You Handle the Most Complex Work in Your Firm. You Shouldn’t Have to Do It Alone.
International Tax Pros is a professional community for accountants, enrolled agents, and attorneys who specialize in cross-border U.S. tax. Get answers from your peers. Validate your research. Build the connections your practice needs.
Founded by Phil Hodgen, international tax attorney. 3,000+ practitioners in the network.
Sound Familiar?
You chose international tax because you love the intellectual challenge. But the reality of running that practice looks very different from the work itself.
You’re the only person in your firm who can handle the international work – and there’s no one to check your research.
Form 5471 keeps getting more complicated, and the IRS guidance is anything but clear. You spend hours on research for a single position, wondering if you’re missing something that could trigger a $10,000 penalty.
You know you should be doing more advisory work, but compliance eats every available hour. Your team is overwhelmed, and finding people who can learn this material feels impossible.
Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know, and the available training is either too basic, too academic, or too expensive to justify.
Here’s what’s really happening: You’re trying to build a specialized practice in isolation. And isolation is the single biggest barrier to growth in this niche.
The result? You stay stuck on the same compliance treadmill – same clients, same work, same pricing pressures – while the advisory practice you actually want stays out of reach.
The Solution: A Professional Community Built for One Type of Practitioner – Yours
What if you had a room full of experienced international tax practitioners you could turn to any time you hit a wall?
What if you could post a question about a tricky CFC situation and get multiple perspectives from people who’ve handled it before?
What if you could validate your research – without a $10,000 consulting fee?
That’s exactly what International Tax Pros gives you.
Not a mega-conference with 5,000 people. Not a Facebook group full of noise. Not a database subscription that costs $5,000 a year and still doesn’t answer your specific question. A real community where you know people by name, everyone speaks your language, and everyone deals with the same nightmares – Form 5471, PFICs, CFCs, foreign trusts. Everyone understands why “just replicate the prior year” is terrible advice.
Lawyer brains and accountant brains under one roof. Practitioners from around the world. All focused on one thing: cross-border U.S. tax for individuals, families, and businesses. No general tax. No beginner content. No trying to be everything to everyone.
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The 20% of knowledge that answers 80% of your questions. By Phil Hodgen.
Built by Someone Who Does the Work, Not Just Teaches It
In 1991, Phil Hodgen was working at a big bank that got acquired. Standard corporate merger chaos. He had two choices: find another BigCorp job, or go out on his own. He chose the riskier way.
He started a law practice from scratch, doing anything for a dollar at first. Then slowly, he focused. First on tax. Then international tax specifically. Today, his firm handles some of the most complex cross-border tax situations in the field – wealthy individuals, families, and businesses navigating the intersection of U.S. tax law and the rest of the world.
But the community came from a different frustration. Phil kept seeing the same pattern: smart, capable tax professionals stuck in isolation. The only person in their firm who could handle international work. No one to bounce ideas off. No one to check their research. Just them, the ridiculously mind-numbing complexity of the code, and the constant fear of missing something.
What Makes This Different from Every Other “Professional Development” Organization
Extreme Focus
We serve one type of professional: people who deal with cross-border U.S. tax for individuals, families, and businesses. No general tax. No beginner content. No rubber chicken dinners at quarterly CPA chapter meetings.
Practical Application Over Theory
You won’t find us teaching you to memorize IRC sections. Instead: how to handle a specific 962 election engagement from consultation through return preparation. What to do when you hit a gray area with no clear guidance. Real worksheets, checklists, and models you can use immediately.
A Community, Not Just Content
You finally have someone to check your research with. A group of international professionals to ask questions to. People who understand that sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know. The open posting board where you get people’s thoughts on topics quickly is incredibly valuable.
Designed for Your Schedule
Most members are running small firms or solo practices and working 60+ hour weeks during busy season. Everything we create is designed to be immediately applicable. Can’t make the live session? We post replays. Need to review something? Materials are organized by topic so you can find answers fast.
What Practitioners Are Saying
“Phil and the team have built something rare: a community where generosity, expertise, and humor meet. Whether it’s a tricky technical issue, a workflow question, or just a sanity check, there’s always someone willing to help. It’s like having an entire bench of international tax pros on call, but without the ego or the billable-hour meter running.”
“I absolutely love being a part of the International Tax Law Community! Access to Phil Hodgen, the ever generous and knowledgeable guru of all things international, is just the icing on the cake! This community was the missing part of my cross-border reporting niche all these years. The best investment I have made for my career and entrepreneurial loneliness!”
“Finally I have a group to whom I can pose seldom encountered international tax questions. I no longer face these questions alone.”
“This group has been great for helping me get a second opinion on my research.”
“More 5471 clients since we feel very comfortable and efficient preparing those forms – a lot of it is thanks to you! – and they generate good revenue.”
Inside Your International Tax Pros Membership
Everything you need to stop working in isolation and start building the practice you actually want.
Post a question and get answers from practitioners who’ve been there
A private online community organized by topic – Form 5471, PFICs, CFCs, Foreign Trusts, and more. Instead of spending hours researching in isolation, you have a room full of people who’ve seen your problem before.
Get unstuck on specific cases without a $10K consulting fee
Monthly Ask Me Anything sessions and live group calls where you can bring real cases, hear how others approach the same gray areas, and walk away with actionable answers.
Build real relationships with practitioners who understand your work
In-person meetups and tax conferences 3–4 times per year in locations like New York and London. Face-to-face networking with people who actually speak your language.
Learn it Friday, use it Monday
Members-only courses, case study walkthroughs with real examples, and practical tools you can use immediately: checklists, Excel models, sample statements, workpapers.
Stay current on your own schedule
Monthly webcasts on timely topics, eligible for CPE credits, all recorded for replay. Whether you’re in New York, London, or Tokyo, you access everything on your own time.
Your firm’s second knowledge base
A searchable archive of every discussion, every solution, every case study. When a question comes up at 11 PM during busy season, the answers are already there.
Where We’re Meeting Next
International Tax Summit: New York September 16, 2025 • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
In-person and livestreamed A focused half-day conference for international tax practitioners. In-person in New York with a full livestream option for those who can’t attend.
Previous events in New York and London. Plus monthly webcasts on timely topics, eligible for CPE credits.
Events are included with your membership. Join and attend at no additional cost.
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