IRS TAX ATTORNEYS

Accountants and CPAs supply important accounting, finance, and tax return preparation services. They are indispensable to well-run services and homes. While an accounting professional’s knowledge remains in accounting and tax return preparation, a tax attorney deals with the laws and treatments that govern how and whether those returns need to be prepared and what your rights remain in the case of a tax audit or an IRS collection action.
Though many accountants represent clients prior to the IRS, it is not always a good idea, specifically if the accountant likewise prepared the income tax return at issue. There may be conflicts of interest. Even more, communications between you and your accountant may be subject to disclosure to the IRS. And normally, just a tax attorney can represent you from an audit to Tax Court.
Only attorney-client communications are subject to the broad and well-protected attorney-client privilege. When investigating a taxpayer (or when trying to put him or her in jail), the IRS frequently requests testimony and documents from professionals that the taxpayer hired to help prepare tax returns or manage their finances. In many situations, the communications must be disclosed and an accountant is forced to testify against their client. The accountant-client privilege is extremely limited (and generally does not apply to communications relating to tax return preparation), and there is no accountant-client privilege in criminal tax cases.