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Dana Fairchild

Dana Fairchild is an Enrolled Agent who joined Pontius Tax Law following a 12-year career as a Revenue Officer with the Internal Revenue Service. While at the IRS, Ms. Fairchild worked diligently with hundreds of taxpayers to bring about fair and just resolutions in delinquent tax debt matters. Ms. Fairchild is intimately familiar with the inner workings of the United States Treasury Department and has vast knowledge of the IRS’s systems, databases, processes, and procedures for handling and resolving taxpayer-related matters. More recently, she spent several years practicing tax controversy at several prominent New York City metro area law and accounting firms.

Ms. Fairchild brings an invaluable set of specialized skills and expertise to Pontius Tax Law’s tax controversy practice. She possesses institutional knowledge and a keen awareness of what the IRS will accept across many different scenarios to resolve a matter.  Ms. Fairchild is also well-versed with the myriad of IRS programs in place and the options available to individual and business taxpayers who owe past due federal taxes.

Education

Ms. Fairchild graduated magna cum laude from St. Cloud State University’s Herberger Business School with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.  She is also a proud veteran of the United States Army as an Avionics Mechanic in the National Guard in her home state of Minnesota. She had a 16-month deployment to Balad, Iraq in which she maintained systems in UH-30 Blackhawk Helicopters.

Credentials

Ms. Fairchild holds an Enrolled Agent credential and can represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service in all collection matters. She has also completed several courses in tax preparation through the National Association of Tax Professionals.

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Pontius Tax Law, PLLC

Dana Fairchild is an Enrolled Agent who joined Pontius Tax Law following a 12-year career as a Revenue Officer with the Internal Revenue Service. While at the IRS, Ms. Fairchild worked diligently with hundreds of taxpayers to bring about fair and just resolutions in delinquent tax debt matters. Ms. Fairchild is intimately familiar with the inner workings of the United States Treasury Department and has vast knowledge of the IRS’s systems, databases, processes, and procedures for handling and resolving taxpayer-related matters. More recently, she spent several years practicing tax controversy at several prominent New York City metro area law and accounting firms.

Pontius Tax Law, PLLC


1300 I St NW
Suite 400E

Washington DC 20005

Phone : (202) 756-1125
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John helped us with a DC tax audit and succeeded in getting us a "no change" final decision. The issues were related to two flow-through entities and the use of carry-forward operating losses -- something that the DC auditors struggled to understand and with which they did not have any...
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Mr. Pontius is extremely professional and was able to take care of my tax returns which includes international bank accounts quickly and at a very reasonable price. Would definitely recommend.
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