Bill Backstrom, a partner on the firm’s State & Local Tax Team in the New Orleans office, presented on State Tax Research Tools at the COST 2017 SALT Basics School on January 27, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. The COST SALT Basics School is a 5 day educational opportunity for tax professionals which covers income
Today, January 27, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced that he intends to issue a call to bring the Louisiana Legislature into a 10-day special session beginning February 13 and ending February 23. The special session will address a FY 2017 budget deficit estimated to be in excess of $300 million. The Governor has
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The 2016 elections have laid the foundation for the most significant Congressional tax reform effort since the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. In the past several years, the leadership of the Congressional tax-writing committees (i.e., the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee) have produced the blueprint for
Our Washington office, together with our tax professionals firmwide, will be working closely with the congressional tax-writing committees on tax reform legislation and are available to assist clients as necessary. Our client alert series will provide legal insight and timely content from our tax and government relations advisors.
Jones Walker SALT Team partner, Bill Backstrom, recently presented on the panel “Why Stop at One? The Joys and Pains of Multistate Tax Litigation” at the Council on State Taxation’s 47th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.
The panel discussed challenging tax assessments in a multistate setting often involves addressing common issues, such as choice
Robert R. Rainer, known as “Bob,” passed away on Sunday, October 9th, 2016. Bob was an iconic fixture in Louisiana state and local taxes. He usually represented tax administrators and the Louisiana Department of Revenue. In fact, he represented most parish tax administrators throughout the state. As such, Bob was an institutional adversary
Thank you for attending our 8th Annual Jones Walker LLP State & Local Tax Seminar in Houston, Texas, to discuss tax law updates in Louisiana and Mississippi! In 2016, Louisiana made some of the most drastic tax changes in history, and we were pleased to review these changes with you as they continue to impact
Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue and former Jones Walker LLP State & Local Tax Partner, Kimberly Robinson, sat down with our own Bill Backstrom and Jay Adams to discuss a few of the items that she will discuss at the Jones Walker SALT Team’s annual seminar in Houston, Texas on Thursday, October 6,
The Jones Walker State & Local Tax Proudly Presents the 8th Annual SALT Seminar in Houston, Texas on October 6, 2016!
Lights… camera… action! The Jones Walker LLP State & Local Tax team is back with a day-long program on October 6, 2016, titled Cooking With SALT Goes to the Movies. The team will screen