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IRS Amnesty and Enforcement

January 21, 2012 -The IRS recently announced that they will be allowing amnesty for the voluntary offshore bank account disclosure. Ron Cohen, CPA and Partner at Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen and Co. joins Alan Olsen this week in discussing the effects of this new announcement.

About the Guest: 

Ron Cohen has more than 29 years experience in public accounting and related industry work. He earned an undergraduate accounting degree from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and then a Masters in Taxation from Golden Gate University. Ron has extensive knowledge in International Tax and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia handling tax issues. He has also served as a tax director for acompany with sales in excess of $2 billion. Ron teaches courses in taxation and financial accounting at Ohlone Community College. Ron lives in Fremont with his wife, who teaches English at Mission San Jose High School, and has two sons. Prior to his life as a CPA, Ron did some stand-up comedy in Chicago and received personal advice and coaching from Bill Cosby and Tim Reed. However, after observing that the vast majority of comedians have a very low taxable income, Ron decided to follow his father's example and become a CPA.