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Kevin E. Thorn

Managing Partner



Kevin E. Thorn is the Managing Partner of the Thorn Law Group in Washington, D.C.

His broad range of clients includes individuals, tax professionals, partnerships, trusts, banks, closely-held businesses, accounting firms, law firms, and corporations.  He is an experienced advocate in all stages of civil and criminal tax controversies including, civil examinations, criminal investigations, IRS administrative appeals, collection alternatives, ethics investigations, and other types of complex civil litigation.   

Mr. Thorn has advocated on behalf of his clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice, the United States Tax Court, the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility, the Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office, and other state taxing authorities.

Voluntary Disclosures & Offshore Bank Account Reporting

Mr. Thorn has been recognized both nationally and internationally as an expert in resolving tax issues arising from undeclared foreign accounts and has been quoted in major financial publications and has been interviewed on swiss radio.  He represents individuals as well as corporate entities and trusts with ownership and fiduciary interests in foreign financial accounts.  Mr. Thorn currently represents numerous clients who have decided to participate in the Internal Revenue Service’s Voluntary Disclosure program with respect to their unreported offshore accounts.

He also represents several clients undergoing IRS audits and criminal tax investigations resulting from unreported foreign accounts and unfiled “FBAR” forms.  Mr. Thorn’s representations have taken him around the country and the world.  He has advised clients who have accounts with UBS AG, along with other public banks, private banks and financial institutions, located in Switzerland, Canada, the Channel Islands, the Bahamas, and in other off-shore jurisdictions.

For more information regarding Voluntary Disclosure, Offshore Bank Accounts, and IRS Criminal Tax Investigations go to Thorn's Tax Talk.

His most recent articles on Offshore Accounts and Voluntary Disclosures include:

Mr. Thorn also provides consultation on various offshore reporting requirements to individuals, banks, and financial institutions concerning the following:

More information concerning Voluntary Disclosures and Offshore Bank Accounts Can be found at:
Internal Revenue Manual Guide to IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program

Ethics Investigations:

Mr. Thorn was formerly a Senior Attorney for the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility and currently represents professional tax advisors and firms throughout the country in ethical inquiries and enforcement actions.  He has successfully represented numerous tax professionals, law firms, accounting firms, and other entities before the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), the United States Tax Court, and various other federal and state agencies. 

He is a frequent lecturer before national, state, and local professional organizations on issues involving ethics, standards of practice, return preparer penalties, and professional malpractice situations.  Mr. Thorn also provides consultations for tax professionals, law firms, accounting firms and other entities on ethical issues and Circular 230.

Mr. Thorn has written and commented extensively on topics relating to the IRS’ Office of Professional Responsibility and Ethics.

His most recent publications in this area include:

National and International Litigation:

Mr. Thorn also represents clients in both national and international litigation matters. He has extensive experience in banking, trusts and family wealth management matters and advises on issues involving not only the tax laws but, bank secrecy laws and the laws affecting financial institutions in other jurisdictions.

Prior Professional Experience:

Prior to forming the Thorn Law Group, Mr. Thorn was a Partner and the Chair of the Tax Controversy practice of one of the largest law firms in the Southeastern part of the United States.  He also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Laurence J. Whalen of the United States Tax Court, was a senior attorney with the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility, and was a senior tax consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.  

Professional Activities:

Mr. Thorn is actively involved in the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation’s Civil & Criminal Tax Penalties Committee.  He currently chairs that committee’s Civil & Criminal Tax Penalties Task Force and is the sub-chair of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Task Force.  Mr. Thorn is also a frequent contributor to the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation committees that review and comment on proposed federal tax legislation and regulations involving federal tax penalties, as well as tax practitioner standards and ethics enforcement.

Education:

Bar Admissions:

  • District of Columbia
  • New Jersey