Robert E. "Bob" Panoff
Law Office of Robert E. Panoff, P.A.
Recognized since 1993
Pinecrest, Florida
Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Bob specializes in civil and criminal tax litigation, tax compliance, voluntary disclosures, and strategic analysis. He is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He was an adjunct Professor in this subject matter from 1981 through 2006 at the University of Miami School of Law. He is a past chair of both The Tax Section and the CLE Committee of the Florida Bar and is a member of the Tax Section's Executive Council. He is also a member and past President of the Greater Miami Tax Institute and a member of the International Tax Group.
In 2006, Bob received the Tax Section's Gerald T. Hart Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year Award.
Bob was a member of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council ( "IRSAC") for the 2020 to 2022 term ( SBSE Subgroup Chair for 2021 and 2022) and was also a member of IRSAC from 2005 through 2007. He was Chair of the IRS South Florida District Compliance Plan Study Group under then District Director Thomas from 1996 through 2000. He was an invited guest at the Judicial Conference of the United States Tax Court in 1999,2003,2005,2007,2009,2015 and 2018.
Bob is one of a select group of tax litigators who has successfully invalidated a tax regulation and may be the only person who has ever invalidated two tax regulations in the same case. See the Tax Court's Decision in Durbin Paper Stock Co. V. Commissioner, 80 T.C. 252.
Bob is also the only attorney ever to have had attorneys fees awarded and paid against the Florida Department of Revenue in a Florida corporate income tax case.
Bob is a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Tax Law.
The cases noted above are representative of some of the matters for which Bob provides legal services. Not all cases have been included. The results of past cases are not indicative of future results. Each case has its own unique facts which substantially affect the outcome. Prospective clients may not obtain the same or similar results.
- E-mail: Bobpantax@aol.com
- Direct Phone Number: 305-519-6544
- Phone Number: 305-519-6544
- Lawyer Page: https://
- 11800 SW 69th Court
Pinecrest, FL 33156
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., LLMT
- Florida, The Florida Bar, 1977
1 The Best Lawyers in America® award
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Miami (2019)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Miami (2014)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Corporate Compliance
- Litigation
- Tax Law
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