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The BR State + Local Tax Spotlight

Blank Rome’s nationally prominent State + Local Tax attorneys are thought leaders in the community as frequent guest speakers at various local and national conferences throughout the year. Our State + Local Tax attorneys believe it is necessary to educate and inform their clients and contacts about topics that will impact their businesses. We invite you to attend, listen, and learn as our State + Local Tax attorneys interpret and discuss key legal issues companies are facing and how you can put together a plan of action to mitigate risk and advance your business in accordance with state and local tax laws.

  • University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee | 2021 SALT Lecture Series
    Craig B. Fields will serve as a speaker for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar School of Business State and Local Taxation (“SALT”) Webinar Series, being held in October and November 2021 to provide in-depth analysis and discussion on a wide variety of critical SALT-related topics. Craig and co-presenter Richard Pomp, Professor of Law at University of Connecticut School of Law, will present “Significant Nationwide Developments in State and Local Taxation” on Thursday, November 4, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CDT, covering recent developments in SALT across the country and their implications for tax filing and planning. To learn more, please click here.
  • 28th Annual Paul J. Hartman State and Local Tax Forum
    Hollis L. Hyans and Craig B. Fields will speak at Vanderbilt University Law School’s 28th Annual Paul J. Hartman State and Local Tax Forum, being held October 27 through 29, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee. There will also be a virtual option available for all program sessions. Blank Rome is pleased to be a Gold Level sponsor of the forum. Holly, who is also a member of the forum advisory board, will speak on the “Top Ten Income Tax Cases” panel, taking place Thursday, October 28, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Panelists will discuss the top ten income tax cases that all state and local tax (“SALT”) professionals should be watching and offer insights into the issues that are likely to dominate in the coming year. Craig’s session, “A Constitutional Rethink,” later that day from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., will look at where the Complete Auto and Moorman rulings stand now, after having anchored much of state tax law over the last few decades, and how the changing face of the U.S. Supreme Court may impact them. To learn more, please click here.
  • Blank Rome State + Local Tax Summit 2021
    Blank Rome’s State + Local Tax team returned in person to host our annual State + Local Tax Summit at our New York office on August 13, 2021. This year’s program included insightful discussions on the top judicial and legislative updates across the country with a particular focus on New Jersey and New York issues; judicial deference to state taxing authorities; and the tax benefits and consequences of a mobile workforce. We were also pleased to welcome as our featured speaker, Roberta Moseley Nero, former president and commissioner of the New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal. To learn more, please click here.
  • Developments & Issue Spotting—Apportioning Corporate Income Tax
    Craig B. Fields served as a panelist at the Institute for Professionals in Taxation’s (“IPT”) 2021 IPT Reconnect Conference, which was held July 28 through 30, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Craig presented on “Developments & Issue Spotting—Apportioning Corporate Income Tax” as one of the conference’s State Income Tax breakout sessions. To learn more, please click here.
  • 2021 State Transaction Tax Webinar
    Craig B. Fields and Mitchell A. Newmark served as panelists at the Council on State Taxation’s (“COST”) 2021 State Transaction Tax Webinar, which was held July 15, 2021, from 2:00 to 4:15 p.m. EDT. Blank Rome LLP was pleased to be a sponsor of the program. Craig presented on “Important Transactional Tax Legislation Addressed by the States This Year” and Mitchell presented on the “Significant Litigation Impacting Transactional Taxes.” To learn more, please click here.

This article is one in a series of articles written for the August 2021 edition of The BR State + Local Tax Spotlight.