About the Brager Tax Law Group, A Professional Corporation
Dennis Brager is a California State Bar Certified Tax Specialist, who acquired in-depth knowledge of law as a Senior Trial Attorney for the Internal Revenue Service's Office of Chief Counsel. In addition to representing the IRS in court, he advised the Service on complex civil and criminal tax issues.
Having worked for the IRS for six years, he gained valuable insight into the inner workings of that organization. This not only helps in developing the right strategies, but facilitates working with the system quickly and efficiently. Ultimately this saves his clients time, money and stress.
Recognizing the importance of specialization in an era of constantly changing tax laws, Mr. Brager has limited his practice to representing clients having disputes with the IRS, the Franchise Tax Board, the State Board of Equalization and the Employment Development Department--both at trial and administrative levels.
He has spoken before the California Continuing Education of the Bar, the California Society of CPAs, the California Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the National Association of Enrolled Agents. He has been an instructor at Golden Gate University's Masters in Taxation Program and a guest speaker at the University of Southern California. Mr. Brager has testified as an expert witness on Federal tax matters before the California Franchise Tax Board. His articles have appeared in California Lawyer, the Daily Journal, Taxation for Lawyers, the Los Angeles Lawyer, Family Law News, California Tax lawyer, and the Journal of Taxation of Investments. The most recent ones include, "Tax Collection Techniques," "Circular 230: An Overview," "The Impact of the New Bankruptcy Law on Tax Debtors: A First Impression," "Tax Issues: Damages, Rescission and Debt Cancellations as Client Income," "Prevailing Party-Recovering Attorneys Fees From the IRS," "Bankruptcy: The Silver Bullet of Tax Defense," "The Taxpayer Bill of Rights--A Small Step Toward Reining in the IRS," "Challenging the IRS Requires a Cohesive Strategy," "The Innocent Spouse Defense," "IRS Guidelines for Installment-Payment Agreements," "Expert Advice: New Rules on 1099 Forms." "Tax Brakes: The Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2," "IRS Innocent-Spouse Rules Have Been Liberalized," and "Expert Advice: Avoiding Payroll Taxes."
Mr. Brager received his undergraduate degree from Pace University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1975, Accounting/Finance), and his law degree from New York University (J.D., 1978). He is a former chair of the Tax Compliance, Procedure and Litigation Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and chair of the California State Bar, Tax Procedure and Litigation Committee. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Claims Court, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
A Brief Non-exclusive Listing of Our Services Include:
Audit Representation
Appeals Division Hearings
State Tax Problems
Potential Fraud Audits
Tax Court, District Court, Bankruptcy Court and Court of Federal Claims Litigation
Innocent Spouse Defenses
Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (100 percent Penalty) Defenses
Offers in Compromise
Installment Payment Plans
Wrongful Disclosure Suits
Unreasonable Compensation Defenses
Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy
Hobby Losses
Wrongful Levy Claims
Jeopardy Assessments
Estate Tax Appeals
We have clients nationally although the majority of our clients reside in Northern and Southern California. A small sampling of the counties and cities we serve are Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and Ventura Counties and the cities of Agoura, Beverly Hills, Century City, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Malibu, Newport Beach, Pacific Palisades, Palm Springs, Palmdale, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Tarzana, Van Nuys, West Hollywood, West Los Angeles and Woodland Hills.
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