
Thank you again to the folks at the Louisiana Department of Revenue for participating in our annual State & Local Tax Seminar in Houston, TX. Looking forward to next year!
Key Ingredients Impacting State & Local Tax Issues

Thank you again to the folks at the Louisiana Department of Revenue for participating in our annual State & Local Tax Seminar in Houston, TX. Looking forward to next year!

Jones Walker SALT Team members Jay Adams, Jeff Birdsong, Cami Fergus, John Fletcher, Matt Mantle, and Alysse McLoughlin attended and spoke at the 2022 Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT) Sales Tax Symposium in Boston, MA. The Institute, founded in 1976, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational association serving more than 6,000 members…
At the Supreme Court early with my great friend Pat Reynolds of COST. Following National Pork Producers case, will it be a sleeper SALT case? Will Pike balancing test be toast? Is the dormant Commerce Clause really a “dead letter”? Looking forward to watching my first oral arguments.

We would like to thank Jennifer Burleson – Director, Tax Policy Division, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Mary Martin Mitchell – Acting Director, Tax Policy and Governmental Affairs Division, Alabama Department of Revenue, Arthur Parham – Retired General Tax Advisor, Entergy, and Kevin Richard, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue for being our luncheon…

Partner Andre Burvant, a member of the firm’s state and local tax team, will serve as a panelist at the upcoming Council On State Taxation (COST) 2022 Tax Property Workshop on September 13 in Denver, Colorado. Andre will offer his perspective on the future of property tax litigation for the rest of 2022 and…

Bill Backstrom, partner and leader of the firm’s Tax Practice Group, will present on a panel discussing state and local tax incentives and programs at the upcoming Council On State Taxation (COST) 2022 Tax Property Workshop on September 14 in Denver, Colorado.

Jones Walker SALT Team leader Jay Adams will participate as a panelist for a presentation on current valuation issues in tax dispute resolution trials for the Council On State Taxation 2022 Property Tax Workshop on September 14 in Denver, Colorado.
Addendum – Estimated Tax Payments: Just after our article went to press, we received some informal guidance from the DOR regarding estimated tax payments that presents a bit of a conundrum for those considering the PTE election. As explained below, it may be necessary to make duplicate estimated payments at both the entity…
This year, a number of state legislatures considered and passed legislation that creates a pass-through entity (PTE) tax as a workaround to the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) itemized deduction. Nearly 30 states have enacted a PTE tax. Mississippi is one of the more recent states to join the ranks.
Beginning…
The Jones Walker LLP State and Local Tax Team is back live and in-person with a day-long program on September 20, 2022, titled Jones Walker: Gameshow! This state and local tax workshop will address all the relevant issues that have been picked up for a new season, as well as discuss and preview all the…