CASE HISTORY: The following descriptions reflect the experience of 20 years in private practice offering legal services specializing in tax controversies and planning to avoid them. It is a brief overview. Many of these matters were national in scope, involving complex and important issues touching upon the administration of the tax laws.
- Brought a variety of tax controversies into the judicial system on behalf of clients; structured dozens of settlement agreements with federal and state civil and criminal authorities, including the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, The Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the National Offices of the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service
- Tried dozens of tax controversies from summons enforcement and interpleader to refund and tax deficiency cases both locally and nationally; perfected appeals from dozens of corporate, personal, and professional audits; represented both regional accounting firms and their clients on referral to resolve every manner of tax controversy from collection appeals to criminal tax investigations through to civil settlement, trial, or plea. Inquiries are welcome into any matters to be qualified to particular issue experience. Some particular case examples follow.
- Represented: an oil company owner/shareholder in income tax case arising from sale of regional oil business owning over 150 gasoline stations; a regional record store expanding its business to national location where expansion was contingent upon resolving past tax collection issues; a marketing corporation in a merger; a minister producing a play for the benefit of the church; a nationally recognized author of spiritual guidance books and tapes in obtaining an IRS exemption; a doctor for a corporation to sell medical products;
- Represented a nationally published financial advisor in Florida in a case brought by IRS to convert his tax-exempt financial empire to a for-profit corporation and assess him personally for diverted corporate funds as dividends;
- Represented a retired executive investor in national tax shelter litigation in which he was one of four lead petitioners - served as co-counsel in this case tried to conclusion in United States Tax Court with nationally recognized trial law firm.
- Represented estate of deceased heiress to large fortune, negotiating a pre-trial settlement approved by client which saved over twenty million dollars in taxes;
- Represented Boston businesses, business executives, lawyers, politicians, stock brokers, and establishments, including restaurants, a hospital, automobile dealerships, financial organizations and the like in several matters involving shareholder loans, constructive dividends, responsible officer penalties and other penalties.
- Represented a diverse range of shareholders and their corporations in a number of criminal tax investigations resulting in civil closure.
Tax Law Practice
Concentration in all tax issues with the Internal Revenue Service
Formerly with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel
Theodore L. Craft, Esq., LLM,
Attorney At Law and Tax Counsel
49 Myrtle Street
Melrose, Massachusetts 02176
Telephone: 781-665-6872 | 617-523-7600 | 1-888-TAX-RISK
Fax: 781-662-2430
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Boston tax attorney Theodore L. Craft serves clients throughout Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, including Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, The Berkshires, and the communities of Melrose, Springfield, Cambridge, Worcester, New Bedford, Dedham, Plymouth, Lynn, Saugus, Medford, Somerville, Waltham, Newton, Milton, Quincy, Hingham, Weymouth, Brockton, Marlborough, Peabody, Danvers, Agawam, Ludlow, Westfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Northampton, Auburn, Middleborough, Wareham, Duxbury, Longmeadow, Peabody, Salem, and Danvers, MA, as well as, Nashua, Manchester, Merrimack, and Londonderry, NH.
Suffolk County • Middlesex County • Worcester County • Norfolk County • Plymouth County
