Chaya Kundra

Chaya Kundra is a Rockville tax litigator and tax advisor at Kundra & Associates PC, who represents US and international businesses, entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and individuals. Her practice centers on sensitive and complex tax problems involving the IRS and state taxing authorities. She handles tax audits, voluntary disclosures, foreign asset and income reporting, employment tax liabilities, appeals, collection disputes, liens, levies, payment issues, and civil or criminal tax controversies requiring negotiation or litigation in tax and federal courts.

Chaya earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Loyola University in Maryland and a J.D. from Washington College of Law at the American University. Her finance and legal education provides a strong foundation for analyzing tax liabilities, business records, reporting obligations, and disputes with taxing authorities. This background supports work that combines legal interpretation with detailed financial review, particularly in matters involving employment taxes, international reporting, collections, business transactions, and the consequences of past tax decisions.

Chaya has more than thirty years of experience working with the IRS and state taxing authorities. She has handled civil and criminal tax matters, foreign and domestic voluntary disclosures, international tax compliance, employment tax disputes, sales and use tax assessments, nonprofit tax issues, and tax questions connected to divorce. Her prior federal government experience included work involving money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act matters, adding another dimension to her tax controversy and compliance background.

Chaya Kundra is admitted in Maryland and the District of Columbia and before several federal courts, including the US Tax Court and Fourth Circuit. She is active in tax-focused professional organizations and has held leadership roles within bar tax sections and study groups. Her Rockville practice is specifically centered on tax advice, tax controversy, and tax litigation, helping clients address reporting problems, audits, collections, enforcement risks, and disputes with federal or state taxing authorities.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Kundra & Associates PC
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Past Co-Chair for Membership, Tax Section, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Chairperson of the Tax Section, Montgomery County Bar Association
• Chair Employment Tax Section of ABA, Present, American Bar Association
• Member, Alan J. Goldstein American Inns of Court
• Member, American Bar Association, Civil and Criminal Penalties
• Member, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Member, U.S. Tax Court’s Inns of Court
• Member, Indian American Bar Association
• Member, Maryland State Bar Tax Section: Tax Controversy Study Group
• Member, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Section of Taxation
• Member, Women’s Bar Association of Maryland
• Member, Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
• Present, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Co-Chairperson, Fee Dispute Committee for Montgomery County
• Member, Montgomery/Prince George’s County Tax Study Group
• Present, National Association of Professional Women

Licensed State

• Maryland
• District of Columbia

Education

• Washington College of Law at the American University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Loyola University in Maryland
  Bachelor’s degree in Finance

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