Mark J. DeFrancisco
Lecturer
Chairman, Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board
BA, College of the Holy Cross
JD, cum laude, Suffolk University Law School
LLM in Taxation, Boston University School of Law
Biography
Mark DeFrancisco is Chairman of the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board where he advises the Board on legal, procedural, evidentiary and related issues, and reviews and approves the Board’s written opinions. Mark has specialized in the area of tax for over 30 years, in both the public sector as Counsel to the Board and in private practice as a tax litigator. He speaks frequently on matters relating to taxation, including numerous conferences sponsored by MCLE, the Massachusetts Society of CPAs, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers, and the tax committees of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations.
- Profile Types
- Faculty, Graduate Tax LLM, Lecturers & Adjunct Professors, and Part-Time Faculty
- Areas of Interest
- Tax Law
Activities & Engagements
No upcoming activities or engagements.
Courses
TAX PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: LAW TX 907
Structure of the U.S. tax system; administration of the Internal Revenue Code by the Internal Revenue Service; ethics of tax practice and the regulation of tax practitioners; study of the administrative processing of tax returns; handling of audits, statutes of limitations, assessment of deficiencies and penalties, claims for refund, hearings before the Appeals Office, closing agreement, tax liens, tax collection procedures and civil and criminal aspects of tax fraud. Introduction to aspects of litigation in the Federal District Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and U.S. Tax Court.
FALL 2025: LAW TX 907 A1 , Sep 2nd to Dec 19th 2025| Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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| Thu | 4:20 pm | 6:20 pm | 2 | Sean McMahonEvan Taras |
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| ARR | 12:00 am | 12:00 am | 2 | Sean McMahonEvan Taras |
| Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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| Thu | 4:20 pm | 6:20 pm | 2 | Mark J. DeFrancisco |
| Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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| ARR | 12:00 am | 12:00 am | 2 | Mark J. DeFrancisco |