Kevin Murphy
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Kevin Murphy
SPECIAL COUNSEL

Kevin Murphy served for many years as an attorney with the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Chief Counsel and also concurrently as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, representing the IRS in Tax Court and Bankruptcy Court. Kevin was an instructor for Chief Counsel courses and recently worked on a successful initiative that created and implemented a process to collect and review metadata and electronic documents. He was also assigned to an offshore compliance team dealing with foreign bank and financial reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act. He developed and analyzed issues in the area of offshore compliance and the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program.
Kevin is an adjunct professor of law with the Wehle School of Business at Canisius College and has taught in the MBA and in the Masters in Tax program at Canisius. He is licensed to practice in New York and Pennsylvania and is admitted to the US Tax Court and US District Court WDNY. His graduated from The American University, cum laude and he earned his law degree at Catholic University.
Kevin served in the military with the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and is a former officer with the U.S. Secret Service.
More Articles from Kevin Murphy
High Income Non-Filers Beware – Audits Are Coming
By: Heather L. Marello and Kevin M. Murphy During a recent web conference, IRS Large Business and International Division Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell warned that IRS is gearing up to initiate ...
Read moreIRS Completes Unprecedented Campaign Targeting Employment Tax Crimes
By: Kevin Murphy, Esq. In our most recent blog post, we discussed the importance of timely payment of payroll taxes and how serious the IRS is taking the issue of criminalizing the Trust Fund ...
Read moreWHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PAY YOUR PAYROLL TAXES: A PRIMER ON TRUST FUND RECOVERY PENALTIES (PART 2)-CRIMINAL EXPOSURE
By: Kevin Murphy, Esq. In Part 1, of this blog, we explained and discussed the civil aspects of IRC 6672- the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP). At the end of Part 1, we mentioned that the civil ...
Read moreWHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PAY YOUR PAYROLL TAXES: A PRIMER ON TRUST FUND RECOVERY PENALTIES (PART 1)
By: Kevin Murphy, Esq. PART ONE When we discuss potential liability for the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP)- I.R.C. § 6672, we often find the need to explain how payroll taxes work. Many ...
Read moreTaxpayer Representation SUPER CONFERENCE (October 5-7, 2017)
WHEN: October 5-7, 2017 WHERE: Las Vegas, NV Kevin Murphy Presenting Topic: Officers, Officers, Officers Dealing with Tax Compliance Officers (Office Auditors), responding to Revenue Officers, ...
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