Ready, set, hut! The Jones Walker LLP State & Local Tax team is back with a day-long program on October 8, 2015, titled SALT Gameday: Key Plays in State & Local Tax. The team will tackle some big issues in the morning, including state and local tax procedure and the legislative developments in Louisiana and
Please Save the Date for Jones Walker LLP’s 7th Annual State & Local Tax Seminar! We will once again be Cooking with SALT, presenting a day-long program covering the most important Louisiana and Mississippi state and local tax
Jones Walker SALT Team member Jay Adams is staying cool this summer with a homemade Aperol Spritz. Check out the recipe below.
Ingredients:
3 parts Prosecco
2 parts Aperol
Soda
Combine Prosecco, Aperol, and splash of soda over ice and garnish with an orange slice.
We would also like to hear how you are
Katie Friel, a partner in the New Orleans office, published an article entitled “‘Polychim’ Puts Louisiana Corporate Franchise Tax Against the Ropes,” in the July 17, 2015 edition of Bloomberg BNA’s Daily Tax Report. In the article, Katie examines the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal’s new ruling in Bridges v. Polychim USA, Inc.
Join Jones Walker LLP and Postlethwaite & Netterville for a Tax Legislation Update Panel Discussion.
Kim Robinson and Matt Mantle will join the panel to give you an in depth look at state and local tax legislation enacted during the 2015 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. They will also provide a preview of
The Louisiana Legislature’s ever-evolving tax and revenue “gumbo pot” is now really getting hot! And, as of this moment, the business community is still being served up as the main course.
On May 18th, the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee moved forward several key tax bills that have already passed out of the Louisiana
Kim Robinson, a partner in Jones Walker’s Baton Rouge office, 
was quoted extensively in Bloomberg BNA’s Tax Management Weekly State Tax Report in the article Louisiana Department of Revenue Finalizes Rules for Voluntary Disclosure Agreements (article available with subscription). Kim’s comments addressed the new rules promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Revenue regarding the state’s
On March 27th, the Louisiana Department of Revenue issued four policy statements for Louisiana taxpayers.
Specifically, the Department has amended the following tax regulations:
The Department’s voluntary disclosure agreement (VDA) regulation has been amended to clarify the meaning of the phrase “voluntary disclosure agreement” and to set forth
Last weekend, Jay Adams of the JW SALT Team participated with his team, Fleur de Que, in the 7th Annual Hogs for the Cause (“HFTC”).
HFTC is a charity event that raises money for families impacted by pediatric brain cancer by sponsoring a bar-b-que festival in New Orleans’ City Park. This year, 80 teams smoked
Bill Backstrom was recently quoted in a Law360 article entitled State Tax Cases to Watch in 2015. In the article, Bill, a partner in Jones Walker’s New Orleans office and the Tax & Estates practice group leader, discusses the need for clarity in tax reporting positions following the decision in Vodafone Americas Holdings Inc.