Robert S. Steinberg
Title: Attorney At Law Practice Areas: Taxation; Tax Advice; Tax Audits; Tax Litigation; Tax Collection; Tax Fraud; Complex, Delinquent or Amended Tax Filings, Tax preparation, Divorce tax matters, Blocked currency, Whistleblower claims, Employment tax classifications, IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Submissions, credit repair. Admitted: 1972, New York; 1975, Florida and U.S. Tax Court; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1977, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Peer review: AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell (Hightest rating in legal ability and ethical standards). Rated excellent by AVVO. Note: Martindale-Hubbell is the oldest private legal rating company but these ratings do not imply state or bar stamp of approval beyond bar admission and licensure. Law School: Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1971, Law Review, American Jurisprudence Award, Property. College: Colgate University (Sigma Nu Fraternity-1962), Long Island University, B.S., Accounting, 1967 (Sigma Tau Delta, Division of Business Administration Honor Society). Member: The Florida Bar; American Bar Association; ABA and Florida Bar Tax Sections & Family Law Sections. (Served on numerous Section Committees); National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts; Floirda Institute of CPAs (former Chairman of Federal Tax Committee). Community: Put Something Back multiple Pro Bono Service Awards, Former Board member Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Former Board member Adopt A Pet, Former Board member American Friends of Bar-Ilan University, Former Tax Committtee member Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies, Knights of Pythias, Founding Charter member (1974) Tzedakah lodge B'nai B'rith. Biography: Certified Public Accountant: New York, 1971, Florida, 1973; Attorney (New Your, 1972, Florida, 1975; Certified Valuation Analyst, Business Valuation, 1996; Mediator, Family Law; Author and lecturer: “When Is a Tax Lawyer Needed in a Divorce Case?” "Three at Bats Against Joint and Several Tax Liability: (1) Innocent Spouse (2) The Election to Limit Liability and (3) Equitable Relief." Journal of the "Classification, Valuation, Distribution and Taxation of Stock Options: Selection, Preparation and Direct Examination of Stock Options Expert Witness." Co author and lecturer, “ "Expert Fees, How to Reduce the Costs", presented to Family Law Committee, February 9, 1995 "Business Valuations in Divorce", presented to Concerned Matrimonial Lawyers of Dade County, May 29, 1996. "What is the Taxpayer's Last Known Address for Purposes of Sending a Notice of Deficiency?" Taxation for Lawyers, July/August, 1988; "Tax Aspects of Bankruptcy", presented before the Greater Miami Tax Institute, (1979); "Analyzing Economic and Valuation Issues," Chapter 59, Florida Family Law, Mathew Bender & Company, 2000. "Domestic Relations Provisions of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998", "New Law Expands Innocent Spouse Relief and Creates Election", Practical Tax Strategies, November 1998. "Innocent Spouse Relief Provisions Get Interpreted By the Courts and IRS," Practical Tax Strategies, June 2002. "New Bankruptcy Act Eliminates Some, But Not All Conflicts with Internal Revenue Code", Taxation for Lawyers, March/April, 1979; "When is the Obligation of a Purchaser Considered "Cash' For Tax Purposes?" Taxation for Accountants, July, 1979; “Tax Laws and the Doctor,” Monthly Column, "Legal Aspects of Medical Practice"; Former Editor, "Tax Notes" FICPA monthly column, (1980). Publisher of newsletter, "Steinberg Talks Tax"(TM). "The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998", NBI Seminar, Tax Aspects of Divorce, "Tax Aspects of Retirement Plans in Divorce", NBI Seminar, Tax Aspects of Divorce, "Innocent Spouse Rules and Joint Returns", PESI Seminar, Tax Consequences of Divorce", “Innocent Spouse Rules and Joint Returns", Minimizing the Tax Consequences of Divorce, Lorman Education Services, "The Family Lawyer's Guide to Stock Options" included in materials for presentation by Melvyn B. Frumkes, "Using Stock Options and Other Forms of Executve Compensation to Pay Alimony," ABA Section of Family Law meeting, Ft. Worth, Texas, October 21.2010. "Tax Crimes, Kicking the Hornet's Nest" ABA Section of Family Law Family Advocate, Spring 2011, Vol. 33, No. 4, page 38 (discusses tax crimes in context of divorce case). "Tax: That Three Letter Four Letter Word" ABA Section of Taxation News Quarterly, Vol. 30 No. 3, Spring 2011, Tax Bites, page 28. "Where Tax Accounting Ends and Tax Law Begins: No Bright Red Line but Great Risk to CPA Crossing," October, 2011, presented to Miami-Dade and South Dade Chapters of Florida Institute of CPAs. "Representing the Divorcing Client: Tax and Ethical Considerations," April 2012, presented to Miami-Dade and South Dade Chapters of Floida Institute of CPAs. "Where Tax Accounting Ends and Tax Law Begins," Practical Tax Strategies, December 2012). "Can and Should a State Court Order an Unwilling Spouse to File a Joint Federal Income Tax Return?" Melvyn B. Frumkes, co-author, Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Vol. 25, No. 1, November 2012). Frequent contributor to American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, NewsQuarterly, "Tax Bites" column. Publisher of The Tax Wars Blog at www.the-tax-wars.net (features serious commentary on various tax issues). Publisher of blog: www.taxfoolery.com (features tax and political parody song lyrics). Languages: Russian (not fluent), Spanish (not fluent). Reported Cases: Manuel Frenandez v. Commissioner, 54 TCM 1036, TC Memo, 1987-557. Born: Brooklyn, New York, May 30, 1943 ISLN: 903444512
Phone: (305) 253-2557
Fax: (305) 253-4170
Email: rss@steinbergtaxlaw.com
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