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Tax: Controversy

USA - Nationwide

2 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Robert Kovacev

USA

Practice Areas

Federal tax controversy and tax litigation. He combines extensive first-chair litigation skills with substantive tax knowledge to represent taxpayers in high-profile, high-stakes tax disputes against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), both at the administrative level and in litigation. These disputes include international tax and transfer pricing issues, the research tax credit, the Section 199 domestic production activities deduction, alternative energy tax credits, excise taxes and the economic substance doctrine. He is a leader in the emerging field of taxation of robotics and artificial intelligence, and he frequently writes and speaks on the topic.

Career

Former senior litigation counsel in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he was lead trial counsel for the IRS in some of the largest and most complex civil tax cases in the nation.

Professional Memberships

Chair, Tax Policy & Simplification Committee, Section of Taxation, American Bar Association; Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel

Personal

JD Columbia Law School, Kent Scholar, 1997; BA Harvard University, magna cum laude, 1994.

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Robert Kovacev is held in high regard for the quality of his representation in matters concerning tax controversy and tax litigation.

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