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Asbury Law Firm will be attending the 2024 TEI Midyear Conference in Washington, D.C., from March 17-20, 2024.
Check out Tax Talk with Art and Anson – an ongoing video CPE series with the Georgia Society of CPAs. Visit gscpa.org for details.
Employee Retention Credit: It’s Not All Fraud
By Brian Gardner
Tax Notes Federal, October 2023
Oops! I Did it Again: Practical Implications of Revenue Procedure 2022-39
By Mark Mesler
Tax Executive, July/August 2023
Champions III: Conservation Easement and Golf
By Anson Asbury
Procedurally Taxing, November 2022
Can Grammar Solve the Conservation Easement Proceeds Clause?
By Anson Asbury
Tax Notes Federal, February 2022
Give It Away Now-An Update on Conservation Easements, Charitable Deductions, and Substantial Compliance (Part 2)
By Anson Asbury, Frank Agostino and Ronald Levitt
The Practical Tax Lawyer, May 2019
While You Were Away: Tax Updates from the 2019 Filing Season
By Anson Asbury, Ethan Vernon & Art Auerbach, CPA
Current Accounts, The Georgia Society of CPAs, May/June 2019
Give It Away Now-An Update on Conservation Easements, Charitable Deductions, and Substantial Compliance (Part 1)
By Anson Asbury, Frank Agostino and Ronald Levitt
The Practical Tax Lawyer, March 2019
While You Were Away: Tax Updates from the 2018 Filing Season
By Anson Asbury & Art Auerbach, CPA
Current Accounts, The Georgia Society of CPAs, May/June 2018
Can’t Get There From Here: The IRS Travel Ban on Tax Debtors
By Anson Asbury
Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Memorandum, September 2017
Anyone for Tennis? Technical Foot Faults and the Conservation Easement Tax Deduction
By Anson Asbury
Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Real Estate Journal, July 2016.
While You Were Away: Tax Updates from the 2016 Filing Season
By Anson Asbury, Brian Gardner & Art Auerbach, CPA
Current Accounts, The Georgia Society of CPAs, May/June 2016
Understanding the Conservation Easement Tax Deduction (or Strawberry Fields Forever)
By Anson Asbury
The Federal Lawyer, March 2016
Through a Glass Darkly: Sophy, Voss and Statutory Interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code
By Anson Asbury
Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Memorandum, January 2016
While You Were Away: Tax Update from the 2015 Filing Season
By Anson Asbury & Art Auerbach
Current Accounts, The Georgia Society of CPAs, May/June 2015
R.S.V.P.: Late Responses Trigger Mandatory IRS Enforcement
By Anson Asbury & Brian Gardner
Current Accounts, The Georgia Society of CPAs, November/December 2014
Bare Allegations, Naked Assertions and Improper Purposes: Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Summons Enforcement Matter
By Anson Asbury
The Federal Lawyer, May/June 2014
While You Were Away: Tax Notes from the 2014 Tax Filing Season
By Anson Asbury & Art Auerbach
Current Accounts, The Georgia Society of CPAs, May/June 2014
Schedule UTP Expands Its Reach for 2012 Filers
By Anson Asbury
Current Accounts, The Georgia Society of CPAs, March/April 2013
Schedule UTP: The Early Returns Are In
By Anson Asbury
Journal of Accountancy, November 2012
10 Tax Tips for Every Litigator
By Anson Asbury
Verdict: The Journal of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Fall 2012
Anson quoted about the acquittal of a conservation easement appraiser in the Department of Justice case in the Northern District of Georgia. October 2, 2023 edition of Tax Notes Today.
Anson quoted discussing a potential push to invoke baseball-style arbitration to resolve protracted easement valuation disputes with the IRS. June 21, 2022 edition of Tax Notes Today.
Anson was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article discussing continued syndicated conservation easement deals and the IRS’s litigation efforts. May 1, 2022 edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Anson quoted about the IRS’s dislike of highest and best use analysis within a superseding inditement for a syndicated conservation easement promoter case. April 12, 2022 edition of Tax Notes Today.
