Samuel Starr

Prior to joining the IRS as a Special Counsel with the Passthroughs & Special Industries division, Sam Starr served as a Senior Tax Consultant for Bloomberg Tax & Accounting. Sam Starr spent the bulk of his career as a tax partner and Chief Tax Officer (tax matters partner) at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (USA). During his years at PwC, Sam served as co-leader of the firm's national tax Pass-Through Entities practice, focusing on partnerships, limited liability companies, and S corporations. He has extensive experience in structuring acquisitions and dispositions for businesses organized as pass-through entities.

Sam served as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center for 28 years, where he taught taxation of limited liability companies and S corporations.

Sam is the co-author of three current Tax Management Portfolios on S corporations. In addition, Sam co-authors a Tax Management portfolio on the taxation of limited liability companies. Sam has published articles for various tax journals and has presented at a number of tax conferences.

Among other professional activities, Sam chaired the AICPA's S Corporation Committee, and Sam is a member of the Bloomberg Tax Income Tax Advisory Board.

Sam writes in his personal capacity; the opinions or views he expresses in his Portfolios and other work are solely his own and do not reflect the views, opinions, or positions of the Internal Revenue Service or the United States government.