When you should hire a Tax Attorney

Описание: If you’re facing an IRS audit, criminal tax investigation, or any situation that could expose you to penalties — you need to know the difference between hiring a CPA and a Tax Attorney.
In this video, Tax Attorney–CPA David W. Klasing explains why accountants, despite their expertise in numbers, can unintentionally put you at risk — and how only legal privilege can protect your communications from being used against you.
You’ll learn when to bring in a tax attorney, how attorney-client privilege shields you during audits, and why having a dual-licensed Tax Attorney–CPA offers the strongest protection possible under U.S. tax law.
📞 Call (800) 681-1295 or visit Klasing-Associates.com for a confidential consultation.


What kind of tax problems lend themselves to hiring a Tax Attorney rather than any other type of tax professional? You should consider hiring a Tax Attorney anytime the very representative you are seeking to hire has a conflict of interest with you or you need the protections of attorney client and work product privileges to prevent the very tax representative you are contemplating hiring from become a potential witness against you. A conflict of interest exists with your original preparer when you are under audit or criminal tax investigation and fraud has occurred on the tax returns at issue. The original preparer has to protect their reputation with the taxing authorities at all cost or risk loosing their livelihood at best, to being criminally prosecuted for aiding and abetting income tax evasion at worst. Do not hire the original preparer to represent you when you know for a fact you cheated on the returns under audit or criminal tax investigation. You risk the preparer throwing you under the bus to protect their own livelihood and reputation. If you admit you committed tax fraud, or they figure it out, they can very easily become government witness number one against you should the government choose to bring a criminal tax prosecution. You can only safely discuss criminal tax exposure with a Tax Attorney whom cannot be legally compelled to testify against you.