Eric L Green
The focus of Attorney Eric L. Green’s practice is taxpayer representation before the IRS, Department of Justice Tax Division, Connecticut Department of Revenue Services and Massachusetts Department of Revenue as well as handling probate matters, estate planning for individuals and business owners and tax planning for closely held businesses. He is a frequent lecturer on tax topics, including estate planning, and handling tax audits and tax controversies. Mr. Green has also been quoted in USA Today, CreditCard.com, Consumer Reports Financial News, and has been published in The National Underwriter, CCH’s Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure and Connecticut CPA Magazine.
Attorney Green has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Law where he taught law students to handle taxpayer representation matters in the low income taxpayer clinic.
Attorney Green is also a Certified Internal Auditor, and prior to practicing law, served as a senior tax consultant for national and international accounting firms, including KPMG and Deloitte & Touche.
Attorney Green’s commitment to professional excellence is demonstrated by his involvement in numerous professional organizations. He is the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Closely Held Businesses Committee, and has served as the chairman of the subcommittees on Business Succession Planning and Estate Planning. Attorney Green is Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section and is a Member of its Estate & Probate Section.
Attorney Green is admitted to practice in Connecticut and Massachusetts and is a member of the United States Tax Court Bar. Attorney Green is also a member of the Connecticut and Massachusetts Bar Associations, as well as the American Bar Association. Attorney Green received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting with a minor in International Business from Hofstra University and is an honors graduate from New England School of Law. He earned a Masters of Laws in Taxation from Boston University School of Law.
Email Attorney Green: egreen@convicerpercy.com
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Lectures
- National Association of Enrolled Agents, National Tax Practice Institute, Scheduled for August 6, 2012 - Advanced Criminal Tax Issues
- National Association of Enrolled Agents, National Tax Practice Institute, Scheduled for August 6, 2012 – Civil & Criminal Tax Representation: Everything You’ve Missed in the Last 12 Months!
- Connecticut Bar Association, Scheduled for March 21, 2012 – IRS & Connecticut DRS Tax Procedure
- American Bar Association,February 17, 2012 – When Estate Planning Goes Awry
- Massachusetts Society of Enrolled Agents, January 19, 2012 – Representing Taxpayers Before the IRS Collection Division
- The 2011 University Of Connecticut Income Tax School, November 15, 2011 – What’s New in Federal Income Taxes?
- CCH, a Wolters Kluwer Business National Webinar, November 9, 2011 – Advanced Criminal Tax Issues for Tax Practitioners
- American Bar Association, October 21, 2011 – Use of Additional Federal Gift & Estate Tax Exemption in Business Succession Planning
- Federal Tax Institute of New England, September 23, 2011 – Resolving Collection of Federal Tax Liabilities
- Federal Tax Institute of New England, September 23, 2011 – Representing Clients in Criminal IRS Investigations
- National Association of Enrolled Agents, National Tax Practice Institute, August 9, 2011 – Advanced Criminal Tax Issues
- Connecticut Bar Association, June 23, 2011 – 2011 IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative and Recent Prosecutions
- CCH, a Wolters Kluwer Business National Webinar, May 24, 2011 – Dealing with the IRS Collection Division: A Practical Review if IRS Collection Procedures and Opportunities to Help Your Clients
- American Bar Association, May 7, 2011 – Payroll Taxes and the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty: From Assessment Through Litigation
- Connecticut Bar Association, March 30, 2011 – Tax Issues in a Declining Economy
- American Bar Association, January 21, 2011 – IRS Lien Basics: A review of the Federal Tax Lien and its Impact on IRS Collection
- American Bar Association, January 21, 2011 – Giving Away the Store: A Primer on Business Succession Planning and Post-Mortem Financing of Tax Liabilities of Estates Holding Closely Held Business Interests.
