Bryan C. Skarlatos

Practice Areas

Tax Fraud; Tax Controversy; White-Collar Criminal Defense

Career

For more than thirty-five years, Bryan C. Skarlatos has represented corporations and individuals in sensitive matters, many of which involve negotiation or litigation with government agencies. He has significant experience in federal and state tax audits, appeals and litigation, criminal tax investigations, and white-collar criminal prosecutions. Mr. Skarlatos also has an active practice providing tax and estate planning advice.

Mr. Skarlatos is an internationally-recognized authority on federal tax procedure, tax penalties, and reporting foreign assets to the IRS and has handled thousands of voluntary disclosures, civil audits, and criminal investigations involving alleged failure to report income or assets. He is often retained by corporations to evaluate the strength of tax positions for tax and financial reporting purposes and to advise on potential remedial actions, including corporate voluntary disclosures and qualified amended returns.

He is an adjunct tax professor at NYU School of Law and is the founder of and chairs the annual NYU Tax Controversy Forum. He was named by Best Lawyers as Tax Litigator of the Year (NY) for 2014 and 2017, and he was part of the Kostelanetz LLP team named Tax Team of the Year by Chambers USA in 2018.