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.

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

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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5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Attorney on 01/15/18 in Corporate Taxation

Jonathan is a passionate, effective tax litigator.

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5.0/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Shareholder on 01/15/18 in Irs Audits

I have been a tax controversy lawyer for over 40 years. I have worked closely with Jonathan on many cases over the last seven years. Jonathan is extremely knowledgeable and competent regarding state and federal tax controversy issues. Jonathan can... Read more
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I have been a tax controversy lawyer for over 40 years. I have worked closely with Jonathan on many cases over the last seven years. Jonathan is extremely knowledgeable and competent regarding state and federal tax controversy issues. Jonathan can spot issues that many would miss. I trust and respect Jonathan's judgment and do not hesitate to refer clients to him. Read less
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4.8/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Partner on 01/15/18 in Taxation

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4.2/5.0 Review for Jonathan E. Strouse by a Managing Partner on 01/15/18 in Taxation

For a tax attorney, Mr. Strouse has a deep and rounded litigation background with experience in a number of other areas of law.

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