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The False Claims Act carries treble damages and civil penalties up to $27,894 per false claim. We defend businesses facing FCA investigations and civil suits — including ERC fraud referrals, PPP loan allegations, and government contractor matters.

You opened your paycheck and the numbers don’t add up. Here’s how to find out who is garnishing your wages — and what the IRS can do to your paycheck without ever going to court.

An IRS audit is a legal dispute, not an accounting review. The type you’re dealing with tells you a lot about what the IRS thinks it found — and what your response should look like.

Tax law services to help you protect you and your business from California and the IRS and regain your peace of mind.

When an IRS civil exam carries criminal exposure — and what to do before the exam becomes a referral.

Criminal tax cases require a different kind of defense. I handle IRS Criminal Investigation defense, DOJ Tax Division prosecution, grand jury proceedings, and voluntary disclosure — from initial contact through resolution. Attorney and CPA.

Deferring capital gains on California investment property — and handling the mechanics, the QI, and the FTB clawback trap the right way.

A strategic overview of how Brotman Law approaches complex tax issues cases.

Letter 6612 gives you 30 days to respond with documentation proving your ERC eligibility under CARES Act Section 2301 — and every word in that response shapes whether the IRS disallows your credit, assesses penalties, or refers your case for criminal investigation. Brotman Law files Form 2848 the day you retain us so the IRS communicates with our team, not with you, from that point forward.

I represent high-income taxpayers in FTB residency audits — cases where the Franchise Tax Board challenges whether a taxpayer who claimed to have left California was actually a California resident owing income tax on worldwide income.

If the EDD sent you a Pre-Audit Questionnaire, a payroll tax audit has started — the questionnaire is the auditor’s first fact-gathering move, not paperwork. How you answer it shapes the entire worker-classification examination that follows. Here is what it asks, why each question matters, and how to respond without boxing yourself in.

Using a Charitable Remainder Trust to convert appreciated business stock into a tax-deferred lifetime income stream — when the math works, when it doesn’t, and how to structure it.