Consider all the tools the IRS has at its disposal to obtain information about taxpayers. The authority for those tools is vast and broad. At the same time, the taxpayers have various defenses against these tools, including various evidentiary privileges. 

Attend this informative session to help gain an understanding of the IRS's reach and how you, as a tax professional, can be protected or left high and dry.

Learning Objectives: 

• Identify the authority of the IRS to examine and contact third parties


• Determine the summons power and its enforcement


• Distinguish the attorney-client and tax practitioner-client privileges


• Determine the protection from disclosure under the work-product doctrine