Pillsbury SALT associate Breanna Zagorski will be presenting at the 2025 TEI Annual Conference on Oct. 28, 2025. Breanna will be presenting on the topic “From Cloud to Checkout: Navigating SALT in the Digital Marketplace.” TEI’s 80th Annual Conference is the must-attend event of the year for all in-house tax…
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32nd Annual Paul J. Hartman State & Local Tax Forum
Pillsbury SALT partners Carley Roberts, Zachary Atkins and Aruna Chittiappa will be presenting at the 32nd Annual State and Local Tax Forum taking place Oct. 27–29, 2025. This Forum provides industry, practitioners and state revenue employees the opportunity to participate in a quality forum exploring significant national developments and trends…
Sourced and Settled: California FTB Finalizes its Long-Awaited Market-Sourcing Regulation, Applicable to Tax Year 2026 and Beyond
After nearly a decade in development, the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has finalized its amended market-based sourcing regulation under Regulation Section 25136-2, which governs the sourcing of receipts from services and intangible property. The regulation was approved by the Office of Administrative Law and filed with the Secretary of…
COST 56th Annual Meeting
Join Pillsbury SALT partners Zachary Atkins and Evan Hamme for their presentations at COST’s 56th Annual Meeting. On September 18, Zack will join fellow panelists to discuss the topic, “Deep Dive into COST of Performance and Market-Based Sourcing: Methods of Multistate Analysis, Planning and Tax Accounts.” This session will provide…
California Updates Tax Regulations on Technology Transfer Agreements
In a move to untangle the complexities surrounding sales and use tax in technology transfer arrangements, California’s tax regulator has laid out three major proposals. SALT attorneys Jeff Vesely and Richard Nielsen dissect these changes—from adding clarification to introducing rebuttable presumptions—that could dial down uncertainty at the crossroads of sales/use…
Welcome back to Pillsbury SALT, Annie!
Pillsbury SALT is excited to welcome back Annie H. Huang to the team! Annie’s experience focuses on state and local tax matters, including corporate franchise and income, personal income, sales and use, and gross receipts and other local taxes. Annie brings not only strong legal experience but also a genuine…
Putting Regulations to the Test: California Taxpayers Cleared to Challenge Regulations in OTA Appeals
The California Attorney General has confirmed the Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) may decline to apply a tax regulation in a taxpayer appeal if it conflicts with the relevant statute. OTA must afford appropriate deference to the issuing agency, but its authority extends to setting aside the regulation for that…
NYU Introduction to State and Local Tax
Pillsbury SALT partner Aruna Chittiappa will be speaking at NYU’s Introduction to State and Local Tax program. Join Aruna at the Introduction to State and Local Taxation conference for a series of in-depth discussions on state and local taxation, partnership taxation, trusts and estates, subchapter S, like-kind exchanges and international taxation…
COST California Corporate Income Tax Webinar
Join Pillsbury SALT attorneys for this live webinar presented by COST. On June 18, Pillsbury SALT attorneys will join COST’s California Corporate Income Tax webinar for a discussion on California corporate income tax issues and San Francisco’s changes to its tax structure. Our attorneys will lead the following sessions: Jeff…
2025 Summer Tax Institute
Pillsbury SALT partner Robert P. Merten III will be an instructor for the 2025 Summer Tax Institute, hosted by the UC Davis School of Law. Join Robert at the 35th annual Summer Tax Institute, scheduled for June 9 – 12, 2025, for this intensive, four-day educational program for tax professionals.…