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Bill Backstrom and Chris Lutz to Present at Hartman SALT Forum October 28-30, 2024

Join Jones Walker SALT Team partners Bill Backstrom and Chris Lutz at the 31th Annual Paul J. Hartman State & Local Tax Forum on October 28-30, 2024 in Nashville, TN!
Bill will speak on the panel “Let’s Get Together, See What’s in the Bag and Acquire Some M&A Knowledge”, which will discuss current SALT…
Governor Landry Announces Special Session to Address Tax Reform

While details of the plan have not been released, he did indicate that the proposal would expand sales taxes on services, including on lobbyists. The Governor indicated that the “package” would be sent to…
Join COST and Jones Walker in St. Louis for the COST Annual Meeting

Who: Council on State Taxation (COST), Bill Backstrom, Andre Burvant, French Brown
When: September 24-27, 2024
Where: St. Louis, Missouri
Join IPT and Jones Walker in Grapevine, TX for the IPT Sales Tax Symposium September 22-25, 2024

Who: Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT), Jeff Birdsong, Katie Quinn
When: September 22-25, 2024
Where: Grapevine, TX
Join COST and Jones Walker in Memphis for the Southeast Regional State Tax Seminar

Who: Council on State Taxation (COST), John Fletcher, Jeff Birdsong, Katie Quinn, Bill Backstrom
When: Thursday, September 19
Where: Pfizer Inc. | 949 S. Shady Grove | 5th Floor | Memphis, TN 38120
Registration Fee: COST Member Company Registrant $50 | Non-COST Member Company $125
McLoughlin and Quinn Author Tax Notes State Article on Moore v. United States State Tax Advantage

Alysse McLoughlin and Katie Quinn, partners on the state and local tax team in the New York office, authored the article “Moore Gives Taxpayers a ‘Gotcha’ Argument In Factor Representation Cases” published in the SALTy Thoughts section by Tax Notes State on September 9, 2024. In the article, Alysse and Katie discuss the Supreme…
Jones Walker Presents Annual State & Local Tax Seminar in Houston, TX on October 3 – Registration Open!

Thursday, October 3, 2024 | Houston, Texas
The Jones Walker LLP State and Local Tax Team is back in Houston, TX with a day-long program on Thursday, October 3, 2024, titled Jones Walker: Viva Las Vegas! What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas – but taxes follow you everywhere. This state and local tax seminar will provide practical…
About Face…La. Special Session on Tax Reform in the Works!
Although on August 1 we reported that a special session to address the pending “fiscal cliff” and tax reform in Louisiana was unlikely in 2024, and the deadline to get any constitutional changes on the November election ballot has passed, it appears there is growing momentum to convene a special session later this year to…
Loper Bright Is Fuel for Future State Transfer Pricing Challenges

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the US Supreme Court overturned the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, which instructed courts to defer to any reasonable agency interpretation of an ambiguous law. This move has led many in the state and local tax community to consider the potential impact on state agencies authorized with administering…