Jonathan E. Strouse | Partner at Harrison & Held, LLP

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  • Mr. Strouse is a Tax Controversy attorney who concentrates his practice in federal tax litigation and federal tax controversies, including audits and appeals.

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Mr. Strouse has represented thousands of taxpayers that cut across diverse boundaries including, but not limited to, trusts, estates, federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal members, municipal governments, foreign taxpayers, hedge funds, high-net-worth individuals, married couples, trustees of qualified ERISA plans including leveraged and non-leveraged ESOPs, accountants, not-for-profit and tax-exempt entities, TEFRA partnerships, individuals involved in Derivium transactions, and S and C corporations (publicly traded corporations as well as privately held). Mr. Strouse has represented a variety of taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service on a wide variety of collection, examination, and appeal matters including, but not limited to, listed transactions and other tax avoidance matters, foreign tax issues, "wealth squad" examinations, "Midco" and section 6901 transactions, valuation issues, domestic and offshore voluntary disclosures including streamlined filings, FBAR issues, the trading safe harbor pursuant to Section 864(b), information reporting issues, penalty matters pursuant to Sections 6662 and 6707A, mediation proceedings pursuant to Rev. Proc. 2009-44, transfer tax issues, and various other corporate, partnership, individual, employment, and excise tax matters.

Mr. Strouse has a long history of effectively litigating tax cases against the federal government in the United States District Court, United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Tax Court. Mr. Strouse has diverse experience in litigating federal tax issues including lien, levy, and other collection matters, valuation issues, independent contractor/employee issues, built-in gain issues on conversions of C corporations to S corporations, estate and gift tax issues, tax shelter cases, ESOP issues, excise and payroll tax issues and a wide variety of other simple and complex tax matters.

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Areas of Practice (9)

  • Tax Controversies and Litigation
  • Taxation
  • Tax Litigation
  • IRS Audits
  • Tax Audits
  • Federal Taxation
  • Federal Tax Controversies
  • State Taxation
  • State Tax Controversies

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Jonathan E. Strouse
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31 Reviews
Chicago, IL

Tax Controversies and Litigation, Taxation, Tax Law, Corporate Tax Controversies, Federal Tax Controversies, State Tax Controversies, Tax Litigation, Tax Audits, IRS Audits View More

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4.9/5.0 (14 reviews)

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Attorney on 02/12/18 in Taxation

    He has achieved excellent results in tax litigation.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Attorney on 01/29/18 in Taxation

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Attorney on 01/29/18 in Taxation

    Jonathan's breadth of knowledge and understanding of federal and state tax controversy surpasses that of any lawyer I have known. He consistently delivers a high level analysis and understanding of any issue from his own client experiences. He is con... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Of Counsel on 01/29/18 in Taxation

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Partner on 01/25/18 in Taxation

    Jonathan is a no-nonsense litigator with the ability to craft creative strategies for all types of clients and matters.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Partner on 01/24/18 in Irs Audits

    I have worked with Mr. Strouse on a very complex tax controversy/tax litigation matter. Mr. Strouse's legal knowledge and ability to litigate or settle these matters favorably for his clients is very impressive and superior to those attorneys I have... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Member on 01/23/18 in Litigation

    Jonathan is a consummate lawyer, and considered one of the leading attorneys in federal and state tax litigation and general business litigation.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Senior Partner on 01/23/18 in Irs Audits

    Jonathan is an excellent litigator and handles tax controversies expertly.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Attorney on 01/23/18 in Corporate Taxation

    I have known Jonathan since law school. In addition to being an extremely knowledgable and accomplished tax lawyer, I know him to be a very hard worker as well as a loyal family man and friend.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Managing Partner on 01/15/18 in Taxation

    We do not have a tax litigation practice in our firm. I am happy to send clients to Jonathan.

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