A Practitioner’s Practical Guide to the Corporate Transparency Act

Melissa Wiley has over 20 years of experience in tax controversy and litigation on a wide range
of civil tax matters at the federal and state level. She represents clients at all levels of administrative controversy with the IRS, including audits and cases before the IRS Office of Appeals, and has significant experience handling penalty and international information reporting matters. Her experience includes litigation in the U.S. Tax Court, Court of Federal Claims, and various federal district courts, representing clients facing government and third-party subpoenas and investigations. She also counsels on voluntary disclosures of prior tax noncompliance. An actuary by training, Melissa has practiced at a Big Four accounting firm, first as an Assistant General Counsel and later as a Senior Manager in the firm’s National Tax department; as well as in the Tax practice of an AmLaw 20 global law firm.

Lydia is a Transactional Business Consultant for CT’s West Coast law firm and corporate clients. She helps develop strategies and solutions for corporate compliance issues arising in finance, M&A, real estate deals, and corporate reorganizations. She is a subject matter expert for the Uniform Commercial Code and lien and court services due diligence.

Robert Russell represents businesses and individuals in a wide-range of tax matters. He provides tax planning, tax controversy and transactional tax services with a specialty on cross-border tax issues.

Robert has extensive experience in both domestic and international business transactions, including entity structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions. He also assists with tax planning for U.S. residents and nonresident alien individuals and business for U.S. tax issues related to foreign entities, assets, trusts, foreign tax credits, transfer pricing and digital currency