
Jones Walker SALT Team partner Jeffrey Birdsong will present “Seaside Mergers & Acquisitions: Navigating the Waves of Strategies and Tax Traps” at the Institute for Professionals in Taxation 2024 Annual Meeting on June 25 in San Diego, CA.
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Jones Walker SALT Team partner Jeffrey Birdsong will present “Seaside Mergers & Acquisitions: Navigating the Waves of Strategies and Tax Traps” at the Institute for Professionals in Taxation 2024 Annual Meeting on June 25 in San Diego, CA.

Jones Walker SALT Team partner Katie Quinn will present “Making Sense of the Complex Wave of Financial Transaction Taxation” at the Institute for Professionals in Taxation 2024 Annual Meeting on June 24 in San Diego, CA.

Jones Walker SALT Team partner Chris Lutz will present “Diving Into the Taxability of Services” at the Institute for Professionals in Taxation 2024 Annual Meeting on June 25 in San Diego, CA.

As Louisiana heads towards a fiscal cliff, the Department of Revenue has been tasked with developing a plan to avoid the cliff and to address long called-for tax reform. Richard Nelson, Secretary of the Department of Revenue, reports that his Department is 1) reviewing approximately 200 sales tax exemptions for possible amendment, 2) reviewing the…

For anyone interested in Louisiana property tax issues, the Louisiana Tax Commission has given notice of the dates for its annual Rules and Regulations hearings. Any interested party can submit a proposal to amend the current regulations to the Commission during this process. The Commission accepts written proposals that are presented in an open…

The Jones Walker LLP Maritime Industry Team hosted a maritime industry seminar for professionals operating in the offshore and maritime industries and trade.
Seminar topics ranged from OFAC and Sanctions, Tax, Employment Law Compliance, Marine Finance, Maritime Transactions & Jones Act Compliance.
Jones Walker Tax Practice Group leader, Bill Backstrom, presented “Charting a Course…

Chris Lutz, Katie Quinn, and Jeff Birdsong, partners on the state and local tax team, presented at the TEI Minnesota Chapter 38th Annual President’s Seminar in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on April 23, 2024. Their presentation “Don’t Forget the Man Behind the Curtain: A Discussion on State Audit Policies and Developments,” was…

Jones Walker SALT Team partner, Bill Backstrom, will present on the “In-House and Outside Counsel Privilege – How to Protect It” panel at the COST Spring Conference. What is the impact of the Supreme Court’s dismissal of In re Grand Jury on privilege? This session will discuss communications involving legal and non-legal advice…

Jones Walker SALT Team partner, Alysse McLoughlin, will present on the “SALT in the Wound” panel at the COST Spring Conference. States continue to test the constitutional limitations on their taxing authority, and are sometimes successful in doing so. The panel will discuss the pivotal cases and the application of those decisions by…

Recently, the Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) published a Notice of Proposed Rule for rule 12D-51.001, Florida Administrative Code, titled Florida Agricultural Classified Use Real Property Appraisal Guidelines. DOR seeks to amend the guidelines, originally promulgated in 1982, to provide guidance to county property appraisers as they develop valuations for real property classified as agricultural. …