Pontius Tax Law is a DC-metro tax-controversy boutique founded by John Pontius with offices in DC, Rockville, Bethesda, Fairfax, and Alexandria. They represent individual and business clients with serious tax matters before the IRS and state taxing authorities — FBAR examinations, offshore and domestic disclosures, IRS and state audits, appeals, penalty abatement, and defense of tax fraud and evasion. Best fit for: anyone with an IRS or DC/MD/VA tax problem, foreign-account compliance issues, or facing a criminal tax investigation.
Pricing & Fees
Pontius Tax Law, PLLC works on hourly + flat fee. Audit defense $4,500–$15,000 flat • OICs $5,500 flat. The intake call is free, and they will quote you in writing before you commit.
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Key Attorneys
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John Pontius
Founded the firm in 2010. JD/LLM Tax. 15+ years in tax controversy. Frequent CLE speaker on IRS practice.
Senior Tax Counsel
Specializes in FBAR and international tax compliance.
Senior Counsel
Bilingual Spanish. Small-business and individual audit-defense specialist.
What Clients Say
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Owed $145K to the IRS. John negotiated an OIC. Accepted $19K. 9 months total.
Forgot to report foreign accounts. Pontius walked me through Streamlined Filing. No FBAR penalty, full compliance restored.
DC OTR assessed $135K in sales tax. Reduced to $32K with payment plan.
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