April 2: Cleveland + Webcast - 40 years in Tax – a Look Backward (As Well as Forward) #MCLE

Don Korb has been involved in the practice of tax law for over 40 years, both as a private practitioner and as a tax administrator. He plans to talk about how the U.S. federal income tax system has changed over his career as well as how the role of tax advisors and practitioners has evolved over that same time period. He will speak from the standpoint of someone who has moved back and forth between the private and public sectors and not only has sat on “both sides of the table” but he has also occupied leadership positions at the IRS (Assistant to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the mid-1980’s and Chief Counsel for the IRS from April, 2004 through December, 2008) which allowed him to play a significant role in some of the changes to the tax system and the evolution of the role of tax advisors/practitioners which have occurred since he began practicing law in the early 1970’s.
Title:
40 years in Tax – a Look Backward (As Well as Forward)
When/Where:
April 2, 2014
4:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.
Moot Courtroom (A59)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-7148
Also Webcast
Speaker:
Donald L. Korb is a tax partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP where he leads the firm’s Tax Controversy Practice. Prior to joining Sullivan & Cromwell, Don served as the Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service from April 2004 until December 2008.
As Chief Counsel, Don was the chief law officer for the IRS, supervising approximately 1,500 attorneys who were assigned to the IRS National Office and among the major operational divisions of the agency. He played a prominent role in increasing the effectiveness of the Chief Counsel’s Office, and is best known for developing the litigation strategy that led to the stunning success by the government in litigating tax shelter cases during his four-and-a-half-year tenure.
Among the individual matters with which Don was personally involved while Chief Counsel was serving as the lead negotiator in resolving a landmark transfer pricing dispute. As part of the settlement, the taxpayer made the largest single payment ever made to the IRS to resolve a tax dispute.
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:
Approved for 1 hour of CLE credit
Cost:
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration required.

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