RICHARD CARPENTER's BACKGROUND:

    • 25 YEARS OF TAX LAW EXPERIENCE - Since 1984, I have successfully assisted more than one thousand clients with their IRS and California civil and criminal tax disputes.

    • CERTIFIED TAX LAW SPECIALIST - I am a Certified Tax Law Specialist (State Bar of California). This is the highest tax designation available to a California attorney.

    • "AV" (HIGHEST) RATING - I am an "AV" rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. This is the highest and most prestigious rating available to an attorney. An "AV" rating is a sign that I am considered by my peers to be at the highest level of professional excellence.

    • TAX LAW PROFESSOR - Since January 1993, I have been a part-time Tax Law Professor at the prestigious University of San Diego School of Law graduate tax program. I teach both the Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax Court Litigation classes. Also, as the Director of its innovative Tax Controversy Clinic, I teach aspiring tax lawyers how to effectively resolve IRS tax disputes.

    • NAMED A "SUPER LAWYER" IN 2008, 2009 AND 2010 - I was honored to be NAMED A "SUPER LAWYER" IN 2008, 2009 AND 2010. The publication "Super Lawyers" identifies the top 5% of attorneys in each state according to a comprehensive annual survey of experienced attorneys and judges.

  • VICE CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA TAX LAW SECTION - I recently served a one-year appointment as Vice Chair of the 3,000+ member Taxation Section of the State Bar of California.

    • NAMED A TOP SAN DIEGO COUNTY ATTORNEY - I was honored to be named one of the Top San Diego County Attorneys in 2007 and 2009 by the San Diego Daily Transcript legal newspaper.

  • 14 PUBLISHED ARTICLES - I have written 14 published articles, including some of the leading tax law articles resolving IRS tax disputes. Examples of these are:

• FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED AT IRS AUDIT, published in Taxation For Accountants, March 1998 issue.
• WHAT ACCOUNTANTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TAX COURT, Published in Taxation For Accountants, February 1998 issue.
• PRACTICAL GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL TAX MATTERS, published in Taxation For Accountants, May 1998 issue and republished in Taxation For Lawyers, July/August 1998 issue.
• GET THE BEST DEAL FOR CLIENTS FROM THE IRS COLLECTION DIVISION, published in Taxation For Accountants, August 1998 issue and re-published in Taxation For Lawyers, September/October 1998 issue.
• SAVED BY THE BELL, OR LEFT AT THE STATION, LIMITATIONS PERIODS COUNT, published in Taxation For Accountants, October 1998 issue.
• OBTAINING THE BEST RESULTS IN AN IRS ESTATE TAX AUDIT, published in Estate Planning, Aug./Sept. 1999 issue.
• CAN AN ATTORNEY PARTICIPATE IN THE WRITING OF AN EXPERT WITNESS REPORT IN THE TAX COURT?, published in Journal of Taxation, June 2004.

    • STRONG ACADEMIC BACKGROUND - In 1975, I received my BBA degree in accounting from the prestigious Baruch School of Business of the City University of New York. In 1977, my Master of Science degree in Tax from Long Island University in New York, and in 1984, my Juris Doctor law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.

    • CPA EXPERIENCE - From 1977 to 1981 (prior to my attending law school), I worked for four years for an international CPA firm in the Wall Street section of New York City. This wonderful east-coast/west-coast experience gives me a unique perspective in resolving IRS tax disputes. I first became a New York CPA in 1979 and then a California CPA in 1982. I am currently a California CPA (inactive status).

    • EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD - I was honored to be a co-recipient of the 2009 Bernard Witkin award for Excellence in Teaching as a University of San Diego School of Law Tax Clinic Professor.

    • PERSONAL ATTENTION - Every client receives my direct personal attention.

  • SPECIALIZED TAX CONTROVERSY PRACTICE - My tax law practice is limited to civil and criminal tax controversy defense. Successfully resolving tax disputes is what I do all day long, each and every day.

• TAX DEFENSE MINDSET - Unlike some tax controversy defense attorneys, I did not start out my legal career as an IRS attorney using the Tax Code against honest taxpayers. I also did not start out my legal career as a federal prosecutor working to put good people in prison for some mistakes on their tax returns. Instead, I have devoted my entire 25 year legal career helping to defend hardworking, family-oriented taxpayers against the far and powerful reaches of the Internal Revenue Service and I am proud of that accomplishment. Being an effective tax controversy defense attorney is a mindset and I have had that tax defense mindset for my entire 25 year legal career.

WARNING: Tax law is complex. Thus, it is very important that you hire only an experienced, State Bar Certified, tax attorney to represent you and that you carefully review their background before you hire them. I recommend a minimum of 15 years of tax controversy defense experience. Don't be fooled by those "tax-help" company websites. As you may have already noticed, many of those websites intentionally avoid listing the background of the tax person who will be working on your case because he / she is either a novice attorney, or worse yet only an enrolled agent or accountant.

• EXPERT GUIDANCE . . . During the past 25 years, many attorneys and CPA's have looked to San Diego Tax Attorney Richard Carpenter for expert guidance in helping their clients resolve serious tax problems with the IRS.

• RESULTS . . . that's the bottom line ... what every client is looking for.  Despite my strong record of favorable client outcomes during the past 25 years, I refrain from making any case result promises to you over the internet without knowing the complete facts of your case. Each tax case is different. Instead, if you retain me as your tax attorney, I promise to carefully listen to you about your specific tax situation, to fully educate you about the unique intricacies of your case, to meticulously perform my work, and to provide the IRS and/or the Court with the most advantageous position of your case.   

VI. HELP IS AVAILABLE TO YOU ...

If you are serious about resolving your tax problem, I can help you. Please call me at (619) 696-8607 to discuss your tax situation in complete confidence. Put my 25 years of tax law experience to work for you.

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RICHARD CARPENTER
SAN DIEGO TAX ATTORNEY
406 Ninth Ave., Suite 213
San Diego, CA 92101
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