Tompkins speaks on subject of criminal prosecution in employment tax cases at national ABA conference

Graves Garrett attorney Benjamin Tompkins recently participated as a featured speaker in a presentation at the 35th annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud.

The American Bar Association’s three-day conference earlier this month in Las Vegas was the yearly gathering of the criminal tax defense bar combined with the eighth annual National Institute on Tax Controversy. The event brings together high-level government representatives, judges, corporate counsel, and private practitioners engaged in all aspects of tax controversy, tax litigation, and criminal tax prosecutions and defense.

Tompkins was one of four speakers in a moderated discussion entitled: “Criminal Prosecution of Employment Tax Cases.”

The hour-long program centered on how employment taxes account for a large part of the “tax gap,” and how employment tax cases are one of IRS-CI’s and the Department of Justice Tax Division’s highest priorities.  The speakers looked at where the government looks to find cases and how individuals can defend against these criminal prosecutions.

Tax Notes covered the presentation in an article that can be read at this link (subscription required).

At Graves Garrett, Tompkins offers clients a unique depth and breadth of experience in civil and criminal tax matters involving a range of issues. His experience includes matters involving employment taxes and related trust fund recovery penalties, cryptocurrency, unreported income, nonfiler enforcement, undisclosed foreign financial accounts, tax return preparers, excise taxes, IRS bankruptcy claims, and IRS administrative proceedings. He began work at Graves Garrett in the fall of 2017, after spending more than a decade litigating civil and criminal tax matters at the Department of Justice.