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Biography
Kevin M. Jacobs is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Taxand in Washington DC, and the National Tax Office Practice Leader. He has over 15 years of experience in both the public and the private sector and frequently speaks on numerous corporate transaction tax matters.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Jacobs was a Senior Technician Reviewer (TCJA) with the IRS Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate) for over six years where he advised on tax issues including corporate reorganizations and corporation-shareholder issues, earning and profits, recovery and allocation of stock basis, liquidations, redemptions, bankruptcies, spin-offs, and consolidated returns.
Mr. Jacobs was the principal Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate) attorney on several regulatory projects including the proposed section 382(h) regulations on built-in gains and losses, the global intangible low-taxed income regulations, and debt-equity regulations. He provided substantial contributions on numerous other guidance projects, including the limitation on interest deductions regulations and assisted in overseeing the Corporate Division’s response to TCJA including coordination with Treasury’s Offices of Tax Legislative Counsel and International Tax Counsel. Previously, Mr. Jacobs spent over nine years at law and certified public accounting firms (Ropes & Gray LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Dewey Ballantine LLP, and Arthur Anderson).
Mr. Jacobs earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a master’s degree in accounting (concentration in taxation), and a J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Florida as well as an L.LM. in taxation from New York University. He is admitted to practice before the multiple courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He is admitted to the District of Columbia and Florida Bars and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Florida and Colorado. Mr. Jacobs is a member of numerous organizations including the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.
NOTE: Alvarez & Marsal employs CPAs but is not a licensed CPA firm.
