Rob Stientjes, Member of Stientjes & Tolu LLC

Rob routinely advises foreign nationals on Internal Revenue Service international compliance matters such as reporting of foreign bank accounts and financial accounts, reporting and withholding taxes on U.S. source income generated by foreign nationals as well as tax return reporting and compliance for foreign nationals.  

He counsels and assists foreign nationals with most common tax return errors such as improper deductions, incorrect personal exemptions, improper tax treaty benefit claims, inaccurate filing status, errors with temporary-away-from home deductions, taxable capital gains on stock sales and disclosure compliance documents for resident aliens who are maintaining income producing assets overseas or are transferors of assets to foreign entities, are grantors of, or recipients of, income from foreign trusts.   He also advises clients on tax implications of certain tax gifts or bequests from abroad.  Rob also represents foreign nationals who failed to file federal and state tax returns before IRS and state taxing authorities.  

Rob defends immigrants facing visa and passport fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud charges.  Prior to entering private practice, Rob was a Senior Attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel to the IRS and the Attorney Advisor to the Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court.  Rob is an adjunct Professor at the St. Louis University School of Business and Accounting where he teaches courses in Tax Administrative Procedure and Tax Litigation Procedure.