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7/31/19 COST Southwest/West Regional State Tax Seminar Sponsored by HMB Legal Counsel Sam's Club Home Office Bentonville, Arkansas Presenting an update on significant state tax issues for the Southwest/West States: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. Federal Tax Reform – State Tax Conformity Or Not? With Marilyn Wethekam State Taxation…

2019 State and Local Tax Workshop for Technology Companies Foster City, California Beware of the Locals—They Might Take You by Surprise With Jordan Goodman San Francisco, Mountain View, Portland, Seattle—what are these cities thinking? Each has aggressively targeted businesses (and, in many situations, exclusively tech businesses) for new revenue. This panel will provide an overview of several of these new…

6/27/19 Saddle & Cycle Club Chicago, IL David Hughes presents "Indirect and Operational Tax" at the Chicago Tax Club's Summer Seminar on June 27th. The presentation reviews recent state cases that defy logic and would cause any tax professional to think twice about whether the positions they take are on solid ground. Click here to learn more about the seminar.…

This 2-part presentation will get the audience up to date on recent state and local tax cases and statutory changes that will affect their client's business. The discussion will cover such topics as when a state can impose its taxing jurisdiction on an out-of-state business and what taxpayers can do to protect themselves. We will also cover the latest in…

Spring 2019 Start-Up Conference Start-Up: State Tax Roundtable for Utilities & Power New York, New York Breen Schiller and Chris Lutz Present "Combined Reporting and the Unitary Business Principle, with a focus on Regulated and Unregulated Groups" at Spring 2019 Start-Up Conference…

The necessary details of charitable agreements are often overlooked by the parties, potentially resulting in serious legal ramifications. Incorporating charitable giving in an estate plan involves careful consideration to specific rights, conditions, restrictions and other vital provisions within a charitable gift to ensure the donor's intent and the benefits allowed for estate planning purposes. Charitable gift agreements must outline the…

5/15/19 Georgetown University Law Center Washington, DC Breen and Chris will discuss income tax and cryptocurrency at the 42nd Annual Advanced State and Local Tax Institute. Georgetown Law will host the event, and offers two full days of SALT sessions for attendees. If you have questions about the presentation, click here to contact Breen and Chris.…

5/15/19 - 5/16/19 42nd Advanced State and Local Tax Institute Georgetown University Law Center Washington, D.C. Breen Schiller, "Income Tax: A National Overview" - 5/15/19, 12:45pm-1:45pm Learn the current status of states' continued migration to combined reporting, and gain an in-depth understanding of specific states' recent adoptions, such as those by Kentucky and New Jersey Understand common and divergent trends…

5/14/19 State Tax Round Up for Utilities and Power New York, NY Marilyn Wethkam conducts adetailed discussion of the issues that arise as a result of the states' application of IRC section 163 (j) bot in a regulated and non-regulated setting.…

5/7/19 Salvatore’s Italian Garden Buffalo, NY David Hughes presents "Multi-State Taxation" at the 60th Annual TEI Upstate New York Tax Conference. The all-day event hosts speakers from across the United States who will discuss tax and tax-related topics. Click here to learn more about the conference. Click here to contact David with questions.…

5/1/19 Chicago, IL David Hughes is a faculty member for Sales Tax Institute's Advanced Sales and Use Tax Advanced Workshop. David discusses taxation services, the construction industry and gross receipts taxes. Click here to learn more about Advanced Sales Use Tax Workshops. Click here to contact David with questions.…

With a multi-billion dollar budget and pension crisis on hand, Illinois is desperately seeking new sources of revenue, including new and potentially radical unclaimed property laws. These new rules create a "taxing effect" on holders who in many cases did not have unclaimed property reportable to the state under the previous law. Many holders now have reporting obligations as a…

This year's Business and Commercial Law Journal Symposium will be focused on developments and innovation in the legal landscape. The speakers will be presenting on a wide range of topics from technological developments, and how they impact the practice of law, to diversity and pay inequity in the workplace. David Ruskin will discuss the evolving cannabis industry and how to…

For many individuals, IRAs, qualified plans and life insurance policies make up a large percentage of their overall net worth. Yet many individuals invest in these assets knowing they may never personally benefit from them during their lifetime. Because of this, much of the value of these assets will pass to other individuals, most often other family members. While simply…

4/24/19 Dallas chapter of Tax Executives Institute Dallas, TX Jordan Goodman and Marilyn Wethekam will lead a detailed discussion of the key SALT cases.…

5/6/19 - 5/8/19 Houston Chapter of Tax Executives Institute Hyatt Regency Houston Houston, Texas Marilyn Wethekam will conduct a detailed discussion of the key SALT cases of 2019 and their impact.…

Jordan Goodman will participate in a mock trial experience using recent unclaimed property cases as the backdrop.…

3/12/19 Ritz-Carlton new Orleans New Orleans, LA David Hughes presents "Market Based Sourcing" at the ABA/IPT Advanced State Income, Sales/Use & Property Tax Seminar in March. The seminar is designed with attorneys, accountants, tax directors state and local tax managers, government tax officials, appraisers, property tax managers, commercial and industrial property managers and others interested in state and local income,…

Join Professor Richard D. Pomp and Jordan M. Goodman in an in depth point counter-point discussion of trending SALT issues!  Participate in an outstanding session of insightful commentary on observations with two of the country's leaders in SALT. By attending this session, participant will be able to: Identify major developments in today's state and local tax world and spot trends…

In Wayfair, the US Supreme Court held that the dormant Commerce Clause requirement of "substantial nexus" no longer mandates a "physical presence" requirement in the context of South Dakota's sales tax nexus law. In reaching this outcome, Wayfair potentially blurs historical distinctions between Due Process and Commerce Clause nexus, leaving businesses to contemplate going forward the extent to which the Commerce…

In Wayfair, the US Supreme Court held that the dormant Commerce Clause requirement of "substantial nexus" no longer mandates a "physical presence" requirement in the context of South Dakota's sales tax nexus law. In reaching this outcome, Wayfair potentially blurs historical distinctions between Due Process and Commerce Clause nexus, leaving businesses to contemplate going forward the extent to which the…

The discussion will focus on state responses on issues that have arisen since the ruling in Wayfair, including retroactivity, economic nexus thresholds, collection obligations for marketplace facilitators, and nexus for small marketplace sellers. We'll take a big picture look at emerging trends in the new sales tax nexus era and shed light on sound practices for nexus and sales tax…

1/20/19-1/25/19 Council On State Taxation Hilton DFW Executive Lakes & Conference Center Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Click here for more info and to register This session is an overview of major state taxes and state revenue programs including: income/franchise, sales/use, property and employment taxes; credits, incentives and unclaimed property.…

Manufacturers' Education Council Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus, Ohio Click here for info and to register. Using real-life situations and interactive scenarios to engage the audience, this session is designed to review, analyze and discuss the top ten ethical dilemmas facing practitioners in the SALT field. Has your conduct been ethical, or are you at risk for a violation, claim of…

Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort Orlando, Florida This session will take the participants through the evolution of apportionment. It is important to learn how we got from separate accounting through formulary apportionment to alternative apportionment, often based on separate accounting. The speakers will take us through the issues raised at each level and the potential resolutions. The session will end…