The IRS has various methods of obtaining information from and about taxpayers. In this program, attorney Megan L. Brackney will discuss the IRS’s use of summonses to obtain information from taxpayers and third parties, the scope of the IRS’s authority, and summons enforcement. The discussion will include the IRS’s use of John Doe Summonses and Formal Document Requests. We will also discuss taxpayer rights and defenses, including the assertion of privileges, such as attorney-client, work product, federally-authorized tax practitioner, and Fifth Amendment privileges.
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Megan L. Brackney concentrates her practice in the areas of civil and criminal tax controversies. Ms. Brackney received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law and her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. Ms. Brackney teaches Tax Procedure as an adjunct professor at New York University. Ms. Brackney is a former Vice Chair of Committee Operations for the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, a member of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section’s Executive Committee, and a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. Ms. Brackney annually contributes to the two-volume ABA publication, Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS, and serves on the editorial board of the The Tax Lawyer. Ms. Brackney has been recognized by New York Super Lawyers” and “Best Lawyers in America,” and Chambers USA has ranked Ms. Brackney as a leader in Tax Controversy.