36th Annual Spring Seminar
Speakers
A.J. Reynolds, EA has over thirty years of experience encompassing various areas of taxation.
Though his practice centers on Individual, Business, and Estate Tax preparation, A.J. focuses a
portion of his practice to IRS Representations. As diverse as his specializations, A.J.’s clientele,
too, ranges from average workers to Fortune 500 executives.
A.J. brings his everyday “in the trenches” experience to seminars and webinars for multiple
organizations to assist attendees with real issues affecting tax professionals.
SPEAKER CHANGE
Alan Pinck, EA
Alan Pinck is an Enrolled Agent with over 30 years of tax preparation experience in the Silicon Valley. Alan has built a practice specializing in individual, small business tax preparation and audit representation. Alan, a nationally recognized presenter you have seen him as, the moderator of Tax Talk Today, NAEA NTPI events, IRS National Tax Forums, Spidell as well as a variety of other presentations for tax groups and small business associations. Having represented thousands of tax returns in examination, Alan has obtained tremendous insight of the exam process as well as knowledge on a wide variety of tax issues. His real-world approach and stories bring his sessions to life!
Currently Christopher Wajda is in private practice in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area serving clients on a worldwide basis. He is the founding and managing director of the Black Raven Advisory Group LLC (BRAG) which is a licensed and insured Private Security Investigative Company in the Commonwealth of Virginia (11-18632). BRAG specializes in complex criminal and civil financial investigations. BRAG’s members are experts in the forensic procedural methods of financial criminal detection and defense(s). BRAG specializes in providing trusted analysis, advice, and guidance to both individuals and entities in a variety of complex criminal and civil matters. Since its inception BRAG has successfully assisted clients navigate the increasingly complex world of federal white criminal investigations and complex civil IRS matters. In 2023 alone, BRAG was instrumental in securing a full acquittal of all tax crimes allegedly committed by a client and the complete dismissal of an indictment and superseding indictment alleging payroll protection program fraud in violation of mail and/or wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, and false statements to a financial institution allegedly committed by another client. Before forming BRAG, Christopher Wajda served for more than 32 years with the Internal Revenue Service, his last position was as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the Washington D.C. Field Office. As the ASAC he led and guided some of the most significant criminal tax, money laundering and white-collar criminal investigations in the nation that today are still making headlines.