TAX ADVOCACYFEDERAL TAX CONTROVERSY & STRATEGIC ADVISORY
A clear strategy for your next step.
Experience in IRS Examination, Appeals, and Collections—helping individuals, businesses, and their advisors understand their options and move forward with a clear plan.
Former IRS professionals.
Complementary experience.
LB&I · Compensation & Benefits
Appeals · OIC · Field collections
Assessment, strategy, representation,
and implementation.
EXPERIENCE AT EVERY STAGE
Explore how SGW supports a matter at each stage, from proactive readiness and technical review to representation and resolution.
Build a supported response from the first notice.
↗02 / EXPERTISEDevelop a reasoned position for administrative resolution.
↗03 / EXPERTISEConnect financial analysis with a practical resolution strategy.
↗04 / EXPERTISEStart with the financial facts and a careful assessment of fit.
↗05 / EXPERTISETechnical depth for executives, businesses, and their advisors.
↗06 / EXPERTISEIdentify documentation and structural concerns before an examination.
↗07 / EXPERTISEClarify the issues, risks, and practical next steps.
↗08 / EXPERTISEOrganize the record and coordinate with legal counsel.
↗09 / EXPERTISEConnect technical analysis to implementation.
↗FOR EAs, CPAs, ATTORNEYS & TAX FIRMS
Bring experienced Examination, Appeals, and Collections support to a difficult matter. Consult behind the scenes, work alongside our team, or discuss separately engaged representation.
Explore professional support ↗ConsultCase strategy, second opinions, and technical review.
CollaborateResponses, protests, settlement analysis, and staff guidance.
RepresentA defined role under an agreed engagement and authorization.
MEET THE FOUNDING PARTNERS
Specific experience in the IRS processes your matter may involve. Explore each partner’s background and areas of focus.
APPEALSFormer IRS Revenue Agent & Appeals Officer
More than two decades of federal tax controversy and operational experience, with a focus on Appeals strategy, settlement analysis, and procedural workflow.
Read full biography ↗Former IRS GS-14 Senior Revenue Agent & National Subject Matter Expert
Former National Subject Matter Expert in Compensation & Benefits within IRS LB&I, bringing technical depth in complex examinations, executive compensation, and employment tax.
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COLLECTIONSFormer IRS Revenue Officer, Senior Offer Examining Specialist & Appeals Settlement Officer
A 34-year IRS career spanning field collections, Offer in Compromise analysis, and Appeals settlement, with a focus on financial evaluation and practical resolution strategy.
Read full biography ↗HOW WE WORK
Every engagement begins with your facts, objectives, procedural circumstances, and risks. We connect the analysis to practical action.
Establish fit, conflicts, urgency, and the engagement scope.
Review notices, transcripts, records, deadlines, and procedural issues.
Evaluate pathways, risks, and objectives with partner review.
When engaged, communicate with the IRS and advance the agreed strategy.
Carry the strategy through required filings and resolution documents.
Provide monitoring, planning, and professional consultation where appropriate.
When needed to implement the agreed strategy, our work may include amended or current-year returns, elections, disclosures, accounting method filings, and other compliance submissions.
WHO WE SERVE
Federal tax controversy support for individuals and the middle market: business owners, executives, closely held businesses, and growing companies, alongside their professional advisors.
TECHNOLOGY INFORMED BY EXPERIENCE
A structured workflow.
Professional judgment at every step.
Created by Sterling Cunningham, TaxAdvisor360 combines procedural intelligence, workflow organization, collaboration, and AI-assisted analysis for federal tax controversy professionals.
Platform subscriptions and SGW representation are separately engaged.
Explore TaxAdvisor360 ↗CONNECTED CONTROVERSY SUPPORT
THE SGW PHILOSOPHY
Our mission is to provide experienced federal tax advocacy, strategic guidance, and practical resolution support that helps clients move forward with clarity, confidence, and restored control.
PREPARE FOR THE CONVERSATION
Organize your initial discussion and explore the services relevant to your matter.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU CONTACT US
Tell us the issue, current stage, and whether a notice shows an approaching date.
We evaluate the inquiry, consider conflicts and urgency, and discuss the engagement, deliverables, and fees.
After the engagement and authorization are established, we arrange document exchange and begin the agreed work.
LET OUR EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU
Tell us the general nature of your matter. Our first step is to evaluate fit, urgency, and the appropriate engagement structure.
Founding Partner
george.nkosi@gwdinsighttax.com ↗For initial engagement inquiries.Known deadline? Include its date in your inquiry. Contacting SGW does not change a deadline or establish representation.