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Stephen P. Kauffman

Tax Attorney at Columbia, MD

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  • Licensed for 40 years
    State MD
    Acquired 1983
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    Active No misconduct found

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Practice areas
  1. Business
    35%
    Formation of corporations and LLCs; stockholder, operating, and other ownership agreements; commercial leases; asset/stock purchase agreements; loan agreements; extensive experience with veterinary, medical and other professional practices.

    39 years, 100 cases

  2. Tax
    35%
    IRS Trust-Fund Recovery Penalties, Unfiled Returns, Unpaid Taxes, Liens, Levies, CDPs, Offers in Compromise, Installment Agreements, Audits, Offshore Accounts, Innocent Spouse, Appeals, U.S. Tax Court and other federal and state courts.

    39 years, 100 cases

  3. Litigation
    30%
    Mediation, arbitration, and litigation in federal and Maryland courts, including jury and non-jury trials, and appeals, primarily involving tax controversies and business litigation.

    39 years, 100 cases

Steve Kauffman is a lawyer, CPA, and former IRS revenue agent who brings this knowledge to bear during his representation of individuals and businesses with a wide variety of tax and business-related matters. He represents individual and small-to-medium sized business clients with serious federal and state tax problems including unfiled returns, substantial balances due, audits, criminal investigations, personal liability for delinquent payroll taxes (i.e. trust-fund recovery penalties) and sales and use taxes, foreign bank and financial accounts, foreign businesses, and litigation in the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court, Court of Federal Claims, Courts of Appeals, US Supreme Court, and all Maryland and DC courts. He also has extensive experience representing businesses and business owners structure and negotiate large transactions, as well as litigating disputes between owners, or with third parties.  

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Skeen & Kauffman LLP
9256 Bendix Road, Suite 102
Columbia, MD, 21045
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Cost

Rates
  • Hourly Rates $ 400-450 per hour
  • Contingency 25%-40%
  • Pro bono 10 %
  • Retainer Always
Payment methods
Cash, Check, Credit Card

Resume

AVVO RATING 8.0 (Excellent)

Work Experience

  • Principal
  • Skeen & Kauffman
  • 2004 - 2015
  • Adjunct Professor
  • University Of Maryland School Of Law
  • 1995 - 1996
  • Principle
  • Stephen P. Kauffman PA
  • 1993 - 2004
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Notre Dame of Maryland University
  • 1991 - 1993
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Loyola Unversity
  • 1988 - 1988
  • Partner
  • Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP
  • 1983 - 1993
  • Revenue Agent
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • 1977 - 1983
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Education

  • University of Maryland
  • JD - Juris Doctor
  • 1982
  • Loyola University Maryland
  • BA - Bachelor of Arts
  • 1977

Legal Cases

  • Blackston v. U.S., 77 F. Supp. 244
  • Prevent's lien from arising.

Associations

  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • Member
  • 1983 - Present
  • Howard County Bar Association
  • Member
  • 1983 - Present
  • American Bar Association Foundation
  • Member
  • 1983 - Present

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Korean

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished
  • Martindale-Hubbell
  • 2015
  • Morton P. Fisher Award
  • University of Maryland School of Law
  • 1982

Publications

  • Maryland State Bar Association publication
  • Avoiding and Mitigating Personal Personal Liability for Unpaid Payroll Taxes
  • 2019
  • Litigation Journal (ABA)
  • Impeaching the Unimpeachable
  • 1992
  • Taxes - The Tax Magazine (CCH)
  • The Impact of Energy Resources and Begier on IRS Policy Statement P-5-60
  • 1991
  • Taxes - The Tax Magazine (CCH)
  • The 100% Penalty: Avoidance and Mitigation
  • 1989
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Speaking Engagements

  • American Law Institute
  • Trust-Fund Recovery Penalty
  • 1992

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Columbia Tax Lawyer Stephen P. Kauffman
Stephen P. Kauffman
Tax Attorney
Columbia, MD
Licensed for 40 years
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