Brian was quoted about an Eleventh Circuit decision holding that a partnership was liable for a 40 percent penalty for grossly overvaluing a conservation easement. June 24, 2021 edition of Tax Notes Today.
Anson was quoted about the assertion of penalties against alleged conservation easement promoters in the Department of Justice case in the Northern District of Georgia. December 16, 2019 edition of Tax Notes Today.
Anson responds to questions about IRS scrutiny of syndicated conservation easements in the November 25, 2016 edition of the BNA Daily Tax Report.
Anson comments on a Ninth Circuit decision affirming income deferral accounting methods for homebuilder Shea Homes in the August 25, 2016 edition of BNA Daily Tax Report.
Anson quoted in the August 17 edition of the Washington Post on recent changes to the home mortgage interest deduction for high net worth individuals.
Anson quoted on the application of substantial compliance in real property charitable donation case in the September 22, 2016 edition of BNA Daily Tax Report.
Anson was asked about the technical requirements of the law discussed in a recent Tax Court opinion on a conservation easement charitable contribution in the April 28, 2016 edition of BNA Daily Tax Report.
Anson was quoted regarding a taxpayer victory in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on the charitable donation of a conservation easement in the February 8, 2016 edition of BNA Daily Tax Report.
Anson was interviewed in a feature article on reasonable cause for tax penalties in Tax Notes Today. The article considers whether the reasonable cause standard for a failure to file penalty should be reevaluated given the rise in electronic filing.
Anson was among three tax litigators interviewed by the BNA Tax Daily Report for a November 21, 2014 feature article on the continued viability of facade easements.
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Recent Developments in Conservation Easements, Federal Bar Association [Virtual] Tax Conference 2021, March 3, 2021.
Responding to IDRs: Key Considerations and Best Practices, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Virtual 2020 May Meeting, July 29, 2020.
Hot Topics in Tax Controversy for Estate Planning, Georgia Estate Planning Institute, February 7, 2020, Athens, Georgia.
Litigating a Conservation Easement Case. American Bar Association, Section of Taxation Mid-Year Meeting, January 30, 2020, Boca Raton, FL.
Workin’ On It: Understanding Employment Tax Controversies. American Bar Association, Section of Taxation Mid-Year Meeting, January 30, 2020, Boca Raton, Florida.
One for You, Nineteen for Me: A Tax Controversy Update, Dekalb County Chapter, Georgia Society of CPAs, October 22, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia.
Conservation Easements: The Law of the Land, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation May Meeting, May 10, 2019, Washington, D.C.
This Land Is Your Land: An Introduction to the Conservation Easement Tax Deduction, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation May Meeting, May 9, 2019, Washington, D.C.
The Administrative Procedures Act in the Era of Tax Reform, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation May Meeting, May 10, 2019, Washington, D.C.
Current Developments: Administrative Practice Committee, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Fall Tax Meeting, October 5, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia.
Roundtable Discussion: The Conservation Easement Battle Rages On, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Fall Tax Meeting, October 6, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia.
What’s New: Individual Tax Update for 2018, Georgia Society of CPAs Personal Financial Planning Conference, October 24, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia.
Learning to Fly: The New Partnership Audit Rules, on at the Georgia Society of CPAs IRS Solutions Conference December 5, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia.
Conservation Easements: Defending IRS Challenges, Overcoming Audits, Structuring Deed Language For Perpetuity, Strafford CLE Webinar, September 13, 2018.
Into the Great Wide Open: An Update on Conservation Easements
West Georgia Society of CPAs, August 15, 2018, Villa Rica, Georgia.
Who Made Who? The Employee vs. Independent Contractor Distinction
Tax Law Section Lunch, Atlanta Bar Association &
Atlanta Chapter, GSCPA, June 19, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia.
Who Made Who? The Employee vs. Independent Contractor Distinction
Texas Society of CPAs, CPE Foundation Inc. & Houston CPA Society CPE by the Sea Conference, June 15, 2018, Galveston, Texas.
The New Partnership Audit Rules: Are You and Your Clients Ready?
Georgia Society of CPAs 2018 Tax Reform Conference, May 31, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia.
