Venuti, John - ex-IRS tax specialist

[jerryt1944]

John Venuti was never an IRS agent. He came to the IRS as a Tax Treaty and Technical Services specialist but never spent a single day as an agent. I was employed as an analyst when Mr. Venuti first came on board and those of us who knew him were somewhat chagrined at his hiring as he was never employed by the IRS in any way shape or form before receiving his position. All other personnel in the Tax Treaty Division came up through the ranks, as it were either as agents or estate tax specialists.

Mr Venuti achieved his position because of his father in law who knew the then Director of OIO of which Tax Treaty was a division. I realize this is splitting hairs as he certainly was employed by the IRS and should have been aware of his responsibility to file returns but by designating him as a onetime agent, this denegrates the position and that is the only thing I wish to rectify

[Famspear]

John Venuti was never an IRS agent. He came to the IRS as a Tax Treaty and Technical Services specialist but never spent a single day as an agent. I was employed as an analyst when Mr. Venuti first came on board and those of us who knew him were somewhat chagrined at his hiring as he was never employed by the IRS in any way shape or form before receiving his position. All other personnel in the Tax Treaty Division came up through the ranks, as it were either as agents or estate tax specialists.

Mr Venuti achieved his position because of his father in law who knew the then Director of OIO of which Tax Treaty was a division. I realize this is splitting hairs as he certainly was employed by the IRS and should have been aware of his responsibility to file returns but by designating him as a onetime agent, this denegrates the position and that is the only thing I wish to rectify

I'm just curious. Does anyone know what Venuti's credentials were? For example, was he licensed as an attorney, CPA, or anything like that?

[Famspear]

Is this the guy???>>>>>

Distinguished Aurthor [sic] John Venuti has co-authored TM Portfolio 940, Income Tax Treaties Administrative and Competent Authority Aspects. He is a Partner at KPMG LLP's Washington National Tax Office, International Corporate Services Group. He received a B.S. in Accounting from Mount St. Mary's College, and a J.D. from Catholic University Law School. John began his career with the Office of International Operations of the IRS in 1974 as a tax law specialist, where he was an advisor to the Director of International Operations and the U.S. Competent Authority on international tax matters and issues involving the operation of income and estate and gift tax treaties. He joined Andersen in June 1983 where he was a Participating Principal and headed Andersen's Competent Authority Program and was a senior member of Andersen's tax specialty team for Intercompany Pricing Transactions.

http://www.bna.com/tm/advisory_board_2002_distauth.htm

[Thule]

Is this the guy???>>>>>

Yup.

John Venuti, a 62-year-old tax consultant, former principal at KPMG and former IRS tax specialist, has pleaded guilty to failing to file his tax returns for six years.

http://www.webcpa.com/news/Former-IRS-T ... 003-1.html