SALT partners Aruna Chittiappa and Evan Hamme will be speaking at COST’s Spring Conference taking place April 20-23, 2026 in Coral Gables, FL. Evan Hamme – The Evolving Landscape of SALT Litigation and Legislation – Key Issues and Insights Tuesday, April 21 This opening session will provide a discussion of…
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California Groups File Signatures for Initiative to Curtail Local Taxes
A coalition of business and antitax groups announced that it has submitted more than 1.3 million signatures to qualify the “Local Taxpayer Protection Act to Save Proposition 13” for the November 2026 ballot. These groups include the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the California Business Roundtable, the California Taxpayers Association, and…
TEI’s 2026 Midyear Conference
Pillsbury SALT attorney Jack Camillo will be speaking at TEI’s 2026 Midyear Conference on March 18. Jack and his fellow panelists will be speaking on the topic “The Invisible Customer: Navigating State Look-Through Sourcing.” TEI’s Midyear Conference, running from March 15-18, 2026, is the premier event for in-house tax professionals…
Not the CAT’s Meow: Ohio Supreme Court Reins in the Continuous Delivery Theory for Situsing Receipts
Recent Ohio Supreme Court decisions addressing the situsing of receipts under the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) underscore both the limits of the “continuous delivery theory” and the evidentiary hurdles taxpayers face when seeking refunds for transactions involving Ohio distribution centers. Read together, VVF Intervest, L.L.C. v. Harris, Slip Op. No.…
2026 ABA-IPT Advanced State Income Tax Seminar
Pillsbury SALT partner Carley Roberts will be presenting at the 2026 ABA-IPT Advanced State Income Tax Seminar on March 17. Carley will be speaking on the topic “Factor Fiction: Navigating Denominator Dilemmas.” With many states shifting to a single sales factor to apportion taxable income, determining what is included in…
Welcome to Pillsbury SALT, Lauren!
Pillsbury SALT is excited to welcome Lauren Durborow to the team! Lauren’s experience includes variety of state and local tax matters, including multistate litigation, planning, audit defense and controversy issues. She joins Pillsbury’s New York office as an associate. 5 Questions with Lauren: 1. Who inspires you? My family (and…
Sacramento Young Tax Lawyers Webinar
SALT attorney Jeff Phang will be presenting at an event hosted by the Sacramento Young Tax Lawyers (SacYTL), in collaboration with the California Lawyers Association – Tax Section. Join Jeff for an evening of conversation and continuing education focused on mental wellness and sustainability in legal practice. The evening will…
COST’s SALT in a Digital World Workshop
SALT partners Carley Roberts, Robert P. Merten III, Aruna Chittiappa and Evan Hamme will be speaking at COST’s Digital Workshop taking place March 2–4, 2026. Carley Roberts – State Tax Spotlight: Washington and Maryland’s Digital Tax Overhaul Tuesday, March 3 Two states are leading the charge in redefining how digital…
CalTax 100th Annual Meeting
SALT partners Craig Becker and Robert P. Merten III will be presenting at this year’s CalTax Annual Meeting. Robert will be speaking on February 23, 2026 on “Legal Ethics.” Craig will be presenting on February 24, 2026 on the topic “California Property Tax and Transfer Tax.” For more information and…
No Contract, No Look-Through: Wisconsin Draws a Line on Software Receipts Sourcing
In a recent decision, the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission drew a bright line for sourcing receipts from software for sales factor apportionment purposes: without a contract with the end-user, a company cannot source receipts from software to the end-user’s location. Instead, the receipts must be sourced based on the…