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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Should My Lawyer Do My Taxes? Income Tax Preparation, Accounting Services, And The Scope Of The Attorney-Client Privilege

Nicholas Evan Hakun (Temple & Georgetown), Should My Lawyer Do My Taxes? Income Tax Preparation, Accounting Services, and the Scope of the Attorney-Client Privilege, 72 Tax Law. 639 (2019): 

This Comment seeks to explore the contours of the attorney-client privilege and its intersection with the tax laws. The courts conflict and do not provide a clear answer. Congress’s attempts to legislate a solution fall short. This leaves the taxpayer at the whim of the IRS or other prosecuting authority.

So, the inevitable question arises: is there (or should there be) a benefit to having a lawyer do your taxes?

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