What’s Shaking: Blank Rome State + Local Tax Roundup
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.
COST 2022 SALT Basics School
Mitchell A. Newmark will serve as a panelist at the Council on State Taxation’s (“COST”) 2022 SALT Basics School, which will be held the week of May 15, 2022. Mitchell’s panel, “Restrictions on a State’s Ability to Tax,” will review the various restrictions on a state’s ability to impose taxes such as constitutional restrictions, federal legislation, and judicial pronouncements. To learn more, please click here.
Lawline
Craig B. Fields and Nicole L. Johnson will be the presenters for the Lawline CLE program, “State of the States,” taking place on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Craig and Nicole will provide updates on important state tax litigation around the country. More details will follow in an upcoming issue of The BR State + Local Tax Spotlight.
TEI’s 72nd Midyear Conference
Nicole L. Johnson will be a speaker at TEI’s 72nd Midyear Conference, which is being held March 20 through 23, 2022 as a fully hybrid event. The in-person portion of the conference will take place at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. Nicole’s session, “Where are You Now? Addressing Tax Issues from a Permanent Mobile Workforce,” will take place on Tuesday March 22, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. EDT. To learn more, please click here.
Strafford CPE Webinars
Nicole L. Johnson will co-present “Nonresident and Mobile Workers: Nexus Triggers, State Tax Traps” a 110-minute Strafford CPE live webinar with interactive Q&A, on Thursday, March 17, 2022, from 1:00 to 2:50 p.m. EDT. This CPE webinar will provide tax professionals and advisers guidance on differing state rules on withholding tax obligations for employers and personal income tax allocation for employees operating or working in multiple jurisdictions post-Wayfair. The panel will discuss nexus triggers, key challenges under various state tax rules, income tax allocation issues, resident credits, and methods for maintaining compliance. To learn more, please click here.
COST 2022 Sales Tax Conference & Audit Session
Eugene J. Gibilaro and Mitchell A. Newmark will serve as panelists at the Council on State Taxation’s (“COST”) 2022 Sales Tax Conference & Audit Session, which will be held March 8 through 11, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eugene will speak on the “Top Transactional Tax Legislation/Cases in 2021 and What to Expect in 2022” panel on Wednesday, March 9, at 8:15 a.m. The session will cover the most important transactional tax legislation and cases of 2021 and what the panelists expect to be the major issues and trends for 2022. The speakers will also cover how these issues impact business operations and ways to successfully resolve and/or mitigate them. Mitchell’s session, “COVID-19—The New Normal: SALT Impact of Telecommuting,” will take place at 11:10 a.m. the same day and the panel will walk through the various tax considerations of the ongoing remote work environment, where specific state guidance is often absent, as well as addressing what is yet to come when we are back to a “new normal,” with a focus on transactional tax issues. To learn more, please click here.
This article is one in a series of articles written for the February 2022 edition of The BR State + Local Tax Spotlight.