Blank Rome State + Local Tax partners Nicole L. Johnson and Craig B. Fields will present two sessions at the Tax Executives Institute’s (“TEI”) 46th TEI Region 10 Annual Conference, being held May 5 through 7, 2026, in Newport Coast, California. Blank Rome is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor of the conference.

Craig and Nicole’s first session, “SALT Audit Proofing—Essential Strategies for In-House Teams,” will take place on Wednesday, May 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and their second, “State of the States,” on Thursday, May 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Other conference sessions include:

  • Current State of IRA Credits
  • Transfer Pricing Update
  • Partnership and Flowthru Update
  • Current Status/Update of R&D
  • Leveraging AI for ASC740 reporting
  • Navigating R&D Forms
  • ACS 740 Hot Topics
  • U.S. Indirect Tax Update
  • US International Tax Regulatory Update
  • Navigating Today’s Debt Questions
  • Current trends in M&A
  • Tax Controversy Developments
  • FTC Update
  • Latest from the Hill
  • Tax Controversy Roundtable
  • The One Big Beautiful Law: What Now?
  • Pillar 2
  • Tax Intelligence
  • Challenges to the Single Sales Factor
  • AI That Works in Corporate Tax
  • Managing Gross Receipts
  • Impact of Customs and Tariffs on Transfer Pricing
  • Hot Topics in Accounting Methods

For more information and to register, please visit the conference webpage.