TAX CONTROVERSY | ESTATE PLANNING | CIVIL LITIGATION
When the IRS sends a letter, you send a lawyer!
Silva Law Firm provides expert legal counsel to individuals, businesses, trusts, and estates navigating tax controversies before the IRS, FTB, EDD, and CDTFA. Beyond our core tax practice, we offer comprehensive wealth protection through sophisticated estate planning and robust civil litigation services. Silva Law Firm is dedicated to securing your financial freedom.
REPRESENTATION SUMMARY
ON FILE
AGENCIES WE APPEAR BEFORE
IRS
FTB
EDD
CDTFA
U.S. TAX COURT
Audits, levies, and liens don't wait. Neither do we.
Attorney-led from first call to resolution
Veteran-Owned
Proudly serving those who served.
Corporate Accountant --> Enrolled Agent --> Tax Attorney
Over 20 years of accounting and tax experience, with dual tax credentials.
Confidential Review
Every aspect of your case is confidentially handled by a tax attorney.
Same-Week Response
Most calls are returned within 24 hours, but all calls are returned with the same week.
PRACTICE AREAS
Four areas. One standard of representation.
From an IRS audit to a contested trust — and now monthly legal subscriptions for small businesses — every matter gets the same direct, attorney-led approach. No paralegal hand-offs, no guesswork.
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Tax Controversy & Resolution
Representation before the IRS, FTB, EDD, and CDTFA on civil and criminal tax matters.
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Tax Debt Collection
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Audit & appeals
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Liens & levies
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Payroll tax matters
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Offers in compromise
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Innocent spouse relief
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Criminal tax matters
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Installment agreement
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Plan your estate now ->
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QPRT & IDGT planning
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Advanced health directives
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Durable powers of attorney
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Revocable livings trusts
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Irrevocable trusts
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Special needs trusts
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ILIT & GRAT structures
Estate Planning
Trusts and directives tailored to how you actually want your estate handled.
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Trust, Estate & Probate Disputes
When a trust or estate is contested, mismanaged, or unclear, we step in.
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Breach of fiduciary duty
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Beneficiary claims
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Contested heirship
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Elder abuse claims
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Defective accountings
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Trust validity challenges
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Will & trust amendments
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Civil Litigation
General civil matters for individuals and businesses across Southern California.
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Business litigation
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Breach of contract
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Property damage
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Construction disputes
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Immigration
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Employment matters
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Family law matters
A CPA files your return. An attorney protects you when it's questioned.
Tax law touches nearly every major decision — starting a business, planning for family succession, resolving a dispute with a tax agency. Treating it as an afterthought is what turns a manageable issue into a costly one.
Silva Law Firm exists to be the call you make before a small problem becomes a large one — or the call you make the moment it already has.
WHY IT MATTERS
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Privilege protects what you say.
Conversations with your attorney are protected by attorney-client privilege — conversations with your accountant generally are not.
Agencies escalate. We intervene.
Liens, levies, and audits move on a government timeline. Early representation changes the outcome more often than late representation does.
Civil can become criminal.
Some tax matters carry criminal exposure. Knowing the difference — and acting accordingly — is the job of a tax attorney, not a preparer.
Planning prevents the next problem.
Business formation, succession, and estate decisions all carry tax consequences. Getting advice beforehand is cheaper than fixing it after.
FOUNDER & TAX ATTORNEY
Anthony "Tony" Silva, Esq.
Education
J.D., California Western School of Law
M.B.A., California State University, San Marcos
B.S. in Finance, California State University, San Marcos
Licenses
Attorney at Law, State of California
Enrolled Agent, Internal Revenue Service
Admitted to Practice
U.S. Tax Court
All California State Courts
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Twenty years of tax, accounting, and business experience — in your corner.
Tony Silva founded Silva Law Firm, PC to give individuals and businesses direct access to comprehensive tax representation — not a call center, not a junior associate, but the attorney whose name is on the door.
He has represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service, Franchise Tax Board, Employment Development Department, and California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, handling both civil and criminal matters with the same rigor he brought to two decades of tax, accounting, and business consulting work.
He's also a proud veteran, and he brings that same discipline to every client's case: prepared, direct, and unwilling to back down.
ABOUT THE FIRM