BUFFALO, NEW YORK – On Tuesday, July 25, Randall P. Andreozzi, Lippes Mathias partner and team leader of the firm’s tax controversy practice team, presented during the National Association of Tax Professionals’ Taxposium at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas. Andreozzi’s presentation, titled “Current IRS Enforcement from a Prepaper Perspective,” focused on changes to the IRS’s examination protocol to issue-based inquiries and more significant and common campaigns clients might hear about. The presentation also discussed the IRS’s purpose and focus of each campaign, and best practices to employ in return preparation and compliance to avoid pitfalls and protect clients.

Andreozzi’s legal career has focused on the resolution of complex tax controversy matters, large case (corporate) tax matters, tax shelter litigation, employee welfare benefit litigation, and international/territorial tax issues. For 16 years, Andreozzi worked for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, where he served as industry counsel for the Commissioner’s Industry Specialization Program, evaluating and litigating tax cases and presenting Welfare Benefit Plan issues. He also assisted and counseled other IRS attorneys and revenue agents in their development of cases under the ISP program, offering valuable expertise in areas involving tax shelters and the corporate income tax consequences of VEBAs and Welfare Benefit Plans. Now in private practice, Andreozzi continues to focus his practice on complex tax litigation and tax controversy resolution. His practice areas include international taxation and foreign bank account reporting, criminal tax and financial crime defense, employee benefit taxation, tax shelter litigation, and a variety of emerging areas of federal and state tax law.

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with nearly 175 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Clarence, Albany, Long Island, New York, Rochester and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla. and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.