Joshua Dean Maxwell

Josh Maxwell is a partner at Hone Maxwell LLP. His practice focuses on international tax and federal, state and local tax issues, particularly civil and criminal tax controversy defense.  Mr. Maxwell advises clients on a wide variety of international tax issues including the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, FATCA, treaties, and IRS informational reporting.  As a part of his international tax work, Mr. Maxwell travels throughout Mexico and Asia educating on U.S. international tax issues and servicing clients.  Through his controversy work Mr. Maxwell coordinates and defends clients during audits by the IRS, Franchise Tax Board, Board of Equalization, and EDD.  Additionally, Mr. Maxwell works with clients on collection issues with the same agencies, including installment agreements, offers in compromise, and issues surrounding liens, levies, and wage garnishments.

Mr. Maxwell grew up in New York where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in both accounting and finance from Syracuse University.  Mr. Maxwell has also earned his Master’s of Tax degree from Arizona State University, as well as his JD and LL.M from the University of San Diego School of Law, where Mr. Maxwell is currently an adjunct professor within the tax LL.M program.  Prior to law school, Mr. Maxwell spent time at a large local CPA firm where he became a California Certified Public Accountant.

After law school, Mr. Maxwell returned to public accounting at KPMG as a part of the international corporate services group.  In this role, Mr. Maxwell was responsible for a broad range of U.S. multinational and foreign-owned clients doing business as single entities or in complex ownership structures.  Mr. Maxwell advised these clients on IRS compliance, foreign compliance and a wide range of complex international tax matters relating to his clients’ businesses.  Mr. Maxwell’s clients included foreign multinationals with intellectual property issues and other high-tech companies.  Mr. Maxwell also spent time in KPMG’s federal tax group where he advised on many transactions and provided both tax due diligence, tax compliance and regulatory assistance, and tax structuring advice.  Additionally, Mr. Maxwell also spent time at CBIZ in the federal tax group performing compliance and consulting for multiple types of entities.

Following his time at KPMG, Mr. Maxwell worked for a prestigious, local tax attorney specializing in civil and criminal tax controversy defense.

Mr. Maxwell’s unique experience, including 7+ years of public accounting with a strong international focus, and education as both a CPA and attorney, allows him to understand the underlying issues and transactions when preparing tax plans or defending taxpayers in front of the taxing authorities.

Mr. Maxwell lives in San Diego with his wife, Lucy, and their two children.