WELCOME. I am San Diego tax attorney
RICHARD CARPENTER.
Since 1984, I have successfully
assisted more than one thousand clients with resolving their
IRS and California tax disputes and tax problems. My
law practice is limited to IRS and California civil and criminal
tax controversy defense. Each client receives my direct,
personal attention.
If you are involved in an IRS or California tax dispute, I can help
you.
I have 24+ years of tax law
experience and top credentials.
I am Certified as a Tax Law
Specialist by the State Bar of California. This is the highest
designation available to a California tax attorney. Also,
Martindale-Hubbell has awarded me an "AV"
rating. This is the highest and most prestigious rating
available to any U.S. attorney for legal skills and ethics.
For the past 15+ years, I have also been a part-time tax
law professor at the University of San Diego School
of Law teaching both Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax
Court Litigation classes. I am the author of 14
published tax law articles, including some of
the leading articles in the U.S. in resolving civil
and criminal tax disputes.
I have also been recognized as one of the 2007 Top San Diego County Attorneys by the San Diego Daily Transcript legal newspaper and was also recently named a 2008 "Super Lawyer."
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 24+
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 24+
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 some glitzy looking "tax-help" website. 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 worst yet only a para-legal or an accountant.
Successfully solving tax law problems
requires skill, plus tax law knowledge and years of experience.
It is certainly not a job for a novice attorney. To protect
yourself, you should hire only a tax attorney who is a Certified
Tax Law Specialist by the State Bar. Remember, there
is no such thing as a routine call or letter to the IRS.
A skilled Certified tax lawyer will tailor each communication
precisely to your specific tax defense plan. Each communication
to the IRS means something and it is very important that
nothing is overlooked or taken for granted.
RESULTS . . . that's the bottom
line ... what every client is looking for. Despite
my strong record of favorable client outcomes during the
past 24+ 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. Over the past 24+ years, this attention-to-detail
approach has benefited my clients greatly.
EXPERT GUIDANCE ... Many tax attorneys and CPA's look to San Diego Tax Attorney Richard Carpenter for expert guidance in helping their clients resolve serious tax problems with the IRS.
When the IRS, or one of the California Tax
Agencies, comes calling and you know that you are really in trouble, place your tax problems in the hands of San Diego tax attorney RICHARD
CARPENTER. Please call me at (619) 696-8607
to discuss your tax situation in complete confidence. I can
help you.
Free
initial consultation