JW SALT Team member Jay Adams once again goes hog wild with his Fleur de Que team at the 8th Annual Hogs for the Cause (“HFTC”), a New Orleans barbeque competition and fundraiser. HFTC is now one of the largest barbecue competitions and music festivals in the country whose main mission is to help
Jones Walker SALT Team partner Jay Adams headed to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Cook Off on February 26, 2016 for a honky tonkin’ boot stompin’ night under the stars where more than 250 teams competed in a traditional Texas cook off. Jones Walker is a proud sponsor of the Half
Today, Louisiana Governor Edwards called for a special session of the Louisiana Legislature to begin on February 14, 2016 and end no later than March 9, 2016. The session has been called to address the current year $700 million budget deficit and a number of tax issues, including:
Louisiana Governor Edwards’ Transition Committee on Fiscal Matters released its much-anticipated report on the Louisiana budget and taxes. In order to address Louisiana’s structural deficit, the Transition Committee offered the following options to reform the Louisiana tax system:
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has just issued a press release announcing that the 2015 tax amnesty program, scheduled to begin yesterday, November 16, 2015, has been delayed until December 1, 2015.
The 30-day tax amnesty period will now run from December 1, 2015 until December 31, 2015.
The delay results from an error
Today, the 2015 tax amnesty program begins and will continue through December 15, 2015.
In connection with the program, on November 3 the Louisiana Department of Revenue issued its Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB) No. 2015-037 providing taxpayers with specific information on this year’s amnesty.
Notably, unlike the language of Act 822 (2014 Reg. Sess.) upon
Jones Walker SALT Team member Kim Robinson, a partner in the Baton Rouge office, was recently named a Distinguished Achievement Honoree for 2015 by the LSU Law Center. The Distinguished Achievement awards recognizes graduates for professional achievement and career distinction, service to and support of LSU Law, and service to the community.
Jones Walker SALT Team members Jay Adams, Bill Backstrom, and Katie Friel will present at the 22nd Annual Paul J. Hartman State & Local Tax Forum October 27-29, 2015 in Nashville, TN.
Jay Adams will co-present “What the “L”, Local Taxes.” Locally imposed and/or state taxes administered by decentralized local governments cause numerous
State & Local Tax Partners, Jesse R. “Jay” Adams, III, William M. Backstrom,Jr., John F. Fletcher, and Kimberly Lewis Robinson, were all quoted in the recent Bloomberg BNA article, “Corporate Taxpayers Face Changes in Louisiana, Mississippi, Attorneys Say.” The partners discuss how legislative sessions in 2014 and 2015 and some notable
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This year, our luncheon speaker will be Karey W. Barton, Associate Deputy Comptroller for Tax, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Karey has years of experience in SALT matters in both the public and private sectors, which provides Karey with a unique