Who Made Who?: Defining Employee or Contractor for State Tax Purposes
Spring Accounting Expo of the Houston Society of CPAs, May 21, 2018, Houston, Texas.
Give it Away Now: An Update on Conservation Easements, Charitable Deductions and Substantial Compliance
ABA Tax Section May Meeting, May 11, 2018, Washington, D.C.
This is Happening: The New Partnership Audit Rules
Georgia Society of CPAs Georgia Tax Forum- Savannah, December 1, 2017, Savannah, Georgia.
Where Do We Go from Here? The Current State of Civil Penalties
Georgia Society of CPAs Georgia Tax Forum- Savannah, December 1, 2017, Savannah, Georgia.
This is Happening: The New Partnership Audit Rules
Georgia Society of CPAs Georgia Tax Forum- Atlanta, November 3, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia.
Where Do We Go from Here? The Current State of Civil Penalties
Georgia Society of CPAs Georgia Tax Forum- Atlanta, November 3, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia.
Tomorrow Never Knows: An Income Tax Update
Georgia Society of CPAs Personal Financial Planning Conference, October 25, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia.
Can’t Get There From Here: Passport Restrictions For Seriously
Delinquent Tax Debtors
American Bar Association 2017 Section of Taxation/RPTE Joint CLE Meeting, September 15, 2017, Houston, Texas.
Try to See It My Way: Technical, Policy and Advocacy Perspectives on the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction.
ABA Section of Taxation 2016 May Meeting, May 6, 2016, Washington, D.C.
FOIA & Obtaining Information from the Government in Tax Litigation
ABA Section on Taxation 2016 Mid Year Meeting, January 29, 2016, Los Angeles, CA
Conservation Easements and Preservation Tax Credits
Virginia Society of CPAs, December 15, 2015, Digital Rewind Conference
IRS Rules
Virginia Society of CPAs, December 15, 2015, Digital Rewind Conference
Through A Glass Darkly: Sophy, Voss and Statutory Interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code Bloomberg BNA Tax Advisory Board, October 2015, New York, New York
Understanding Tax Authority and Tax Positions
Georgia Society of CPAs, 2015 Business & Industry Conference, Atlanta
IRS Authority: Understanding Deference and Reliance
Georgia Society of CPAs, 2015 CPE Days: Dalton, Athens & Augusta
Social Media in the Internet Age
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, 2015 Joint Fall CLE Meeting, Chicago, IL
Litigating Financial Products Cases
American Bar Association Section of Taxation Mid-Year Meeting, Houston, Texas.
Getting Ready for Busy Season 2015
Georgia Society of CPAs Live Webinar, January 22, 2015.
Introduction to the U.S. Tax Court
Georgia Society of CPAs, 2014 CPE Days: Macon, Valdosta & Jekyll Island
Obtaining Information from the IRS, Informal Discovery in the U.S. Tax Court
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, 2014 Joint Fall CLE Meeting, Denver, CO
Military Stories: Tax and Legal Issues for Military Families
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Washington, D.C. May Meeting 2014
Tax Season Kickoff IRS Update
Georgia Society of CPAs Live Webinar, January 23, 2014
IRS Issues and Audit Trends
Georgia Society of CPAs Live Webinar, October 31, 2013
Understanding DOMA 2013 Part II
Georgia Society of CPAs Live Webinar, September 9, 2013
Understanding DOMA 2013 Part I
Georgia Society of CPAs Live Webinar, July 30, 2013
How to Respond to and Deal with the IRS
Georgia Society of CPAs Live Webinar, June 2013
Tax Bridge to Practice, Using Social Media in Your Tax Practice
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Washington, D.C. May Meeting 2013
Tax Planning with Conservation Easements: Structuring Deals After Historic Boardwalk Hall and Other IRS Challenges
Strafford CLE Seminar, March 2013
Schedule UTP
Bisk Financial Accounting & Management Report, February 2013
State of the States: State Tax Planning in the Current Environment
Georgia Society of CPAs, Georgia Tax Forum, Atlanta and Savannah, November 2012
Tax Issues Impacting Military Personnel
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Washington, D.C. May Meeting 2012
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