Boston tax lawyers of the Massachusetts law firm, DeFranceschi & Klemm has litigated tax matters in the US Bankruptcy Court, the US District Courts, the US Court of Federal Claims, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board, the Massachusetts Superior Court, before US Administrative Law Judges and of course the US Tax Court. We have taken appeals to the First and Third Circuit US Courts of Appeals and the Massachusetts appellate courts. Most Boston IRS matters are resolved administratively at the audit level or the Office of Appeals without resorting to litigation. Our lawyers have represented clients with respect to almost every type of tax such as income, estate, gift, state sales and employment tax matters. Our Boston attorneys have also developed a specialization in representing tax return preparers in preparer penalty matters and federal Circular 230 matters. We have also represented innumerable non filers; currently focusing on US citizens with unreported foreign bank accounts and delinquent FBAR returns. We have also been involved in assisting whistleblowers who wish to make claims for rewards from the IRS under IRC §7623.

Our tax lawyers in Boston have represented clients in state and federal criminal tax investigations involving income, sales and employment taxes, including allegations of tax evasion, failure to file, aiding and abetting in the filing of false returns and non payment of tax. We have tried criminal tax cases in the US District Court and the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Clients who owe state or federal taxes have turned to our tax lawyers in Boston for assistance with offers in compromise, installment agreements and general dealings with state and federal tax authorities. Our lawyers have represented and advised clients on their option of discharging income taxes through a federal bankruptcy filing in Boston and throughout the United States.