 | Kajan Mather and Barish,
A Professional Corporation | | | | | Suite 805, 9777 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California 90212 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Civil and Criminal Tax Controversy and Tax Litigation. | | | | Year Established: 1995 | | | | Firm Profile: | | Representation of clients before IRS and state taxing authorities for tax examinations, administrative appeals, tax collection and complex litigation and criminal tax investigations and trials, representation of accountants and attorneys regarding tax penalties and professional responsibility matters. | | | | Firm Size: 3 | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Saturday: 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
| | | | Elliott H. Kajan (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1965, Ohio; 1969, District of Columbia; 1972, California; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Ninth Circuit. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S. in Business Administration); Cleveland State University (J.D., magna cum laude). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Alpha Kappa Psi. Member, Board of Editors, Cleveland-Marshall Law Review, 1963-1965. Certified Public Accountant, Ohio, (inactive). Author: "The Pour-Over Trust," 13 Cleveland-Marshall Law Review 544; "Some Problems in Liquidating Personal Holding Companies," 14 Cleveland-Marshall Law Review 391; "The Accumulated Earnings Tax — Still a Need for Concern?" The Los Angeles Bar Bulletin, Vol. 50, No. 8, pp. 320-331, June, 1975; The Practices and Procedures of Federal Tax Collection, "Federal Tax Practice and Procedure: Practicing Before The Internal Revenue Service," Practicing Law Institute, Tax Law and Practice, Course Handbook Series, No. 103, p. 35, 1976; "The New Single Level of Appeal — New Directions for IRS Audits, Disputes and Appeals," New York Law Journal, Course Handbook #417, 1979; "I.R.S. Compliance and Tax Shelter Audits," New Tactics for Real Estate Syndication Under the 1984 Tax Act, Law & Business, Inc., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, pp. 294-321, 1984; "A Kinder, Gentler I.R.S.," The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 46, No. 10, November/December 1999; "A Kinder Gentler I.R.S.," Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 21, No. 9, December, 1998; "Doing Business with the IRS after Restructuring and Reform," University of Southern California Law School, 52d substitute on Federal Taxation, 2000; "Disclosing False or Unfiled Tax Returns to the IRS," California CPA, November 2000. Co-Author: "Responsible Officer (100 percent) Penalty Cases — Where Are They Headed?" Journal of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 52-27, November-December, 1974. Lecturer: California Continuing Education of the Bar, IRS Controversies, 1982, 1987; 2008 AICPA National Tax Conference; Advance Income Tax Seminar, California State University, Northridge; California Society of Certified Public Accountants; ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education, Tax Shelters Under Attack, 1984; UCLA Extension, Business & Management, Tax Disputes Institute, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001-2008; University of Southern California Institute on Federal Taxation, 1986, 1990, 1999, 2002; Los Angeles Practitioners Forum (I.R.S. District Director), 1990-2000; California Certified Public Accountants Education Foundation, "Tax Controversies, How To Represent Your Client Before Tax Authorities," 1995-2008; Annual Update and Planning Conference, 1997-2008; Financial Statements and Fraud Conference, 2001, 2003,2005, 2007; Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education Division, 1995, 1997. IRS Advisory Committee on Special Enrollment Examination, 2000-2002. Member of Board of Trustees of California CPA Education Foundation, 2001-2007. Internal Revenue Agent, Internal Revenue Service. Attorney: U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Refund Trial Sections, Washington, D.C.; Office of the United States Attorney, Tax Division, Los Angeles, California. Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Tax Section), Los Angeles County (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member, Section on Taxation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Tax Section); California Society of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Los Angeles Tax Committee); American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants. (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Federal Tax Controversies; State Tax Controversies; Criminal Tax Audit; Criminal Taxation Litigation; Criminal Defense; Criminal Taxation; Tax Fraud; Employment Tax; Corporate Tax Controversies; Corporate Criminal Law; Tax Law; Federal Taxation; Income Tax; International Taxation; Local Taxation; Property Tax; State Taxation; Tax Appeals; Tax Audits; Tax Collection; Tax Controversies; Tax Litigation; Tax Evasion; Tax Shelters; International Tax Controversies; Real Estate Taxation; Property Tax Appeals; Sales and Use Tax. | | | | Steven R. Mather (Member) born Sac City, Iowa, April 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Iowa; 1983, California and U.S. Tax Court; 1987, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., with