In the above video, Jones Walker SALT partner Jay Adams explains a few highlights from recent Louisiana legislation regarding the new “local” Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) available to taxpayers for matters involving local sales/use tax assessments and refund claims, as well as possible new traps for taxpayers relating to appeals of local sales/use

Welcome! If you are reading this, you likely have an interest in state and local taxation (“SALT”). As part of our ongoing efforts to inform clients, colleagues, associates and friends in as timely a manner as possible about current events involving the SALT world, we, the Jones Walker SALT Team, have started a blog.

Bill Backstrom and Jay Adams were quoted in an article published by the Houston Business Journal on June 11, 2014. The article titled, “Houston Energy Companies Could Be Hurt by Louisiana Taxes,” discusses how Houston energy companies are paying closer attention to Louisiana’s tax assessors’ plans to tax underground gas storage facilities in salt domes