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The rules grew out of the government's decision to attack the mechanisms used by tax shelter promoters to sell abusive tax shelters. The new rules address the practice of promoters who may have been obtaining “boiler-plate” opinions for tax shelters. Taxpayers engaging in abusive transactions have used these types of opinions to escape tax penalties of 20 percent or more, in additional to the additional taxes and interest that may have been owed on any deficiency, by claiming they "reasonably" and "in good faith" relied on the tax opinion for their belief that the transaction was permissible.

     4All relevant facts and applicable law,
     4The relationship between the facts and the law,
     4A conclusion as to the legal consequences of each tax issue, and
     4The likelihood that the taxpayer will prevail if the IRS challenges the transaction.

The new rules apply to tax advice for transactions that have a "significant purpose" of tax avoidance. This standard is vague and uncertain, in large part because the IRS did not want to create any loopholes. Consequently, the new rules may sweep in many routine, non-abusive transactions. The penalties to practitioners can be severe for providing written advice that does not meet these requirements, including disbarment from practice before the IRS.

Often times, however, we communicate in writing with our client regarding tax matters in a less formal manner than that contemplated by a “comprehensive opinion.” These less formal communications are often appropriate when, for example, we are simply summarizing verbal conversations we have had on an issue or we have not been engaged to exhaustively research an issue.  In many cases our clients do not want to incur the professional fees associated with a formal comprehensive opinion. 

FEDERAL TAX NOTICE:
Treasury Regulations require us to inform you that any federal tax advice contained herein (including in any attachments and enclosures) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used by any person or entity, for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. 

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We collect nonpublic personal information about you that is provided to us by you or obtained by us with your authorization. For instance, we collect certain biographical information needed to prepare tax returns and financial plans.

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