- Connecticut State Society of Certified Fraud Examiners, January 11, 2011 – Federal and Connecticut Criminal Tax Update
- Connecticut State Society of Enrolled Agents, January 8, 2011– Tax Considerations in a Declining Economy
- Connecticut Bar Association, December 16, 2010 – Tax Aspects of Real Estate Transactions
- Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, November 2010 – Resolution of Sales Tax Issues in Connecticut
- Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, November 2010 – IRS Collection, Innocent Spouse and Criminal Tax Update
- American Bar Association, September, 2010 – Practical Issues in Shutting Down a Closely Held Business
- Connecticut State Society of Certified Public Accountants, August 2010 – Tax Considerations in a Declining Economy
- Connecticut Bar Association, June, 2010 – Tax Considerations in the Purchase & Sale of a Business
- Connecticut State Society of Certified Public Accountants, April 2010 – IRS and DRS: Strategies for the Tax Practitioner
- Connecticut Bar Association, January, 2010 – Controversies & Litigation Before the IRS
- Connecticut Bar Association, December 2009 – Tax Considerations in Choice of Entity
- American Bar Association Tax Section Conference in Chicago, IL, September, 2009 – Income Tax Issues in Forming and Liquidating Partnerships
- Connecticut Society of Enrolled Agents, July 2009 – Dealing with the IRS and DRS: Strategies for the Tax Practitioner
- American Bar Association Tax Section Conference in Washington, DC, May, 2009 – The Congressional reaction to the current economic crisis and a review of IRS guidance and its impact on compliance
- Connecticut Bar Association, November 2008 – Tax Issues in a Declining Economy
- Connecticut Bar Association Annual Meeting, June, 2008 – Connecticut State Taxes for the Non-Tax Practitioner
- American Bar Association Tax Section Conference in Washington, DC, May, 2008 – Recent Developments and Overlooked Strategies for Dealing with IRS Collection Matters
- American Bar Association Tax Section Conference in Las Vegas, NV, January 2008 – Choice of Entity Considerations for Closely Held Businesses
- American Bar Association Tax Section Conference in San Francisco, CA, September 2005 – The Gift and Estate Tax Implications in the Breakup of a Family Business
Books
- Contributing Author, Advocating for Low Income Taxpayers: A Clinical Studies Casebook, Vandeplas Publishing, 3rd Edition, January 2011
- Co-Author, Practitioners Guide to the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty, ABA Publishing, due out Fall 2011
Articles & Press
- Quoted in CREDITCARD.COM - Reward Point “Gifts” are Taxable, Says The IRS - January 31, 2012
- Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Business Record Keeping Requirements, Punts on Issue of Illegal Jeopardy Assessment, Connecticut CPA Magazine, Vol. 52, Issue 5, Sept/Oct 2011
- Using Code Section 7430 to Obtain Fees and Resolve Your Taxpayer’s Case, The Journal of Practice & Procedure, CCH Publishing, June-July, 2011
- Eggshell Audits: What Accountants Need to Know, Sumnews – the Magazine of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accounts, Inc., Volume 22, Number 3, Summer 2011
- Department of Revenue Collection Procedures: Why Hard Economic Times Call for New Approaches, Connecticut CPA Magazine, Vol. 52, Issue 3, May/June 2011
- Quoted in CREDITCARD.COM – 1099-C Surprise: IRS Tax Follows Cancelled Debt – January 14, 2011
- Making the IRS a Qualified Offer it Can’t Refuse: Using Qualified Offers to Help Settle Tax Cases and Obtain Reimbursement of Costs, The Journal of Practice & Procedure, CCH Publishing, April-May, 2010
- Tax Compliance, Economic Hardship and the IRS Levy: The Recent Tax Court Decision in Vinatieri v. Commissioner Changes the Impact of Tax Compliance on Hardship Cases, Connecticut CPA Magazine, Vol. 51, Issue 2, March/April 2010
- Sentencing in Federal Tax Crimes: a String of Recent Supreme Court Cases Sharply Reduces the Impact of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Connecticut CPA Magazine, Vol. 50, Issue 6, November/December 2009
- Recent Tax Court Innocent Spouse Rulings Under §6015(f) Have Made §6015(b) and (c) Superfluous, The Journal of Practice & Procedure, CCH Publishing, August-September 2009
- Recent Connecticut Case Raises the Bar for Small Business Recordkeeping Requirements, Connecticut CPA Magazine, Vol. 50, Issue 3, May/June 2009
- IRS Announces new Voluntary Disclosure Deal for Offshore Account Holders – September 23, 2009 Deadline, Connecticut CPA Magazine, Vol. 50, Issue 3, May/June 2009
- An Overview of the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty and Other Third Party Liability, Connecticut CPA Magazine, January 2009
- IRS Collection Policies and Procedures: A Practitioner Update on New and Overlooked IRS Collection Ideas, Connecticut CPA Magazine, Vol. 49, Issue 5, September/October 2008
- Quoted in Consumer Reports: Money Advisor – A Letter From the IRS? No Need To Panic – Here Is How to Respond!, June 2008 Edition
- Tax Fraud: Pitfalls Representing Clients Before the IRS, Connecticut CPA Magazine, Vol. 49, Issue 2, March/April 2008
- Estate Planning, Insurance, and the Non Citizen Spouse, National Underwriter, February 2008
- Quoted in USA TODAY – Giving While Living, August 24, 2007
- Quoted in USA TODAY – Death’s Certain. Taxes, Avoidable!, August 24, 2007