highest distinction, 1978; J.D., with distinction, 1982). Phi Eta Sigma; Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi. Certified Public Accountant, Iowa, 1979. Topics Editor, The Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 7, 1982. Author: "Federal Tax Collection Procedure: Liens, Levies, Suits and Third Party Liability," 637 B.N.A. Tax Management Portfolio (2006); "Federal Tax Collection Procedure: Defensive Measures," 638-3rd B.N.A. Tax Management Portfolio; "Audit Procedures for Pass-Through Entities," 624-1st B.N.A. Tax Management Portfolio (2002) and 467-2d B.N.A. Tax Management Portfolio (1991); "Federal Tax Collection Procedure," 638-2d B.N.A. Tax Management Portfolio (2001) and 404-2d B.N.A. Tax Management Portfolio (1990); "Whipsaw Revisited," 43 The Tax Lawyer 343 (1990); "The Elusive Definition of a Tender Offer," 7 The Journal of Corporation Law 171, (1981); "TSN Liquidating Corporation, Inc. v. United States—Negotiation Focus in Substance-Over-Form," 7 The Journal of Corporation Law 171 (1981). Lecturer, Federal Tax Procedure, Golden Gate University, Masters in Taxation Program, 1989—. Speaker, UCLA Tax Controversy Institute, "Lien on Mc: Latest Developments in IRS Collection Matters," (2003) and "Issues Regarding State and Federal Tax Liens' (1997); California CPA Society "Flow Through Entities Conference," How to Deal with the IRS Audit of Pass Through Entities" (2004) and Income Tax Audit Strategies (1994, 1993); U.S. Tax Court Judicial Conference, "Small Tax Case and Pro Se Petitioners-Concerns and Problems" (1992). Co-Director, Los Angeles Tax Court Pro Se Program, 1989—. Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1983-1987. Member: Beverly Hills (Chair, Tax Section, 1996-1998) and Los Angeles County (Member, Taxation Section; Executive Committee, 1996—; Chair, Tax Procedure and Litigation Committee, 1991-1992; Chair, Pro Bono Committee, 1993-1996) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Tax Section). Practice Areas: Federal Tax Controversies; State Tax Controversies; Tax Shelters; Tax Litigation; Tax Law; Corporate Tax Controversies; Criminal Defense; Criminal Taxation; Criminal Tax Audits; Employment Tax; Federal Taxation; International Tax Controversies; Property Tax Appeals; Sales and Use Tax; Tax Appeals; Tax Audits; Tax Collection; Tax Controversies; Tax Evasion; Tax Fraud. | | | | Kenneth M. Barish (Member) born Brookline, Massachusetts, August 31, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1979, District of Columbia and U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southwestern University (J.D., 1973); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1975). Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, Graduate Tax Program, 1982-1985. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Criminal Section, 1975-1979. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, Tax Division, 1979-1981. Author: "Criminal Tax Investigations" portion of Tax Practice in California Book; "The Innocent Spouse Provision" American Bar Association Journal, Jan, 1995, quoted: "Leaving A Trail Of Paper" California Law Business (Oct. 25, 1993). Lecturer: State Bar of California, "Attorneys as IRS Targets," (1995, 1996, 1997); California CPA Foundation, "Audit Roulette for High Income Individuals," (1997); California CPA Foundation "Tax Update Conference," (1998); California CPA Foundation "Statement and Fraud Conference" (2000 and 2004); California CPA Foundation Fraud in Audit, Accounting and Tax Conference, Tax Fraud (2006); University of California at Riverside, "What Every Attorney and Accountant Should Know About Tax Law and Procedure,"; California CPA Foundation, "Fraud Compliance,"; Orange County CPA Society, "Avoiding Civil and Criminal Penalties from Foreign Transactions," (1996); "Everything you Wanted to Know About Voluntary Disclosures," (2001); Ignoring the Form of a Transaction to Reduce Taxes (2004); University of California at Los Angeles Tax Disputes Institute (1987- "Discovery in the United States Tax Court, 1989- "TEFRA Tax Audits", 1995—"Criminal Tax Administrative Investigations and Grand Jury Proceedings," 2000; "Tax Litigation Techniques - A Motion to Compel"), California State University at Los Angeles, (1992—"An Overview of Tax Litigation Issues"), ESOP Association (1991- "Valuation Issues and ESOP Litigation") Orange County CPA Society, 1993- "Criminal and Civil Tax Issues in Use of Asset Protection Trusts and Foreign Bank Accounts"): International Association of Financial Planning, (1993- "Pitfalls Of Leaving Trusts and Family United Partnerships and Use of Foreign Trusts). Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Tax Section), Beverly Hills (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member Section of Taxation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: State Taxation; Tax Shelters; Tax Litigation; Tax Law; Corporate Tax Controversies; Criminal Defense; Criminal Taxation; Criminal Tax Audits; Criminal Taxation Litigation; Employment Tax; Federal Tax Controversies; State Tax Controversies; Federal Taxation; International Tax Controversies; Property Tax Appeals; Sales and Use Tax; Tax Appeals; Tax Audits; Tax Collection; Tax Controversies; Tax Evasion; Tax Fraud; White Collar Crime. |
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