Robert L Sommers

Specialties

Robert L. Sommers handles large-​dollar, complex tax matters and controversies. He does not prepare tax returns.

* Foreign income and financial account reporting (FBAR, Form 8938 and 5471) and IRS’s Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDI).

* Foreign gift and inheritance.

* Expert witness: trusts, tax shelters and tax fraud.

* Taxation of foreign business and investments in the U.S., and U.S. taxpayers owning foreign businesses or investments, including PFICs and CFCs. Estate and trust planning.

* Federal income & estate tax audits, appeals and Tax Court litigation.

* Employee stock options.

* Trust Administration involving U.S. and foreign assets.

History

Established in 1976.

Robert L. Sommers of San Francisco, California, is a sole practitioner, with more than 35 years experience as a practicing attorney in California, New York and Hawaii.

Meet the Business Owner

Robert S.

Business Owner

Robert L. Sommers is a sole practitioner, with more than 35 years experience as a practicing attorney. He also serves as an expert witness on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice in major tax fraud cases, involving tax scams on the web.

He has been certified as a Tax Specialist by the California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California, a distinction earned by less than .05% of all attorneys licensed to practice law in California.

He also received a postgraduate legal degree (LL.M.) in taxation from New York University School of Law in 1985, the foremost graduate tax program in the U. S