Law Review - March 13, 2017
"Gain in Marketable Securities Should Be Taxed at Death"
Tax Notes - February 28, 2017
Heléna Klumpp Quoted in "Planning for Tax Policy Turmoil"
CFO Magazine - February 6, 2017
Reclassifying Section 174 Costs - Amended Returns versus Form 3115
IP&B Tax Insider - January 2017
"How the Election May Affect the Taxation of Business Income"
journalofaccountancy.com - January 27, 2017
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted on Effect of Regulatory Freeze
Tax Notes - January 24, 2017
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted Re: Regulatory Freeze
Tax Notes - January 9, 2017
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes Articles
Tax Notes - October 28, 2016
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re QinetiQ case
Tax Notes - October 14, 2016
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted re Debt-Equity Regulations under Section 385
Bloomberg BNA's Daily Tax Report - October 13, 2016
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re Multiple Acquisition Anti-Inversion Rule
Tax Notes - October 10, 2016
Marvel and United Dominion's Dangerous Dictum
TaxNotes - October 3, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re Fourth Circuit QinetiQ Case
Tax Notes - September 14, 2016
Reassuring the Reluctant Giver, or the First-to-Die Trust
Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report - September 13, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes Regarding Altera Decision
Tax Notes - August 5, 2016
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Wall Street Journal and Tax Notes Articles
Wall Street Journal and Tax Notes - June 29, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re Tax Court's Decision in Altera
Tax Notes - June 27, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes Regarding Regulation Text
Tax Notes - June 7, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted Regarding Florida Bankers Supreme Court Case
Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report - April 28, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted in BNA's Daily Tax Report on Petition for Certiorari in Florida Bankers Association
Bloomberg BNA's Daily Tax Report - April 19, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Implications of Tax Court’s Altera Decision
Tax Notes - April 11, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes re Ax v Commissioner
Tax Notes - April 6, 2016
Deploying Company Foundations in Battle for Tech Talent
The Tax Executive - March 28, 2016
Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Starr International Case
Tax Notes - March 2, 2016
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
Tax Notes - February 24, 2016
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith was Quoted in Both the Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report and Tax Notes on the IRS Decision to Appeal its Loss in the Tax Court in Altera to the Ninth Circuit
Bloomberg BNA Daily Report & Tax Notes - February 16, 2016
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
Tax Notes - February 4, 2016
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes
Tax Notes - November 23, 2015
Standing Issues in Direct APA Challenges to Tax Regulations
Tax Notes - November 2, 2015
Pat Smith Quoted By Tax Notes and Daily Tax Report on AICPA v. IRS
Tax Notes and Bloomberg's BNA Daily Tax Notes - September 22, 2015
Pat Smith Quoted in Tax Notes on Starr International Case
Tax Notes - August 21, 2015
Patrick Smith Recently on List of Top Ten Downloads for U.S. Administrative Law e-Journal - August 18, 2015
Pat Smith's Two-Part Blog on Florida Bankers Association v. Treasury Department Featured in Procedurally Taxing
Procedurally Taxing - August 6, 2015
Ivins Attorney Pat Smith's Recent Blog Post on Altera Decision
Yale Journal on Regulation - July 14, 2015
Pat Smith Featured in Top 10 Most Downloaded Administrative Law Articles
Administrative Law SSRN Reading List /June 2015 Edition - July 2, 2015
Pat Smith Blog Post on Michigan v. EPA Featured in Procedurally Taxing and SCOTUSBlog
Procedurally Taxing - June 2015
Patrick Smith Posts at TaxProf Blog on D.C. Circuit Z Street opinion and is quoted by Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report on the same subject - June 10, 2015
Summary Posted of Patrick Smith's Recent Tax Notes Article
TaxProf Blog - June 8, 2015
Ivins Attorney, Patrick Smith, Guest Blogger re: Supreme Court's Direct Marketing Decision
Procedurally Taxing - May 25, 2015
Challenges to Tax Regulations: The APA and the Anti-Injunction Act
Tax Notes - April 6, 2015
Patrick Smith, A Thank You for Being One of the "Finest Guest Posters"
Procedurally Taxing - March 10, 2015
Ivins Attorney, Patrick Smith, Guest Blogger re: Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association
Procedurally Taxing - Legal Tax Blog - March 4, 2015
Ivins Attorney, Patrick Smith, Guest Blogger, re: Supreme Court's Direct Marketing Case
Procedurally Taxing - Legal Tax Blog - February 2015
Alex Sadler Authors Treatise Legal Guide to the Research Credit
Published by Thomson Reuters® - October 8, 2014
Ivins' Attorney, Patrick Smith, Guest Blogger re: Changes in Agencies' Interpretations ...
TaxProf Blog and Procedurally Taxing - September 24, 2014
Ivins Attorneys Quoted in Tax Notes Today on Inversion Guidance
Tax Notes Today - July 8, 2014
Interest Netting Between Merging Corporations
Corporate Tax Insider - March 24, 2014
Brand X, 3M, and Legal Restrictions On the Payment of Income
Tax Notes - February 17, 2014
District Court Misapplies APA in Florida Bankers Association
Tax Notes - January 24, 2014
There's a war over R&D tax credits, and companies keep winning. (quoted in blog by Jia Lynn Vang)
Washington Post.com - October 7, 2013
May Regulations That Violate the APA Be Remanded to the IRS?
Tax Notes - September 9, 2013
Quality Stores and the Status of Revenue Rulings
Tax Notes - June 25, 2013
Chevron's Conflict with the Administrative Procedure Act
Virginia Tax Review - March 18, 2013
PPL: How to Determine Whether a Foreign Tax Is Creditable
Tax Notes - July 16, 2012
The APA's Arbitrary and Capricious Standard and IRS Regulations
Tax Notes - June 25, 2012
What We Didn’t Learn From Home Concrete
Tax Notes - February 20, 2012
Standards for Tax Court Review in Equitable Innocent Spouse Cases
Tax Notes - January 30, 2012
Expedited Opt-Out Needed for OVDI Participants Who Owe No Tax
Tax Notes - January 16, 2012
The APA’s Reasoned-Explanation Rule and IRS Deficiency Notices
Tax Notes - November 28, 2011
Is the Anti-Injunction Act Jurisdictional?
Tax Notes - August 30, 2011
DC Circuit: 'The IRS Is Not Special'
Tax Notes - July 11, 2011
Omissions From Gross Income and ‘Numerators and Denominators’
Tax Notes - June 20, 2011
Life After Mayo: Silver Linings
Tax Notes - April 25, 2011
Mannella, State Farm, and the Arbitrary and Capricious Standard
Tax Notes - April 4, 2011
Omissions from Gross Income & Retroactivity
Tax Notes - October 25, 2010
Mayo and Chenery: Too Much of a Shift in Rationale?
Tax Notes - September 27, 2010
Gaps in the Seventh Circuit's Reasoning in Lantz
Tax Notes - April 20, 2010
Codification of the Economic Substance Doctrine
Business Tax Insider - February 1, 2010
Brand X and Omissions From Gross Income
Tax Notes - 1969
Financing Foreign Operations Through Domestic Finance Subsidiaries
Virginia Law Review