Congratulations to JW SALT partner Jay Adams for completing the Council for a Better Louisiana’s Leadership Louisiana Program! Over the course of 2018, Jay participated in leadership events alongside business professionals from all industries. He now joins 1,200 Leadership Louisiana alumni who are committed to the continued success of the state.
On November 20, 2018, the IRS announced that individuals taking advantage of the increased gift and estate tax exclusion amounts in effect from 2018 to 2025 will not be adversely impacted after 2025 when the exclusion amount is scheduled to drop to pre-2018 levels.
The Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations which implement
SALT Team partners Bill Backstrom, Andre Burvant, and Matt Mantle were quoted in numerous media outlets in October discussing the tax administration implications of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair, allowing states to collect taxes on purchases from remote sellers. Bill was quoted in articles published by Law360
Thanks to everyone who has helped me move toward my goal of raising $5,000 to support the Jackson Metro Heart Walk. We have two weeks left to hit that goal and help Mississippi by supporting research and education for heart disease and stroke – two of the biggest health issues we have in our
Thank you for attending the 10th Annual State & Local Tax Seminar presented by Jones Walker LLP! We hope that you enjoyed the seminar and found the topics interesting, informative, and relevant.
We would like to thank Kimberly L. Robinson, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue, Meg Bartlett, Associate Commissioner of the Mississippi
Great Scott! The Jones Walker LLP State & Local Tax team is back with a day-long program on October 10, 2018, titled Cooking with SALT Goes Back to the Future! In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Cooking with SALT seminar, our SALT scientists travel back in time to provide some old twists to
Jones Walker SALT Team members Bill Backstrom and John Fletcher will present at the 25th Annual Paul J. Hartman State & Local Tax Forum October 17-19, 2018 in Nashville, TN.
The Professor Paul J. Hartman State and Local Tax (SALT) Forum, sponsored in conjunction with the Vanderbilt University Law School, provides industry, practitioners and state
JW SALT partner Bill Backstrom is speaking today during the 2018 Southeastern Association of Tax Administrators (SEATA) Conference. SEATA is comprised of the tax administration agencies of twelve states in the southeast. Bill will share his insight on the panel “Significant Cases in the Southeast and Around the Country.”
It is July in South Louisiana and it is hot and muggy. But that did not stop last weekend’s crawfish boil. Lately, I have become weary of reading about Wayfair, Kraft, repatriation, BEAT, FDII, GILTI, retroactivity, the slow erosion of the Chevron doctrine, and all of the other hot topics boiling in
JW SALT partners Jay Adams and John Fletcher are attending the IPT Annual Conference in Vancouver. Jay is presenting “What the ‘L’ Local Taxes?” about the differences between state and local taxing jurisdictions and uniformity issues. This is highly relevant in the wake of the recent Wayfair decision. Please contact Jay for more information on