Tax Litigation
Tax litigation is a sophisticated area of practice with its own sets of rules and procedures. Throughout the past three decades, Stu Bassin has litigated dozens of tax cases on behalf of both private clients and the government in courts all over the country. Just like a skilled chef who knows a hundred different ways to cook an egg, Stu has learned the “tricks of the trade” which help his clients win their cases. He employs a wide range of techniques to simplify litigation and disruption in the lives of his clients while maintaining constructive relationships with opposing attorneys and judges. Where others may stumble, Stu can identify approaches and avenues that allow his clients to resolve their differences with the tax authorities efficiently and successfully.
Illustrative representations
As Counsel for the United States
- Jade Trading v. United States (leading case involving the widely marketed Son of BOSS tax strategy)
- Rite Aid v. United States (leading case involving a challenge to an important component of the corporate consolidated return regulations)
- Lockheed v. United States (leading case involving availability of research tax credit for rockets and military hardware)
As Counsel for Taxpayers
- Lambert v. United States (complex dispute regarding IRS multiple errors in accounting for tax payments and credits over six tax years)
- Becker v. United States (challenge to IRS denial of charitable contribution deduction for a large gift to an established religious institution)
- Silver v. United States (IRS rejection of a validity challenge to a regulation based upon the Anti-Deficiency Act)
- Montrois v. United States (class action brought on behalf of more than one million tax professionals challenging IRS requirement that they pay an annual fee for a licence before they may prepare tax return documents)