Victor Yoo

An attorney at Tax Lawyers Group, APC, Victor Yoo is a reputed Los Angeles, California, attorney with extensive experience in almost every area of tax law. He handles a wide range of matters involving IRS cases, bank and wage levies, tax bankruptcy, criminal tax defense, tax audits, appeals and offers in compromise. Additionally, he handles business law, estate planning, white collar crimes cases and advocates for debtors and creditors in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy proceedings.Mr. Yoo is well-versed in defending individuals and businesses in civil and criminal tax disputes against the Internal Revenue Service, the California Franchise Tax Board, the Employment Development Department, and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. He also has a great deal of experience managing the IRS criminal investigation, compliance, disclosure, audit and FBAR (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts) phases.In addition to dealing with IRS cases, Mr. Yoo has successfully defended a distributor of beauty supplies against one of the biggest criminal sales tax investigations launched by the State of California. Additionally, he defends numerous out-of-state companies against California sales tax audits on the grounds of nexus, compliance and other reasons in a broad range of industries, such as technology, aerospace, construction, automotive, restaurant, internet retailers and U.S. military defense industry firms.Concentrating on business and finance, Mr. Yoo completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of British Columbia in 1989 followed by his J.D. at Southwestern University School of Law in 1994. He is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.Keen on serving his community, Mr. Yoo functions as the Planning Commissioner for the City of Rolling Hills Estates. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, The State Bar of California – Taxation Section, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the American Bankruptcy Institute, to name a few. He speaks English, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.