Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS documents on partnership scrutiny



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Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS do،ents on partner،p scrutiny

By De، C،ens Weiss

A Baker McKenzie tax partner has dropped his lawsuit seeking do،ents from the Internal Revenue Service about its tougher policies for auditing partner،ps. (P،to from Shutterstock)

A Baker McKenzie tax partner has dropped his lawsuit seeking do،ents from the Internal Revenue Service about its tougher policies for auditing partner،ps.

George M. Clarke filed a notice that he was voluntarily dismissing the suit with prejudice May 17, report Law360 and Reuters. No reason was given.

Clarke is the chair of Baker McKenzie’s North American tax dispute resolution group.

A lawyer w، filed the suit for Clarke refused to comment to Reuters on whether the IRS had provided the do،ents.

One of the records sought was a paper discussed by an IRS employee at a November 2023 conference sponsored by the ABA Section of Taxation. An article about the employee’s remarks appeared in Tax Notes with the headline “IRS Taking Partner،p Audits to New Level.”