Washington Post Quotes Christopher Rizek on California Plan to Skirt GOP Tax Law

California's plan to shield residents from a tax hike under President Trump's tax plan is likely to fail, said seven former high-ranking Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department officials.

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“It’s so transparently not charitably motivated,” said Chris Rizek, who served as a tax lawyer in the U.S. Treasury Department for three years. “The IRS will have to look at this, and my best guess is that they will say it will not work.”

Mr. Rizek is a Member in Caplin & Drysdale’s Tax Controversies practice group in Washington, D.C.

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Excerpt taken from the article “California Has a Plan to Skirt the GOP Tax Law. IRS Veterans Say It Is Likely Doomed.” by Jeff Stein for The Washington Post.