Sebastian Voth to Speak at Upcoming Beverly Hills Bar Association Webinar on Understanding the Economic Substance Doctrine



We are pleased to announce that Sebastian Voth will be speaking at the upcoming Beverly Hills Bar Association webinar on Understanding the Economic Substance Doctrine webinar, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (PST).
This program will be an informative session exploring the Economic Substance Doctrine—a critical principle in tax law designed to prevent tax avoidance through transactions that serve no economic purpose other than tax savings.
This program will provide an in-depth analysis of the doctrine’s evolution, practical applications, and a look at the recent cases litigated in Tax Court and beyond.
The key topics include the origins and statutory codification of the Economic Substance Doctrine under IRC §7701(o) and how courts evaluate transactions for economic substance.
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Mr. Voth is a Principal at Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C., specializing in tax investigations, litigation and appeals, and complex tax matters. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Voth served for 15 years at the Internal Revenue Service including most recently as a Special Trial Attorney with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel’s Strategic Litigation Division leading trial teams in all phases of litigation before the Tax Court. During his tenure with the IRS, Mr. Voth served on the leadership team of the nationwide IRS Counsel mentoring program and mentored numerous IRS attorneys. He is the recipient of two Lucite Awards for significant Tax Court opinions and received a 2024 Special Act Award (Strategic Litigation), the 2023 Nationwide Innovator of the Year (LB&I), the 2022 Nationwide Special Trial Attorney of the Year (SB/SE), the 2017 U.S. Department of the Treasury Outstanding Litigator and the 2017 Nationwide Attorney of the Year (SB/SE). As a Special Trial Attorney, Mr. Voth also lectured on civil tax fraud, litigation skills, including the Federal Rules of Evidence, best practices for preparing cases for trial, and working with expert witnesses.
For more information, please contact Sebastian Voth at voth@taxlitigator.com