Former IRS Tax Attorney David Kirk Joins EY
Washington DC (PRWEB) March 03, 2014 -- David H. Kirk, former tax attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), joined Ernst & Young LLP’s Washington, DC office as an Executive Director in the Personal Financial Services practice. While at the IRS, Kirk was one of the principal authors of the net investment income tax (NIIT) regulations under Section 1411 of the Internal Revenue Code and also with respect to guidance addressing S corporation issues.
As part of the firm’s National Tax Department, Kirk will lead efforts to assist clients in addressing the new net investment income tax from both a planning and compliance perspective. In addition to his role relative to Section 1411, Kirk will serve as a key subject matter professional in the EY Global Personal Tax Planning network and work more broadly on matters related to S corporation, trust and personal taxation.
“David’s 15 years of experience and his role at the IRS on key new tax regulations will help our clients gain valuable insights into planning and reporting considerations,” said Michael Mundaca, Co-Director of National Tax for Ernst & Young LLP and Co-Director of the EY Americas Tax Center. “His knowledge and experience will be especially valuable to clients and colleagues as they understand and address the new NIIT in particular.”
In the Passthroughs and Special Industries division since 2008, Kirk served as a technical resource to regional IRS attorneys and examiners and the US Department of Justice (Tax Division) in civil and criminal tax matters.
Throughout his career, Kirk has focused on the taxation of individuals, trusts, S corporations, partnerships and financial planning for high-net-worth family groups. Prior to joining the IRS, he was a tax attorney at Arnold & Porter LLP, where he provided tax and legal structuring advice to individuals, businesses and investors.
From 1998 to 2007, he worked at Deloitte Tax LLP and assisted private clients on domestic and international income and pass-through taxation issues. In 2005, he joined Deloitte’s National Tax Private Client Advisors practice in Washington, DC.
Kirk has spoken at industry conferences and participated on panels for universities, personal finance institutes and bar associations.
Kirk earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Syracuse University. He received a J.D. from University of Pittsburgh, where he was the co-founder of The Pittsburgh Tax Review. He also earned a LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, and has served as an adjunct professor in the same program since 2009. Kirk is the author of forthcoming tax treatise on the Section 1411 tax expected to be published later this year.
Kirk is licensed as a Certified Financial Planner and Certified Public Accountant in the District of Columbia and New York. He is a Bar Member for District of Columbia and Pennsylvania.
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Lizzie McWilliams, Ernst & Young LLP, +1 804 344 6144, [email protected]
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