Posted On: June 4, 2008 by Mitchell A. Port

Developments In The IRS Estate Tax Division

Estate tax audits continue to be scattered across the country. With the drop in the number of federal estate tax returns expected to be filed because of the increased filing threshold resulting from the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the IRS offered voluntary early retirement to many Estate and Gift tax employees across the nation.

A great deal of employees accepted the buy-out and thereby created a coverage problem for local audits. The workload nevertheless has to be handled.

Here is a list of estate tax managers and their contact numbers located throughout the U.S.:

ESTATE TAX MANAGERS

Kym Taborn
Van Nuys, California
(Covers Los Angeles)
818 756 4522

Janet Holman
Oakland, California
(Covers Oakland, Los Angeles, San Jose)
510 637 4557

Ralph Perez
New York
212 436 1114

Virginia Hunt
New York
(Covers Albany, Syracuse, NYC)
212 436 1145

Faiza-Vardag-Muzaffar
New York
212 436 1094

Patrick Leahy
New York City
212 436 1146

Stephen Gordon
New York City
212 436 1082

Thomas Fleming
Boston
(Covers MA, ME, NH, VT)
617 316 2326

Richard Murray
Boston
(Covers MA, CT)
617 316 2328

Louis Kaufman
Philadelphia

(Covers PA, DE)
215 861 1585

Elliot Pleener
New Jersey
(Covers NJ, MD, DC, VA)
973 993 7401

Vacant
Trenton N.J.
(Covers International)

Elizabeth Williamson
NC
(Covers NC, VA)
336 378 2873

Martin Horn
Nashville
(Covers AR, GA, TN)
615 250 5573

George Dewey Jacksonville
Jacksonville
(Covers SC, N&C. FL)
904 665 1300

Martin Basson Plantation
Plantation
(Covers S. FL)
954 423 7232

Elaine McCarroll
Cleveland
(Covers MI, Cleveland OH)
216 520 7170

Donald Grigsby
Cincinnati
(Covers IN, KY, Roanoke, VA, OH)
513 263 4071

Frederick Herzog
New Orleans
(Covers LA, OK, MS)
504 558 3245

James McMullen (Acting)Chicago
Chicago
(Covers Chicago & Milwaukee)
312 566 2207

Jerry Voeller
St. Paul
(Covers MN, CO, SD, MT, ID)
651 312 7757

Vacant
MO, IA, S. IL

Michelle Moser
Omaha
(Covers KS, MO, NE, New Orleans)
402 221 3779

Lee Schwemer
Ft. Worth, TX
(Covers Dallas, Ft. Worth, Lubbock)
817 759 2900 x 620

Vacant
AZ, San Diego, Laguna Niguel

James Hammerstrom
WA
(Covers WA, OR, HI)
425 468 6009

Kyle Martin
Oakland, CA
(Covers UT, Denver, San Jose, Bakersfield)
510 637 4549

Toby Stewart
Houston
(Covers NM, Houston, Austin)
713 209 4415

If you have an estate tax problem, call Los Angeles estate tax attorney Mitchell A. Port at 310.559.5259.