Learn how to petition, write stipulations, motions and briefs, perform discovery and collect evidence, answer at Calendar Call, prepare for trial (or settlement), and how to out-maneuver district counsel and argue successfully before a U.S. Tax Court judge.
Designed for the ambitious CPA and EA who aspire to establish a winning Federal tax litigation practice in and before the U.S. Tax Court. Before or after passing the Tax bar examination, take this course and fill the seat at the table traditionally held by a tax attorney.
With your skill sets as a seasoned CPA and/or Enrolled Agent, you can prepare and get paid as both auditor and litigator. Become the go-to persons in your profession! Participate in our mock hearings and mock trials that re-enact precedential Tax Court cases. Engage clients soon after you enroll and begin work as a pro bono student practitioner.
Work under the direction of a experienced USTCP-CPA in remote Tax Court proceedings with the free tax clinic we support. As a student-volunteer, you will be eligible to participant in the free tax clinic's 2024-2025 U.S. Tax Court Clinic, Student Practice and Calendar Call Program.
Get invaluable experience during direct contact with Tax Court judges, IRS chief counsel's office, court clerks and IRS appeals attorneys. Learn how tax litigators negotiate and compromise. Be in the room when the settlements are made and stipulations are signed. Go to hearings and trials and sit in the virtual 'second chair' at remote proceedings of the Court.
Rolling Admissions
REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE UNITED STATES TAX COURT
(click on link to learn what we can teach you what the book does not)
In partnership with the Tax Litigation Clinic at the Tax Law Institute
Audio-Visual Delivery
Fall 2024 | Winter | Spring 2025 U.S. Tax Court Trial Sessions
Session 1
Case Preparation & Management
Litigating in Tax Court
Tax Court Jurisdiction
Pleadings
Pre-Trial Motion
Session 2
Mock Trials: Litigation Strategies
Discovery
Pre-Trial Negotiations
Trial Preparation and Presentation of Case
Session 3
Post-Trial Matters: Briefs, Opinions, Decisions, Motions & Trial Practice
Appeals
Special Matters | Small Tax Cases, Collection Due Process
Short Discussion Topics and Spousal Defenses
Mock Student Trial Practice & U.S. Tax Court Clinics & Pro Bono Program
under oversight of participating counsels
►Student/Teacher Ratio: 1 to 1.25
►Awards 40 CE Credit
►Financing Available
Remote audio-visual delivery from the Nantucket Apprenticeship Conference Center
