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[ 2025 Training Event #7 ]

The Narrow Escape

Tuesday, July 15th | 2:00-3:00pm Eastern

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Course Description

In the high-stakes world of tax defense, difficult situations can arise. What should you do if you believe your client is guilty, or if you are facing a tenacious Revenue Agent? In this engaging and informative session, Larry Lawler will provide strategies for navigating these challenging scenarios and potentially saving clients who have been “their own worst enemy.”

Key topics covered include:

  • Badges of Fraud: Learn how these indicators of fraud can be leveraged to defend your client.
  • Taxpayer Negligence: Discover how a taxpayer’s negligence might be turned to their advantage.
  • Key Supreme Court Case: Explore the pivotal Supreme Court case that can help avoid a fraud finding.

Join us for this must-attend session to gain insights and tactics that can make a crucial difference in your tax defense practice.

Participants will earn: 1.0 CPE/CE credit

Field of Study: Taxation

Price: FREE

Course presented by: Larry Lawler, CPA, EA, CTRS

Larry is the Founder & National Director of ASTPS and the architect of the Accelerator Program. He has worked and consulted on literally thousands of IRS representation cases and is a frequent public speaker, a writer on professional topics, and a regular trainer of tax professionals nationwide. He has been a New York CPA since 1973. He is also a fellow of the National Tax Practice Institute. Larry is the managing partner of Lawler & Witkowski, CPAs, PC, the firm he established in 1973.

Additional Information:

Prerequisites: None

Who Should Attend: Any tax professional that wants to better understand how to represent troubled taxpayers.

Advance preparation: None

Program level: Intermediate – Attendees should possess the knowledge common to CPAs, EAs, and Attorneys.

Delivery Method: Group Live

For more information regarding program concerns, or cancellation
policies, please contact our offices at (716) 630-1650 or send an email to info@astps.org.

The American Society of Tax Problem Solvers is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.

The American Society of Tax Problem Solvers (ASTPS) is an approved continuing education provider through the IRS.