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																				The IRS announced that effective Oct. 1, 2016, it will rarely conduct Appeals Conferences in person. More specifically, Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) 8.6.1.4, blandly entitled "Conference Practices," provides that ALL conferences will be held by telephone except under certain specific enumerated circumstances. Those circumstances are as follows: There are substantial books and records to review [...]...ยป 
																			 
																		 
																		
																			 
																		 
																		
																			 
																		 
																		
																			 
																		 
																		 
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																			The Brager Tax Law Group is a tax litigation and tax controversy law firm, which represents clients with tax problems and tax disputes with the IRS, the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), the State Board of Equalization (SBE) and the Employment Development Department (EDD). All of the firm's tax lawyers are former trial attorneys with the IRS.  
																		 
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																					Dennis' webinar, "A Brief Guide to Getting (and Keeping) Your Clients with Foreign Connections out of Trouble, Including FBARs, OVDP, and Lesser Known Issues" is available on the Brager Tax Law Group Website: 
																				 
																				
																				
																			 
																		 
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																			Brager Tax Law Group
																			
																				11400 W. Olympic Blvd. 
																				Suite 750 
																			 
																			
																				Los Angeles, CA 90064 
																			 
																			
																				Tel: (310) 208-6200 
																			 
																			
																				Fax: (310) 478-8030 
																			 
																			
																		 
																		
																		 
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																			Dennis N. Brager, Esq. 
																		 
																		
																			  
																		 
																		
																			Former IRS Senior Trial Attorney 
																		 
																		
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																			Upcoming Speeches & Webinars 
																		 
																		
																			
																				 
																				 
																			 
																			
																			
																				Community Property Aspects of Tax Collection Matters 
																			 
																			
																				Los Angeles, CA  
																			 
																			
																				October 25, 2016 
																			 
																			
																				 
																				 
																			 
																			
																			
																				Foreign Reporting Disclosure Program 
																			 
																			
																				Los Angeles, CA 
																			 
																			
																				2:30-3:30pm PST 
																			 
																			
																				November 2, 2016 
																			 
																		 
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